Monday's storm only brought a few inches of flash flooding in most areas - not enough to pose any serious danger to the average human.
But it could spell disaster for a creature such as a baby deer, and that was just what Michael Westerfield found when he and his wife, Sharon, went to investigate the swollen creek in their Evergreen Drive backyard.
Westerfield found a fawn stranded in the middle of their neighbor's yard around 2 p.m., up to about its knees in the water.
"We were just out looking at the water, and he was in the middle of the flood," he said. "It was maybe about a foot and a half up, up to its chest. I waded out there, got it and wrapped it up, because it was shaking."
To help the tornado-stricken people of Dumas and surroundings, donations can be made to the Delta Area Disaster Relief Fund, care of the Delta Area Community Foundation, P.O. Box 894, Dumas, AR, 71639, or through the Arkansas Community Foundation, 700 S. Rock St., Little Rock, AR, 72202.