Power Outage in Waldo, AR

Tornado. An EF-1 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 100 mph touched down near County Road 52 near Lake Columbia. There, it snapped several softwood trees before continuing onward into forested areas where it caused intermittent damage. As the tornado continued to move northeast, damage was again observed near North Mill and North Cottage Street where trees were snapped and uprooted. The tornado continued on to uproot and snap trees as it crossed Washington and Neil Streets in the city of Waldo. Prior to reaching Highway 371, the tornado damaged an awning of a church, before knocking over several power poles and snapping trees across several blocks in Waldo. On the northeast side of the city limits, the tornado completely destroyed a small metal outbuilding and continued on to snap more trees at the edge of a farm before lifting.

January 18, 2023

A decaying complex of showers and thunderstorms over Eastern Oklahoma and Western Arkansas drifted south through much of Southwest Arkansas during the afternoon and evening hours of May 15th, as an accompanying shortwave trough shifted east away from this area into Eastern Arkansas and the Mid-South region. Meanwhile, scattered showers and thunderstorms developed throughout the afternoon across North Louisiana and East Texas, along a large seabreeze boundary that pushed north from the Gulf of Mexico. The air mass remained moderately unstable even through the early evening hours as the seabreeze boundary encountered the leading edge of the cold pool associated with the decaying showers and thunderstorms, such that an isolated severe thunderstorm developed over Eastern Columbia County Arkansas and shifted north across the county. This storm downed a large tree east of Magnolia, with extensive power outages noted over Eastern Columbia County as well, before weakening as it encountered more stable air to the north over Ouachita County.

May 15, 2020

Thunderstorm Wind. A tree was blown onto power lines along Highway 79, sparking an electrical fire.

April 28, 2020

Thunderstorm Wind. Several trees and power lines were downed blocking roads across Columbia County.

June 19, 2019

Thunderstorm Wind. Numerous trees were snapped and uprooted east of Magnolia. Numerous power lines were downed as well.

March 14, 2019

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@LadyElaineAR - January 12, 2021 18:29