Flood in Yell County, Arkansas

Flood March 19, 2008 – March 23, 2008 · Yell County, Arkansas

$1.5M

Damage as recorded

$25K

Crop damage

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Heavy rain caused the Petit Jean River at Danville to go above flood stage. Upstream, Blue Mountain Lake rose to record levels and several feet of water was flowing through the emergency spillway. Numerous county roads were flooded and Arkansas Highways 27 and 10 were affected. Pastures along the river and the Petit Jean Wildlife Management Area were inundated.

The wider storm

Very heavy rain began developing late on the 17th in northern and western Arkansas, and continued on the 18th and early on the 19th 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 Waveland (35.1132, -93.6200).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 88871. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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