Jun 23, 2019
With the departure of an upper level ridge that resulted in oppressive heat across the Ark-La-Tex area in the preceding days, the upper flow aloft became more southwest during the daytime hours on June 23rd, ahead of an upper level trough and associated cold front that shifted east southeast across Oklahoma and Arkansas. The remnants of a mesoscale convective system (MCS) that moved across Southern Kansas and Northern Oklahoma earlier that morning helped to initiate another complex of showers an
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 832601). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in McCurtain County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.