Apr 23, 2010
A warm front lifted north across the Mid-South during the afternoon and evening hours of April 23rd, 2010. Behind the warm front, warm moist air from the Gulf of Mexico made for a very unstable atmosphere. Numerous showers and thunderstorms developed across Eastern Arkansas and North Mississippi during the evening hours of April 23rd. Some storms became severe producing damaging winds and flash flooding. These storms pushed out of the area by the early morning hours of April 24th, 2010 as a stro
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 222830). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Lawrence County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.