A cold front dropped slowly south into central sections of Arkansas on the 8th, with scattered thunderstorms developing across portions of western Arkansas along and ahead of this front. The front became nearly stationary during the evening of the 8th, with rounds of thunderstorms developing along and south of this boundary through the night of the 8th and the morning of the 9th. Some additional storms also developed on the 10th. Excessive amounts of rain fell in parts of western Arkansas. A few of the storms produced some wind damage as well.

Thunderstorm Wind in LOGAN, ARKANSAS
From 09-AUG-14 14:24:00 to 09-AUG-14 14:24:00 (CST-6)
Location: PARIS
Magnitude: 50.00 EG
Property damage: 15.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Trees and power lines were blown down in the city of Paris, and just east of town.

Thunderstorm Wind in JOHNSON, ARKANSAS
From 09-AUG-14 14:35:00 to 09-AUG-14 14:35:00 (CST-6)
Location: KNOXVILLE
Magnitude: 50.00 EG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Strong winds snapped several limbs off a tree.

Thunderstorm Wind in JOHNSON, ARKANSAS
From 09-AUG-14 14:35:00 to 09-AUG-14 14:35:00 (CST-6)
Location: CLARKSVILLE
Magnitude: 50.00 EG
Property damage: 5.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Social Media

Several trees were blown down in Clarksville.

Thunderstorm Wind in POPE, ARKANSAS
From 09-AUG-14 14:54:00 to 09-AUG-14 14:54:00 (CST-6)
Location: DOVER
Magnitude: 50.00 EG
Property damage: 10.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Trees and power lines were blown down near Dover.

Thunderstorm Wind in YELL, ARKANSAS
From 09-AUG-14 14:54:00 to 09-AUG-14 14:54:00 (CST-6)
Location: MOSLEY
Magnitude: 50.00 EG
Property damage: 2.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Trees were blown down on Arkansas 27, about 3 miles west of Dardanelle.

Thunderstorm Wind in POPE, ARKANSAS
From 09-AUG-14 15:00:00 to 09-AUG-14 15:00:00 (CST-6)
Location: OAKLAND HGTS
Magnitude: 50.00 EG
Property damage: 25.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

A tree was blown down in Russellville, and there were reports of trees and power lines down across the county.

Flash Flood in YELL, ARKANSAS
From 08-AUG-14 17:05:00 to 08-AUG-14 18:00:00 (CST-6)
Location: BELLEVILLE
Flood cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: 1.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Water covered parts of Belleville Ridge Rd.

Heavy Rain in YELL, ARKANSAS
From 08-AUG-14 15:45:00 to 08-AUG-14 16:45:00 (CST-6)
Location: DANVILLE
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Official NWS Observations

Rainfall measured 2.09 inches in one hour at the Danville river gage.

Heavy Rain in MONTGOMERY, ARKANSAS
From 08-AUG-14 17:30:00 to 08-AUG-14 19:30:00 (CST-6)
Location: ODEN
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Park/Forest Service

Rainfall measured 1.71 inches in two hours.

Heavy Rain in POLK, ARKANSAS
From 08-AUG-14 19:00:00 to 08-AUG-14 19:30:00 (CST-6)
Location: HATFIELD
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Official NWS Observations

Rainfall measured 1.45 inches in 30 minutes.

Heavy Rain in MONTGOMERY, ARKANSAS
From 08-AUG-14 18:00:00 to 08-AUG-14 19:45:00 (CST-6)
Location: CADDO GAP
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Official NWS Observations

Rainfall measured 2.82 inches in an hour and 45 minutes.

Flash Flood in POLK, ARKANSAS
From 08-AUG-14 19:40:00 to 08-AUG-14 20:30:00 (CST-6)
Location: MENA
Flood cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: 10.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Water covered parts of U.S. 71 and entered one home.

Flash Flood in SEARCY, ARKANSAS
From 09-AUG-14 15:39:00 to 09-AUG-14 18:00:00 (CST-6)
Location: PINDALL
Flood cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: 1.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: CoCoRaHS

Rainfall measured 2.19 inches between 3:39 and 4:39 PM CDT. Yard flooding occurred, even on a fairly steep grade.

Thunderstorm Wind in DREW, ARKANSAS
From 08-AUG-14 10:21:00 to 08-AUG-14 10:21:00 (CST-6)
Location: FLORENCE
Magnitude: 52.00 EG
Property damage: 25.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Newspaper

Trees were blown down, and one of the trees landed on a house.

Thunderstorm Wind in PULASKI, ARKANSAS
From 09-AUG-14 05:20:00 to 09-AUG-14 05:20:00 (CST-6)
Location: GIBSON
Magnitude: 50.00 EG
Property damage: 10.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: NWS Employee

Numerous tree limbs were blown down, and shingles were blown off some homes.