Mar 30, 2016
A warm front developed from roughly Northeast Arkansas into Central Arkansas on March 30, 2016. Strong low level southerly winds brought copious amounts of moisture northward into the region. As a result a complex of showers and embedded thunderstorms developed north of the warm front and moved very slowly across Eastern Arkansas. Rainfall amounts topped 5 inches in some areas of Northeast Arkansas causing flash flooding.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 625046). 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.