Jun 21, 2020
A mesoscale convective vortex (MCV) from a decayed area of showers and thunderstorms over Southeast Oklahoma drifted east into the northern sections of Southwest Arkansas during the afternoon and evening hours of June 21st, along a weak shortwave trough that drifted east across Western and Central Arkansas. A warm, moist, and unstable air mass lingered across Southwest Arkansas during the evening, with a modest southwesterly low level flow feeding additional low level moisture as large scale for
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 891297). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Hempstead County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.