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Flash Flood — Craighead, AR

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.

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