Flood — Fulton, Arkansas

2012-03-20 to 2012-03-26 · near French, Fulton, Arkansas

Event narrative

Heavy rain caused flooding along the South Fork of the Spring River. On the 24th at the Kia Kima Scout Reservation, a 4 year-old boy was helping clean up the area. According to news reports, a group of older boys left the clean-up site to return to the camping area. Sometime thereafter, the younger boy asked if he could catch up with the other boys. At some point, the boy ended up drowning in the river, which was described as high and rolling. His body was recovered on the 28th.

Wider weather episode

A very slow-moving upper level low pressure center brought severe weather, heavy rain, and flash flooding from the 20th through the 22nd. For the 24-hour period ending at 7 AM on the 21st, some of the larger rainfall amounts included 6.20 inches at Norfork (Baxter Co.), 6.10 inches at Mountain Home (Baxter Co.), 5.88 inches at Damascus (Van Buren Co.), 5.47 inches at Maumelle (Pulaski Co.), 4.90 inches at Clarkridge (Baxter Co.), 4.76 inches at Sherwood (Pulaski Co.), 4.45 inches at Sheridan (Grant Co.), 4.42 inches at Crystal Valley (Pulaski Co.), 4.38 inches at North Little Rock (Pulaski Co.), 4.35 inches at Calico Rock (Izard Co.), 4.35 inches at Ivan (Dallas Co.), 4.33 inches at Camden (Ouachita Co.), 4.27 inches at Conway (Faulkner Co.), 4.25 inches at Little Rock (Pulaski Co.), 4.10 inches at Moro Bay (Bradley Co.), and 4.07 inches at Mountain View (Stone Co.).

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 364075. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.