Nov 17, 2015
Strong Low pressure tracked from the Southern Plains into the Mid-Mississippi valley while a cold front pressed east toward the Mid-South during the afternoon and evening hours of November 17, 2015. A tight pressure gradient ahead of the front produced strong winds across the Mid-South during the afternoon. A line of showers and thunderstorms moved into the Mid-South during the late afternoon producing a few reports of damaging winds. Heavy rain produced some flash flooding as well.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 607968). 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.