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Flash Flood — Haywood, TN

May 1, 2010

An upper level disturbance slowly approached the Mid-South during the evening of April 30th, 2010 as a cold front became stationary to the west. This pattern remained in place through the evening hours of May 2nd, 2010. South to southwest winds pumped warm moist air from the Gulf of Mexico and created a very unstable atmosphere. Showers and thunderstorms developed in association with the front during the early evening hours and moved east into Eastern Arkansas shortly before midnight. Additional

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 229434). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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