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 >

Ferguson, AR to Coahoma, MS EF-0 Tornado

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Survey Results:

...PRELIMINARY EF-0 TORNADO IN PHILLIPS CO. ARKANSAS AND COAHOMA CO. MISSISSIPPI...

* COUNTIES: PHILLIPS CO. ARKANSAS AND COAHOMA CO. MISSISSIPPI

* LOCATION: FERGUSON ARKANSAS ALONG HIGHWAY 44 TO COAHOMA   
  MISSISSIPPI ALONG OLD HIGHWAY 61 ROAD.

* TIME: 630 PM ON TUESDAY APRIL 26 2011

* BEGINNING POINT: 34.137006, -90.984259

* ENDING POINT: 34.36675, -90.52245

* RATING: EF-0

* ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 80 MPH

* PATH LENGTH: 17.8 MILES

* MAXIMUM WIDTH: 200 YARDS

* FATALITIES: 0

* INJURIES: 0

* SUMMARY OF DAMAGES: CHURCH SUFFERED ROOF DAMAGE ABOUT THREE MILES   
  SOUTHWEST OF COAHOMA. TOPPLED OVER PIVOT IRRIGATION SYSTEMS...
  NUMEROUS TREES EITHER UPROOTED OR WITH SNAPPED LIMBS... SCATTERED
  TELEPHONE POLES DOWN...AND A FEW DAMAGED ADVERTISEMENT AND ROAD SIGNS.

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Heavy Rainfall and Severe Thunderstorm Threats for the Plains and Southeast

National Weather Service - Memphis, TN - Ferguson, AR to Coahoma, MS Tornado