Jul 12, 2010
An unusually moist, tropical-like air mass settled over Arkansas on the 11th through 13th. Periodic areas of low pressure aloft moving through the area set off rounds of showers and thunderstorms. Some of the storms became severe. With the very moist air over the state, some flash flooding also resulted. ||The first round of storms moved across the middle of Arkansas on the afternoon and early evening of the 11th. This was followed quickly by another round of storms in northern Arkansas late on
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 237605). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Jackson County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.