Dec 21, 2013
Heavy rain developed along a stalled front across Northeast Arkansas early in the day causing flash flooding. As the day progressed a potent upper level disturbance moved out of the East Texas while a surface low pressure system tracked from Arkansas along the stalled front. Moist and unstable air moved into the Mid-South in advance of the stalled front and the developing low pressure system. As a result a few severe storms developed across parts of East-Central Arkansas during the late afternoo
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 483713). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Craighead County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.