Flood in Stone County, Arkansas

Flood March 18, 2008 – March 21, 2008 · Stone County, Arkansas

$6.0M

Damage as recorded

$20K

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 White River in Stone County to flood. Approximately 41 residences were flooded. A motel, restaurant, resort, Allison-Sylamore fire station and the Mountain View telephone substation were flooded. One trout outfitting business was destroyed.

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 St James (35.9169, -91.8443).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 89491. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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