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Flash Flood — Sebastian, AR

Oct 3, 2007

Thunderstorms developed ahead of a slow-moving cold front during the afternoon of the 12th. An organized outflow boundary pushed southward away from these storms and became the focus for additional thunderstorm development during the evening and overnight hours as the low level jet developed over far eastern Oklahoma and northwest Arkansas. The individual storms moved eastward, just north of the east-west oriented outflow boundary, resulting in several hours of locally heavy rainfall due to cell

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 63413). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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