Flash Flood in Fulton County, Arkansas

Flash Flood March 18, 2008 – March 19, 2008 · Fulton County, Arkansas

$2.0M

Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Arkansas Highway 395 north of Salem was closed due to high water. On Arkansas Highway 223 south of Viola, a 22-foot bridge collapsed due to flooding. Two people were rescued at Sadler Falls due to flooding. The South Fork River overflowed its banks in Salem and flooded a construction site for a new baseball complex. Water flooded 120 homes in the county.

The wider storm

Very heavy rain began developing late on the 17th in northern and western Arkansas, and continued on the 18th as a powerful storm system approached from Texas. The system dredged copious moisture from the Gulf of Mexico, and sent it toward Arkansas with a deep southerly wind flow. Well above normal precipitable water was noted, which enhanced rainfall efficiency across the region.

Began near Ott (36.4898, -92.1327).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF0 Polk County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 86123. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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