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Flash Flood — Grant, AR

Dec 13, 2018

Flood Cause
Heavy Rain

There was more rain on the 13th/14th. A storm system aloft dove out of the Rockies into the southern Plains, and quickly intensified as it headed along the Gulf Coast. Central Arkansas got hammered on the 13th, with over three inches of rain from Little Rock (Pulaski County) to just west of Searcy (White County). North of Jacksonville (Pulaski County), at least one road was covered by water in several locations. Just northeast of Sheridan (Grant County), a county road was flooded.||Not much chan

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 795232). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Grant, AR

This event is one of many recorded floods in Grant County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.

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