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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
1232 PM CDT Mon May 27 2024

...NWS Damage Survey for 05/26/2024 Tornado Event Boone-Marion County...

This tornado likely started just west of Bellefonte road, near the
intersection of Maxie Camp Road in Boone County, damaging trees and
a few power poles as it crossed the road. A few homes sustained some
damage, mainly to their roofs and the southern and southeastern exterior
walls. A hay barn was also completely destroyed. The tornado then kept
moving east into an open field, snapping trees in its path and along
Maxie Camp Road. The tornado crossed US Highway 65, moving over the
Boone County Sheriff`s Department Building and an Arkansas State Police
Troop Center. The two buildings sustained very minor damage, mainly
consisting of missing shingles and bent light poles. A loaded trailer
of the BCSD was likely lofted and tossed onto a gate on the premises
that sustained major damage to become inoperable. Just east of the
highway, a storage unit complex sustained damage to all three storage
buildings, and an RV was flipped on its side. Another business building
behind the storage units only sustained damage to glass windows and a
broken garage door. Just to the south of the storage complex, another
large metal building with multiple bay doors facing the prevailing
tornado forward speed winds was badly damaged with most walls collapsed.

The tornado kept moving east, likely expanding in width and snapping
trees and power poles along Maxie Camp Rd. As the tornado approached
the intersection of Maxie Camp and Starkey Road, a mobile home was
completely lofted, rolled, and destroyed. Extensive tree damage was
observed all along the north south portion of Maxie Camp Rd. A few
homes, one with a CMU footprint and the other with a partial concrete
pat and open crawlspace concrete footing were completely lifted off
their bases and destroyed. No anchoring was found on the homes, likely
leading to the complete destruction of the mixed construction domicile.
Trees in the immediate vicinity of the destroyed homes were completely
snapped and demolished as well. Despite the lack of anchoring, the
complete destruction of this home was consistent with low-end EF3 wind
speeds of 140-145 mph. A resident of one of the destroyed homes sustained
non-life threatening injuries.

The tornado began to move northeast, paralleling US Highway 62, moving
just southeast of Olvey and causing mainly tree damage and destroying
small outbuildings. BCSD reported one fatality in Boone County inside
a destroyed mobile home, near the Olvey area.

The tornado then crossed into Marion County, continuing to follow US 62
to the south, near Pyatt. Marion County OEM reported 3 fatalities
associated with this tornado within Marion County. Extensive tree damage
was observed across several county roads, and a few mobile homes were
lofted and destroyed on country road 4010. The tornado then began to
move up the Crooked Creek valley where extensive tree damage was observed
and moderate damage to the second level of a tin roofed home was found
as well. The tornado continued to move northeast, damaging and snapping
most trees in its path as it crossed Crooked Creek and County Road 4006
and the Snow Access Road and Snow Campground. The tornado then crossed
US 62 again near the municipality of Snow, causing minor to moderate
damage to homes around the area. As the tornado crossed US 62, it began
moving northeast again, causing mainly tree damage to the north of the
highway, and eventually crossed State Highway 125 north, and County
Road 3032, where more extensive tree damage was observed. At this
location another mobile home which was unanchored was lofted and
completely destroyed. Tree damage was evident to the east of the last
observed damage indicators, but was inaccessible by road. The tornado
likely continued off into the trees for a couple of miles before
dissipating in rural territory.

Time is estimated based on radar data and may be updated when all data
is analyzed. This was an extremely wide tornado topping out at
approximately 1500 yards or about 0.85 miles wide. Fatalities and
injuries are based on current information and may be updated once
the full impact of this weekend`s storms is compiled. Monetary losses
are unknown at this time.

.Boone-Marion...

Rating:                 EF3
Estimated Peak Wind:    145 mph
Path Length /statute/:  21.10 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   1500 yards
Fatalities:             4
Injuries:               1

Start Date:             05/26/2024
Start Time:             03:27 AM CDT
Start Location:         2 S Bellefonte / Boone County / AR
Start Lat/Lon:          36.1773 / -93.0482

End Date:               05/26/2024
End Time:               04:04 AM CDT
End Location:           2 NNW Summit / Marion County / AR
End Lat/Lon:            36.2773 / -92.699


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EF Scale: The Enhanced Fujita Scale classifies tornadoes into the
following categories:

EF0.....65 to 85 mph
EF1.....86 to 110 mph
EF2.....111 to 135 mph
EF3.....136 to 165 mph
EF4.....166 to 200 mph
EF5.....>200 mph

NOTE:
The information in this statement is preliminary and subject to
change pending final review of the event and publication in
NWS Storm Data.


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Green/Goudsward/Cavanaugh