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Flash Flood — Union, AR

Apr 5, 2025

A stationary front extended across portions of Northeast Texas and Southwest Arkansas during the early morning hours on April 4th, but lifted north into Southeast Oklahoma and Western Arkansas during the day. This was in response to an intensifying low level jet that developed ahead of a large upper trough that extended from the Intermountain West into the Plains, which provided the necessary lift across the very warm, moist, and unstable air mass in place south of this front across much of the

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1256676). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Union, AR

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