Sep 1, 2020
On the 1st, several inches of rain dumped from Mena (Polk County) and Waldron (Scott County) to Russellville (Pope County), and Mountain View (Stone County).||The ground was already saturated in parts of the west after more than a foot of precipitation in August. Water had nowhere to go, and flooding became life threatening. At Waldron (Scott County), numerous roads were under water (including Highways 28 and 71), and this was spilling into homes and businesses. Local residents had to be rescued
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 920013). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Yell County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.