Flash Flood in Scott County, Arkansas
Flash Flood May 25, 2021 · Scott County, Arkansas
Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.
What the National Weather Service wrote
The Scott County sheriff reported several portions of Hwy 71 unpassable due to elevated rivers and streams around Mansfield, Waldron, and Y City.
The wider storm
Abundant moisture/high humidity relocated to the Plains from the 20th to the 23rd, and we dried out temporarily. It did not last, with moisture shifting in this direction by the 25th. Early in the day, thunderstorms east of Oklahoma City, OK weakened, and left behind a system aloft. This mesoscale convective vortex (MCV) initiated new thunderstorms over the Ouachita Mountains in the afternoon.
It was a gullywasher through the evening (two to more than four inches of rain) from Waldron (Scott County) and Mena (Polk County) to Danville (Yell County) and Russellville (Pope County). There was flooding along Highway 71 in Scott County, and made the thoroughfare impassible in places. Just northeast of Rover (Yell County), water flowed across Highway 27. There was street flooding in Mena (Polk County) as well.
Began near Waldron (34.9000, -94.0900).
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 962122. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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