Power Outage in Crossett, AR

This tornado began near the intersection of Ashley 270 Road and Ashley 25 Road west of the Overflow National Wildlife Refuge in southern Ashley County. As it moved northeast, the tornado uprooted, snapped, or damaged trees along its path. It crossed over several highways, county roads, and low-lying areas through the county until it reached Montrose near the intersection of US Highway 82 and 165. There the tornado intensified to its maximum intensity of EF-2 with estimated peak winds of 120 mph. Along US 82 near 9th Street, a small guest home on concrete blocks was pushed off its foundation and destroyed. A nearby mobile home was rolled across three parked cars which were also destroyed. Several sheds and outbuildings were destroyed in the immediate vicinity as well. Widespread damage was common in the western part of town where many homes suffered minor to moderate roof damage. Several trees were uprooted or snapped along with continued minor to moderate residential damage as the tornado moved northeast and across northern Montrose. It crossed US 165 north of Montrose where an outbuilding was destroyed. As the tornado moved into farmland northeast of town, a center pivot irrigation system was destroyed. It continued northeast into Chicot County and across the intersection of Arkansas Highways 144 and 293 where a home and several buildings lost roofing and paneling, and some power poles were blown down. The tornado crossed US Highway 65 and Cedar Road near the Bellaire community in northern Chicot County, blew down a few power poles and damaged a few trees, and then dissipated shortly after crossing into Desha County.

This tornado began near the intersection of Ashley 270 Road and Ashley 25 Road west of the Overflow National Wildlife Refuge in southern Ashley County. As it moved northeast, the tornado uprooted, snapped, or damaged trees along its path. It crossed over several highways, county roads, and low-lying areas through the county until it reached Montrose near the intersection of US Highway 82 and 165. There the tornado intensified to its maximum intensity of EF-2 with estimated peak winds of 120 mph. Along US 82 near 9th Street, a small guest home on concrete blocks was pushed off its foundation and destroyed. A nearby mobile home was rolled across three parked cars which were also destroyed. Several sheds and outbuildings were destroyed in the immediate vicinity as well. Widespread damage was common in the western part of town where many homes suffered minor to moderate roof damage. Several trees were uprooted or snapped along with continued minor to moderate residential damage as the tornado moved northeast and across northern Montrose. It crossed US 165 north of Montrose where an outbuilding was destroyed. As the tornado moved into farmland northeast of town, a center pivot irrigation system was destroyed. It continued northeast into Chicot County and across the intersection of Arkansas Highways 144 and 293 where a home and several buildings lost roofing and paneling, and some power poles were blown down. The tornado crossed US Highway 65 and Cedar Road near the Bellaire community in northern Chicot County, blew down a few power poles and damaged a few trees, and then dissipated shortly after crossing into Desha County.

A power line was blown down along Ashley County Road 304.

Tropical depression force winds from Tropical Storm Delta blew down at least 20 trees across the county, and damage to power lines caused power outages in the Hamburg and Fountain Hill areas. Rainfall amounts of 3 to 5 inches occurred across the county.

A roof was partially removed from a barn near Wilmot. Several trees and power lines were blown down across the county. A private weather station east of North Crossett recorded sustained winds of 41 mph with a peak gust of 56 mph.

Power lines were blown down in Crossett.

Trees and power lines were blown down.

Trees and power poles were damaged.

Trees and power poles were blown down.

This tornado started just northeast of Hamburg along Ashley 70 Road and tracked roughly 20 miles to just east of Montrose in Chicot County. Thousands of trees were uprooted and snapped along the path along with numerous power lines and poles downed. Some of the heaviest damage was to a mobile home just off Ashley 129 Road. The home was thrown 15 to 20 feet and destroyed. Another mobile home was destroyed along Ashley 128 Road. The tornado then crossed Highway 82 near Ashley 301 Road. Power poles were broken here and a tractor shed was heavily damaged. From this point, the tornado mostly paralleled Highway 82 or tracked along it. Many power lines were down along with poles. Just east of Ashley 912 Road, one wooden high tension segment had the top broken out. In the Snyder community, some homes sustained roof damage and had trees down on them. North of Highway 82, near Horseshoe Lake, a lot of hardwood trees were heavily damaged and there were three segments of the wooden high tension poles and lines taken out. The tornado continued roughly along Highway 82 toward Montrose. The strongest core of the tornado remained north of the highway and downed two more wooden high tension segments before Montrose and two more just north of town to the west of Highway 165. In the town of Montrose, numerous trees were damaged along with many homes having some degree of roof damage or a handful more with a tree on the home. Just east of Montrose, near the Chicot County line and north of Highway 82, a metal high tension pole segment was taken down which supported the highest wind estimate of 130 mph. The tornado dissipated near County Road 293 on the north side of Highway 82. Maximum width was 1000 yards. Total path length was 20.51 miles. Max winds were 130 mph.

