Flood — Randolph, Arkansas

2008-04-01 to 2008-04-06 · near Pocahontas, Randolph, Arkansas

Event narrative

Heavy rain produced flooding in March 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. By the beginning of April, 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. One death occurred. A teenager drowned when the boat he was in capsized in a flooded area outside the main channel of the Black River near the Noland community.

Wider weather episode

Many rivers and tributaries in Northeast Arkansas remained high during the beginning of April from excessive rainfall in March.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 98224. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.