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Flash Flood — Boone, AR

Apr 13, 2022

A strong storm system brought multiple rounds of severe weather that led to fairly widespread rainfall and eventually river flooding. One round of severe weather occurred on Monday, April 11th. Large, individual thunderstorms known as supercells developed along the Arkansas River valley of western Arkansas. As these storms slowly drifted east, they produced four tornadoes across Sebastian, Franklin and Logan Counties and hail as large as 4.5 in diameter across Logan County. Later in the evening,

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1015829). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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