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Flash Flood — Desha, AR

Aug 31, 2017

The projected track of Harvey was directed toward the Tennessee Valley to finish the month. Areas east of Little Rock (Pulaski County) were close enough to the track to worry about heavy downpours and localized flash flooding.||Flash Flood Watches were posted in eastern sections of the state on the 31st. Showers/isolated thunderstorms developed before dawn and continued through the day. By evening, two to four inch rainfall totals were common, with radar estimates over ten inches in spots.||Ther

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 717798). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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