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Flood — Calhoun, AR

May 24, 2022

Heavy rain late in May brought flooding to the Ouachita River and Cache River.||Another round of rain and thunderstorms occurred on May 24th, with some locations seeing locally heavy rainfall, especially across portions of western and eastern Arkansas. A few storms were rotating, but there were no reports of tornadoes or much severe weather at all. Cool temperatures followed in the wake of the storms with another round of coolest high temperature records across northern Arkansas on the 24th. Dry

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1033581). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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