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-0 TORNADO IN CRAIGHEAD CO. ARKANSAS... * COUNTIES: CRAIGHEAD COUNTY ARKANSAS. * LOCATION: 5 MILES SOUTH OF JONESBORO ARKANSAS ON EITHER SIDE OF STATE HIGHWAY ONE. * TIME: 256 PM ON WEDNESDAY APRIL 27 2011 * BEGINNING POINT: 35.73809, -90.69490 * ENDING POINT: 35.73989, -90.69076 * RATING: EF-0 * ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 75 MPH * PATH LENGTH: 0.3 MILES * MAXIMUM WIDTH: 50 YARDS * FATALITIES: 0 * INJURIES: 0 * SUMMARY OF DAMAGES: PARTIAL ROOF DAMAGE TO BUSINESS OFFICE BUILDING AND TWO STORAGE GARAGE DOORS BLOWN IN. OTHER DAMAGE INCLUDED ONE BLOWN WINDOW FROM A BUSINESS AND A PARTIALLY DOWNED CHAIN LINK FENCE.

Heavy Rainfall and Severe Thunderstorm Threats for the Plains and Southeast

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