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

Excessive Rainfall in the Southern Plains, Ozarks, and Upper Midwest Thursday

Heavy thunderstorms will continue areas of excessive rainfall and locally considerable flooding over parts of the southern Plains into the mid-Mississippi River Valley through Friday. Heavy to excessive rainfall may bring flash and urban flooding, along with isolated riverine flooding to a part of the Upper Midwest Thursday. 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.