MOUNTAINBURG, Ark. — Multiple tornadoes have been confirmed after a severe storm blew through 5COUNTRY in the early morning hours of Tuesday, May 7.
The storms left a wake of fallen power lines and trees, damage, and flooding across Northwest Arkansas, the River Valley, and parts of Eastern Oklahoma.
An investigation by the National Weather Service (NWS) has been carried out in the days following the storm.
Crews were out to survey damage in multiple areas across Crawford, Franklin, Washington, and Madison counties.
A total of seven tornadoes have now been confirmed in Arkansas from that storm.
NWS confirms that a high-end EF-2 tornado with winds reaching 110 to 120 mph impacted Odell, an unincorporated community in Washington County.
The tornado started in southeast Adair County near the Oklahoma-Arkansas state line and moved east over Odell.
Trees were snapped and uprooted and outbuildings were destroyed. The path was 11.7 miles.
NWS confirmed a second tornado after EF-1 damage was found south of Mountainburg.
Peak winds reached 105 to 110 mph and the path was 5.7 miles. The tornado moved across I-49, snapping and uprooting trees.
A third tornado was confirmed by the NWS shortly after the first two on May 9. Another EF-1, this time near the unincorporated community of Crosses in Madison County.
Peak winds reached 100 to 110 mph and the path was 2.8 miles. NWS says that numerous trees were snapped and uprooted.
Three more tornadoes were confirmed in an update from NWS on May 14.
The fourth tornado occurred in Cain, Arkansas, in Crawford County.
NWS says that this EF-1 tornado had wind speeds of 90 to 100 mph with a path of 0.6 miles. The tornado uprooted trees, some of which fell on top of homes, and snapped large tree limbs.
The fifth tornado, in Winslow, was confirmed on May 14. It is rated EF-1 with peak wind speeds 90 to 100 mph and a path length of 1.8 miles. It destroyed an outbuilding and uprooted trees, according to NWS.
The sixth confirmed tornado, also an EF-1, occurred in Fern, Arkansas, in Franklin County. It had peak wind speeds of 95 to 105 mph and a path of 3.9 miles. NWS says that it developed over Fern Mountain and uprooted numerous trees and damaged outbuildings.
A seventh EF-1 tornado was confirmed in Crawford County on May 14. According to NWS, the tornado developed south of I-40 and north of Highway 64 in Shibley on May 7 at 2:43 a.m. NWS says it damaged several homes and uprooted trees as the tornado continued to move east. After crossing Highway 162, it dissipated east of Sharp Chapel Road in Dyer at 2:53 a.m.
There were no reported fatalities or injuries with any of the tornadoes.
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