National Weather Service - Memphis, TN

Heavy Rainfall and Severe Thunderstorm Threats for the Plains and Southeast

A frontal boundary extending from the western High Plains to the Southeast will focus additional showers and thunderstorms this weekend. Some of these storms may become severe, alongside frequent lightning, and isolated instances of flash flooding. Meanwhile dry conditions will continue for the Great Basin where fire weather concerns linger. For the mid-Atlantic and Northeast, seasonable weather. Read More >

...PRELIMINARY EF-1 TORNADO IN CRAIGHEAD CO. ARKANSAS... * COUNTIES: CRAIGHEAD COUNTY ARKANSAS. * LOCATION: 2 MILES SOUTH OF BOWMAN ARKANSAS ALONG COUNTY ROAD 683...TO STATE HIGHWAY 18 IN BOWMAN ARKANSAS. * TIME: 308 PM ON WEDNESDAY APRIL 27 2011 * BEGINNING POINT: 35.80246, -90.50739 * ENDING POINT: 35.82255, -90.49305 * RATING: EF-1 * ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 MPH * PATH LENGTH: 1.6 MILES * MAXIMUM WIDTH: 250 YARDS * FATALITIES: 0 * INJURIES: 0 * SUMMARY OF DAMAGES: DAMAGE TO FIVE HOMES AND ONE BUSINESS GARAGE. MAINLY ROOF DAMAGE TO THREE MANUFACTURED HOMES...TWO BRICK HOMES AND ONE BUSINESS GARAGE. OTHER DAMAGE INCLUDED A DESTROYED STORAGE SHED...CHAIN LINK FENCE AND A FEW TREE LIMBS SNAPPED OFF.

Heavy Rainfall and Severe Thunderstorm Threats for the Plains and Southeast

National Weather Service - Memphis, TN - Bowman, AR Tornado