May 4, 2009
Record rainfall caused river flooding in southwest Arkansas. The Ouachita River and tributaries experienced the highest stages since 1990 and caused Lake Greeson to go over the uncontrolled spillway for only the second time in the history of the reservoir. The last episode for a spill occurred in 1968.||Murfreesboro, Malvern, Leola, and Fordyce set new records for the wettest May ever recorded in those cities.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 171980). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Calhoun County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.