Aug 21, 2019
Given dangerous heat, Excessive Heat Warnings were issued for parts of Arkansas for several days by the National Weather Service. Such a headline is posted when heat indices meet or exceed 110 degrees.||Heat continued to be the main headline through the 21st. There were scattered afternoon thunderstorms, mainly in the northern half of the state. A few of the storms were severe.||From the 18th through the 21st, severe storms delivered a 67 mph gust at Pocahontas (Randolph County), destroyed a met
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 847697). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Boone County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.