Power Outage in Bay, AR

A cold front approached the Mid-South during the afternoon hours of June 25, 2023. A very hot and unstable airmass was in place across the Mid-South with temperatures in mid 90s and dewpoints in the mid to upper 70s. Meanwhile, ample wind shear aided storm organization during the event. Supercells developed over north central Arkansas in the afternoon and pushed into the Mid-South late in the day. The cells bowed out causing swaths of wind damage across the Mid-South. The main swath of damaging winds stretched across the entire region from northeast Arkansas through the Memphis metropolitan area into northeast Mississippi. The most significant damage stretched from northern Shelby County into Fayette County where tree damage and power outages were widespread. Another area of significant damage occurred in the Clarksdale area.

June 25, 2023

Thunderstorm Wind. Numerous trees and power lines were knocked down across Brookland.

June 25, 2023

Thunderstorm Wind. Numerous trees and power lines were knocked down across Bono.

June 25, 2023

Thunderstorm Wind. Power lines were knocked down along Highway 135 at County Road 992.

April 15, 2023

An arctic airmass settled over the Mid-South from late January into early February with a front stalled just south of the region. A series of upper-level disturbances overrunning that arctic air resulted in three rounds of wintry precipitation with some significant tree and powerline damage. Travel was also impacted across the Mid-South. The first round started late on January 30th and continued until the morning of January 31st. Heavy sleet fell across the northern tier of the Mid-South from northeast Arkansas into the Missouri Bootheel and northwest Tennessee. Heavy freezing rain fell across parts of east-central Arkansas with lighter amounts into West Tennessee along the I-40 corridor. Round two moved into the Mid-South during the afternoon and evening of January 31st with sleet along and north of the Tennessee/Mississippi state line, heaviest across the Memphis metropolitan area, and light freezing rain across extreme northern Mississippi. The third round started on the evening of February 1st and ended on the morning of February 2nd. Freezing rain spread across areas along and south of the Interstate 40 corridor including east-central Arkansas, northwest Mississippi, and southwest Tennessee. This round resulted in numerous power outages across east-central Arkansas, northwest Mississippi, and southwest Tennessee. There was significant tree damage across extreme northwest Mississippi.

February 01, 2023

5:30 A.M. UPDATE: Here are the power outages @CraigheadCoop is reporting https://t.co/kJHHir9ON1

@jorgeaquiquivix - December 23, 2022 11:36

@ryanvaughan Ursh the wind is definitely the problem with power outages

@LowellGarner7 - December 23, 2022 03:29

Can you hear the wind outside? Here are some of the wind gusts at 9PM. Some data is missing due to power outages an… https://t.co/VJFHFbJNLF

@ryanvaughan - December 23, 2022 03:14

Jonesboro, AR (2:11 PM) Grid Power Outage Event >> The Ting Network detected an Electric Utility Grid Power Outage… https://t.co/dqawSpYtGV

@grid_events - December 12, 2022 20:15

Really strong winds will start to move through some of our Ozark towns through 10 PM. Power outages and down trees/… https://t.co/LY6HCQdGaG

@ZachHolderWx - November 05, 2022 02:23