Heavy Rain — Polk, Arkansas

2022-04-25 · near Mena Muni Arpt, Polk, Arkansas

Event narrative

This report corrects the source from the previous report from the Mena Intermountain Municipal Airport. The AWOS reported 3.63 inches of rain fell since 855 pm CST and of that, 1.36 inches fell in 20 minutes from 1035 to 1055 pm CST.

Wider weather episode

After a brief lull in activity, another area of thunderstorms was noted during the early morning hours of the 21st across mainly northeast Arkansas. A few storms produced wind damage and flash flooding. Precipitation did stretch northwestward into portions of southwest Missouri where several inches of rain fell, heavy rain also occurred near Jackson/Independence Counties.

Heavy rain became widespread across western Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma Sunday night April 24th into the morning hours of the 25th. Several inches of rain occurred across these areas with some flash flooding occurring. Rises were noted along area rivers, including the Arkansas River.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1016005. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.