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

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: 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF BLACK OAK ALONG COUNTY ROAD 513...TO 1 SOUTHWEST OF MONETTE ALONG COUNTY ROAD 506. * TIME: 317 PM ON WEDNESDAY APRIL 27 2011 * BEGINNING POINT: 35.86913, -90.37336 * ENDING POINT: 35.87442, -90.36501 * RATING: EF-0 * ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 75 MPH * PATH LENGTH: 0.6 MILES * MAXIMUM WIDTH: 75 YARDS * FATALITIES: 0 * INJURIES: 0 * SUMMARY OF DAMAGES: DAMAGED/FLIPPED FARM IRRIGATION PIVOT...TWO TELEPHONE POLES AND A FEW BROKEN TREE LIMBS.