Storm Events Database

Event Details:

Event Tornado
-- Scale EF1
-- Length 9.6 Miles
-- Width 700 Yards
State ARKANSAS
County/Area CRAWFORD
WFO TSA
Report Source NWS Storm Survey
NCEI Data Source CSV
Begin Date 2017-05-27 22:46 CST-6
Begin Location 1WNW UNIONTOWN
Begin Lat/Lon 35.5862/-94.4641
End Date 2017-05-27 22:56 CST-6
End Location 3SE LEECREEK
End Lat/Lon 35.6432/-94.3125
Deaths Direct/Indirect 0/0 (fatality details below, when available...)
Injuries Direct/Indirect 0/0
Property Damage 30.00K
Crop Damage 0.00K
Episode Narrative Strong to severe thunderstorms developed during the late afternoon hours of the 27th along and ahead of a cold front that was moving into eastern Oklahoma. Very unstable air over the area ahead of the front, combined with strong deep-layer wind shear, resulted in widespread severe weather to develop. A tornado and damaging wind gusts occurred with the strongest storms as they moved across northwestern Arkansas.
Event Narrative This is the second segment of a two segment tornado. In Crawford County, this tornado destroyed the roof of a mobile home, damaged outbuildings, and uprooted trees near the state line. Numerous trees were snapped and uprooted as it moved across Highway 59 and Arkansas 220, finally dissipating after crossing White Water Road, east-southeast of Natural Dam. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in this segment of the tornado was 95 to 105 mph.


    

Event Map:

Note: The tornado track is approximate based on the beginning (B) and ending (E) locations. The actual tornado path may differ from a straight line.
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All events for this episode:

Location County/Zone St. Date Time T.Z. Type Mag Dth Inj PrD CrD
Totals: 0 0 32.00K 0.00K
BELLA VISTA BENTON CO. AR 05/27/2017 20:00 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 52 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
PEA RIDGE BENTON CO. AR 05/27/2017 20:27 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 52 kts. EG 0 0 2.00K 0.00K
SILOAM SPGS BENTON CO. AR 05/27/2017 20:55 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 65 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
UNIONTOWN CRAWFORD CO. AR 05/27/2017 22:46 CST-6 Tornado EF1 0 0 30.00K 0.00K
MASSARD SEBASTIAN CO. AR 05/27/2017 22:52 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 65 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
SMELTZER CRAWFORD CO. AR 05/27/2017 23:00 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 65 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
Totals: 0 0 32.00K 0.00K