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The first notable tornado of the event began in northeastern Arkansas, near Jonesboro, causing major damage in and near towns such as Monette and Leachville, Arkansas, at EF4 intensity. It crossed the Missouri Bootheel, causing additional damage and fatalities near Braggadocio and Hayti.
2021 Tri-State tornado. The EF4 tornado (upper-left hand corner) being illuminated by lightning during the night near Hayti, Missouri. Craighead (AR), Mississippi (AR), Dunklin (MO), Pemiscot (MO), Lake (TN), Obion (TN) counties. Throughout the evening hours of December 10, 2021, a large and destructive tornado struck areas in and around the ...
The Tornado outbreak of May 1968 was a significant and deadly tornado outbreak that struck most of the central and southern United States from May 15 to May 16, 1968. Producing 46 tornadoes, the outbreak killed at least 72 people, including 45 in Arkansas alone. The outbreak also produced two F5 tornadoes in Iowa.
The six people reported injured were taken to a local hospital with minor juries, Jonesboro E-911 Director Jeff Presley said. The tornado did major damage at the Mall at Turtle Creek and Jonesboro ...
March 31, 2023 at 8:00 PM. Central Arkansas suffered "significant damage" Friday, the state’s governor announced, after meteorologists said a tornado touched down in North Little Rock, pummeling ...
The Mall at Turtle Creek. / 35.8234; -90.6640. The Mall at Turtle Creek is an enclosed shopping mall in Jonesboro, Arkansas, that closed in 2020 due to tornado damage. Currently, the only stores in operation at the property are JCPenney, Dillard's and Target. [1] All four bus routes of the Jonesboro Economical Transit system serve the location.
A destructive nighttime tornado, or series of tornadoes, ravaged Jonesboro, Arkansas, on May 26, injuring nearly 300 people, but surprisingly with only three deaths. [16] [28] The next day, a long-tracked, violent tornado crossed almost 140 mi (230 km) of central Alabama , obliterating most of the town of Brent , injuring about 200 people, and ...
Only weak tornadoes touched down in the moderate risk area, though a few strong tornadoes occurred elsewhere. A large EF3 tornado struck the city of Jonesboro, Arkansas, while being streamed live on local news stations, producing major damage to homes, businesses, and a shopping mall.