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Flash Flood — Lafayette, AR

Apr 30, 2016

After a brief respite from severe thunderstorms during the predawn hours on April 29th, additional strong to severe thunderstorms developed from the late morning hours through much of the afternoon and evening on April 29th, and lingered through the early morning hours on April 30th. These storms developed along and south of a warm front which lifted into Southeast Oklahoma and the northern sections of Southwest Arkansas, in a warm, moist, and unstable air mass ahead of a series of upper level d

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 624961). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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