Flood — Randolph, Arkansas

2008-03-18 to 2008-03-31 · near Pocahontas, Randolph, Arkansas

Event narrative

Heavy rain produced flooding along the Black River and it's tributaries. The flooding provided intense pressure on the county's levees. Two breaches occurred, one of them on the Scaggs-Ferry Levee. Numerous roads were closed from the high water including Arkansas 90, U.S.Highway 62, Arkansas 166, Arkansas 93, Arkansas 328, Arkansas 304, and U.S. Highway 67 South from Pocahontas into Lawrence County. Over forty buildings including some houses and a senior citizen complex received damage from the flooding. Of those, ten houses were destroyed, thirty-four houses had major damage, and twelve had minor damage. Randolph County was declared a state disaster area.

Wider weather episode

Above normal rainfall across Southern Missouri and Northeast Arkansas brought the Black River to record-setting levels from mid-March to the end of March. The record setting levels put pressure on many levees in the area causing a few breaks. Numerous roads were closed due to the flooding and many homes were inundated with flood waters.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 91585. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.