Lightning Flashes Over Little Rock Amid Storm Warnings

Lightning flashed over Little Rock, Arkansas, on Wednesday, July 27, as the National Weather Service (NWS) issued a severe thunderstorm warning for the area.

This footage by @Kricket11 shows impressive lightning strikes near the Arkansas River.

The NWS said another local weather office recorded 2.74 inches of rain on Wednesday, breaking the previous daily rainfall record of 1.25 inches set in 1963. Credit: @Kricket11 via Storyful

Video transcript

- It's sad-- oh, there we go. There we go. Kind of sad that I'm missing the rain. Like, I can literally see it over the river.

Maybe we get one drop. I don't know. There you go, one drop. See it on the window? Mm-hmm.

It's sad-- oh, there we go. There we go. Kind of sad that I'm missing the rain. Like, I can literally see it over the river.

Maybe we get one drop. I don't know. There you go, one drop. See it on the window? Mm-hmm.