Severe Weather History


Hazard archive · 1950 — present

Flash Flood in Lonoke County, Arkansas

71

Recorded events

0

Direct deaths

0

Direct injuries

$2.6M

Property damage

Flash Flood in Lonoke County, Arkansas: 71 recorded events between 1996 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 0. That places the county #328 nationally and #11 statewide for this hazard.

Decade by decade

Flash Flood in Lonoke County, Arkansas: events per decade

Flash Flood in Lonoke County, Arkansas: recorded events per decade
Flash Flood in Lonoke County, Arkansas: recorded events per decade

Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.

The busiest decade for flash flood in Lonoke County is the 2010s, when 37 of the county's 71 recorded events were logged. Comparing decades is useful for spotting active periods, but the earliest years are thin because systematic reporting for this hazard began later.

Within the Lonoke County archive, flash flood makes up 8.3% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #328 for this hazard and #11 within Arkansas, putting it in the 89.2 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Seasonality

Events by month

2Jan
2Feb
6Mar
14Apr
10May
2Jun
7Jul
5Aug
8Sep
3Oct
6Nov
6Dec

Apr is the peak month for flash flood in Lonoke County with 14 recorded events, while Jan is the quietest. Seasonality here is a property of the archive as much as the climate: reports cluster where population and spotter networks are densest.

Most recent

Latest recorded events

DateLocationMagnitudeDamage
Apr 5, 2025AUSTIN0$0
Apr 5, 2025PARNELL0$0
Apr 5, 2025OLD AUSTIN0$0
Apr 5, 2025CABOT0$0
Mar 24, 2023CABOT0$0
Dec 11, 2021CABOT0$0
May 18, 2021WARD0$0
Aug 27, 2020JABB0$0
Aug 10, 2019CABOT0$0
May 9, 2019CABOT0$0
Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events · dates UTC · recent entries may be preliminary

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Quick answers

Frequently asked

How many flash flood events are on record in Lonoke County, Arkansas?

71 flash flood events are recorded in Lonoke County between 1996 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest flash flood recorded in Lonoke County?

The strongest flash flood on record in Lonoke County measured 0.

Where does the flash flood data for Lonoke County come from?

All events come from the NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database, the federal public-domain archive of severe weather reports. Dates are UTC, damage is as reported and not inflation-adjusted, and the most recent entries may still be revised.

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“Flash Flood in Lonoke County, Arkansas.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/arkansas/lonoke-county/flash-flood/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.


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