Tornadoes one year ago on this date
Waves of rain this Memorial Day Weekend have produced unusually mild late May temperatures and flooding concerns. Despite the active weather, it was certainly a lot calmer than Memorial Day Weekend one year ago.
The weekend took a serious turn on the night of the 25th with a major outbreak of severe weather unfolding late in the night. Supercells spread east through the area late in the night into the morning of the 26th. The strongest supercell moved across Northern Arkansas and Southeast Missouri, producing multiple EF-2 and EF-3 tornadoes.
One of the tornadoes, an EF-3, hit Decatur, AR, with a width of 3200 yards (1.8 miles wide). This was a record for the state of Arkansas and one of three EF-3 tornadoes that hit Northern Arkansas, all of which were over a mile wide.
Two EF-3 tornadoes tore across Boone, Marion, Baxter and Fulton Counties, killing 5 people. The danger of these large tornadoes was enhanced by the very late nature of the event, occurring between 3am and 5am.
Photo Credit: Lorrie Bay – Mtn. View, MO
Tornadoes also hit north of the state line, 5 in total, with the early morning round. Another wave of supercells developed that afternoon, producing an additional 5 tornadoes. One of these was an EF-2 that tracked north of Hwy. 60, hitting the Mtn. View, MO, area.
Photo Credit: Jason Foster – Laurie, MO
In addition to tornadoes, damaging wind gusts and very large hail occurred. Numerous reports of baseball to softball-sized hail were received with the afternoon wave of storms.
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