Aug 25, 2016
A hot, humid, and unstable air mass was in place across much of the Ark-La-Tex region on August 25th, which sat on the western periphery of an upper level ridge of high pressure that was anchored over the Tennessee Valley. An upper level disturbance rounded this ridge to the northwest over the region during the afternoon, contributing to the development of scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms over much of Southwest Arkansas, North Louisiana, and portions of East Texas. These storms co
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 646302). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Hempstead County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.