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Flash Flood — Hempstead, AR

Jun 7, 2021

An upper low pressure system drifted north over Southeast Oklahoma and Western Arkansas during the early morning hours of June 7th, with an upper level disturbance beneath the attendant trough enhancing an area of showers and thunderstorms over Southwest Arkansas. A moist and unstable air mass was in place, with weak steering also present which resulted in slow-moving storms producing locally heavy rainfall. Rainfall amounts of 3-5 inches fell from Southern Howard County across Northern Hempstea

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 953791). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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