NWS Little Rock, AR - Flooding Rain on May 31, 2024

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	Flooding Rain on May 31, 2024

The satellite showed clouds and thunderstorms building continuously over central Arkansas for several hours during the evening of 05/31/2024.

800 pm CDT (05/31) | 830 pm CDT (05/31) | 900 pm CDT (05/31)
930 pm CDT (05/31) | 1000 pm CDT (05/31) | 1030 pm CDT (05/31)
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In the pictures: The satellite showed clouds and thunderstorms building continuously over central Arkansas for several hours during the evening of 05/31/2024.

May was already very active, but there was more to come as the month ended. A storm system over southwest Missouri triggered a heavy rain event over central Arkansas during the evening of the 31st.

One Day Rainfall Records in May at Little Rock (Pulaski County)
One Day Rainfall Records in May at North Little Rock (Pulaski County)

In the pictures: There was enough rain on 05/31/2024 to make this an historic event at Little Rock and North Little Rock (both in Pulaski County).

Thunderstorms kept developing over the same areas, and dumped three to more than six inches of precipitation in places. Little Rock (Pulaski County) racked up 5.41 inches of rain, making it the wettest day in May since 1955, and the fourth wettest day in May on record (data available since 1874). North Little Rock (Pulaski County) received 4.95 inches of liquid. It had never been so wet at the site during the month (data available since 1975).

In the picture: Twenty four hour rainfall through 700 am CDT on 06/01/2024.

Numerous roads were flooded and impassible in some cases from Little Rock (Pulaski County) to Beebe (White County). Photos and video showed vehicles under water in North Little Rock (Pulaski County) near the junction of Interstate 40 and Highway 67/167, and high water threatening to flow into homes at Beebe (White County).

Link of Interest

Storm Reports on May 31, 2024

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