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Flash Flood — Sebastian, AR

Jan 10, 2020

A strong storm system and associated cold front moved into the Southern Plains on the 10th. Unseasonably warm and moist air spread northward from the Gulf of Mexico ahead of this system, resulting in weak to moderate instability developing across eastern Oklahoma and northwest Arkansas. This instability, combined with very strong wind fields and wind shear, resulted in organized severe thunderstorms. The strongest storms produced large hail up to golfball size, damaging wind, a tornado, and flas

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 865464). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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