JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) – Twenty-two years ago on Jan. 21-22, Arkansas saw its largest tornado outbreak in history. On that date, 56 tornadoes touched down. The National Weather Service in Little Rock issued 48 tornado warnings that day alone. Most of the tornadoes that formed did so along the Interstate 30 and Highway 67 corridor…
Small Arkansas town hit hard by EF-1 tornado Saturday night
ROMANCE, Ark. — After severe storms moved through the state Saturday night, one town is now facing the aftermath of a confirmed EF-1 tornado. Several families in Romance, Arkansas spent their Sunday morning cleaning up after the tornado touched down in their city. According to White County Emergency Management Director, Tamara Jenkins, five homes were…
EF-0 tornado confirmed in Sparta during storms early Sunday morning
The National Weather Service confirmed that an EF-0 tornado hit Sparta Sunday morning. A damage survey team found a tornado with winds up to 85 mph hit the southeast side of the city early Sunday morning. However, a very wide area of severe straight-line winds up to 95 mph caused much worse damage across the…
Super Outbreak ’74: The Monticello F4 Tornado
MONTICELLO, Ind.–Forty five years ago this week, an F4 tornado hit Monticello. It was part of the April 3, 1974, Super Outbreak. Though the damage in Indiana was not limited to White County, the twister that struck at 5:17 p.m., was the longest tracked tornado of that day. The church van It stayed on the…
NWS: Tornado touched down in White County
NEW HAVEN, Ill. — Last week’s predicted storms, for most of the Tri-State, came to not much more than heavy rain. The National Weather Service, though, determined a tornado briefly touched down in White County, Illinois, after inspecting the damage. On the evening of April 3 an EF-1 tornado touched down 5 miles northeast of…
New tornado confirmed in far North Georgia
The National Weather Service has confirmed an EF-1 tornado hit far North Georgia days before Monday’s severe storms left a path of destruction in south Fulton and Haralson counties. The tornado, with a path length of 5 miles, hit north White County with winds of 105 mph in the upper Chattahoochee River Campground, according to…
20 years later, tragedy of North Hall tornado still lingers
Eddie Keith was driving past home after home shredded by the tornado when he noticed two children standing in a field off Mount Vernon Road in North Hall. A few adults were picking up debris some distance behind them. Keith stopped, approached one of the children, a young girl, and asked her, “Where’s your home?”…
‘It was over as fast as it hit’: Tornado touches down near Idaville, damages several buildings
For some, a house is just four walls and a roof, a place to hang their hat and a place to rest after a long day at work. However, for the Harkers, whose Idaville residence was hit and partially destroyed by a tornado Sunday, their house is a home filled with memories of their son…
National Weather Service confirms EF-0 tornado touched down in White County
WHITE COUNTY, Ind. – The National Weather Service has confirmed that an EF-0 tornado touched down in White County Sunday afternoon. Following the storm, emergency management reported that there was extensive damage near Idaville. NWS of Northern Indiana confirmed the touch down after completing a damage survey in the area Monday. NWS says the tornado…
Second tornado confirmed in Tuesday storm in Arkansas; governor monitoring damage
A second tornado has been confirmed in Arkansas as part of a storm system that ripped through the state Tuesday evening, according to the National Weather Service. Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Wednesday that he is monitoring damage caused by that EF-2 tornado in Kensett as well as an EF-1 tornado that struck the nearby…