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Flash Flood — Nevada, AR

Jul 16, 2019

The remnants of Tropical Storm Barry drifted north into Northcentral Arkansas during the early morning hours of July 16th. Meanwhile, a very moist air mass lingered south of this remnant center of circulation, as a weak shortwave trough rounded the center, enhancing large scale forcing over Eastern McCurtain County Oklahoma and the northern sections of Southwest Arkansas. Low level warm and moist air was fed into these areas on a west/southwest low level flow, and provided the additional fuel ne

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 833026). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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