Flood — Crawford, Arkansas

2015-05-11 to 2015-05-12 · near Rudy, Crawford, Arkansas

Event narrative

A man was swimming in Frog Bayou near Rudy at about 3:15 pm CDT on May 12th. He was taken swiftly downstream and drown. His body was recovered on May 15th.

Wider weather episode

A slow-moving low pressure trough moved from the Rockies into the Plains during the 9th and 10th. Several disturbances rotating through this trough translated across the Southern Plains during this period. With very moist and unstable air in place over the region, multiple periods of thunderstorms occurred. Locally heavy rainfall as well as severe weather was prevalent across northwestern Arkansas.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 583585. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.