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Flash Flood — Lincoln, AR

Jun 8, 2021

Hit and miss thunderstorms ramped up on the 6th. Two to more than three inches of rain was measured at Cane Creek State Park (Lincoln County), Fordyce (Dallas County), Monticello (Drew County), Nashville (Howard County), and Pine Bluff (Jefferson County). Several roads were under water between Avilla (Saline County) and Ferndale (Pulaski County), and also at Monticello (Drew County).||During the predawn hours of the 7th, thunderstorm winds downed a tree on Highway 53 just south of Gurdon (Clark

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 962327). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Lincoln, AR

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