This tornado started in the swamp area on the eastern side of Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge and tracked roughly due east and dissipated just after crossing Hancock Road. At the start, a few trees were damaged and that continued as the tornado tracked along Ashley 299 Road. Some trees were uprooted along this part of the path. The tornado intensified as it neared Ashley 14 Road and widened. Numerous trees were uprooted and snapped. Several outbuildings were damaged along with other minor damage to some homes with shingles off. Along a portion of Ashley 14 Road, heavy tree damage was noted along with several homes having trees on them. Numerous power lines were down as well. The tornado then weakened some with mostly minor type tree damage. Intensity increased again as it crossed Hancock Road. Here Beulahland Church sustained moderate roof damage along with two other homes having roof damage. Several power lines and poles were down as well. The tornado quickly dissipated just east of Hancock Road. Maximum peak winds were estimated at 108 mph.

This tornado started just off Highway 133 and continued just east of north where it dissipated just before reaching Highway 8, southeast of Hamburg. At the start, just a few trees were uprooted, some of which took a power line down along Highway 133. The tornado increased in intensity and width as it crossed Binnis Loop Rd. More trees were uprooted or snapped and a couple of homes sustained some roof damage. One large shed was destroyed with fragments of the roof thrown across the road. The tornado traveled along Highway 52 for quite a while. Along this part of the path, numerous trees were uprooted and snapped. Some power lines and poles were down as well. Quite a bit of uprooted trees were noted on the south side of the country club. The tornado moved over the airport where one large hangar had roof damage and the back wall had panels blown out. As the tornado neared Highway 425, the center was to the north side of Highway 52 and continued to snap and uproot trees. As it crossed Highway 425, numerous trees were snapped and uprooted. Moving east-northeast, the tornado began to weaken and dissipated just after crossing Ashley 312 Road. Maximum peak winds were estimated at 100 mph.

This tornado started just west of Highway 133 near Ashley 181 Road and traveled roughly eastward to just east of Highway 425 where it dissipated north of Hamburg. At the start, scattered trees were damaged. As the tornado approached Highway 133, intensity increased and more were snapped and uprooted. A few power lines were down as well. Along Highway 133, two areas of focused damage were noted. One area had a few dozen trees uprooted and one large tree was on a mobile home. The other area was at the Trinity Church, where some roof damage occurred to the main building and the covered walkway was blown away. Numerous trees were uprooted and snapped along Ashley 497 Road and the Egypt Church building sustained damage. The large front covering was destroyed and the roof has some damage. Along Ashley 470 Road, heavy tree damage was noted along with several power lines down. Some homes had minor roof damage here as well as along Ashley 471 Road. Uprooted and snapped trees continued along the path. As the the tornado crossed Highway 189, a strong surge was noted on the north side of the path where a focused corridor of trees were damaged. Here a couple of trees were blown down on a mobile home. On the southern side of the path, at the intersection of Ashley 492 Road, several homes sustained roof damage with tin and insulation thrown. Trees were down here as well. The tornado continued across a wooded area where it crossed Ashley 491 Road, then Highway 425 before dissipating just east of Highway 425. There was one indirect injury which occurred during clean up after the tornado. Maximum peak winds were estimated at 105 mph.

This tornado started in the swamp area on the eastern side of Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge and tracked roughly due east and dissipated just after crossing Hancock Road. At the start, a few trees were damaged and that continued as the tornado tracked along Ashley 299 Road. Some trees were uprooted along this part of the path. The tornado intensified as it neared Ashley 14 Road and widened. Numerous trees were uprooted and snapped. Several outbuildings were damaged along with other minor damage to some homes with shingles off. Along a portion of Ashley 14 Road, heavy tree damage was noted along with several homes having trees on them. Numerous power lines were down as well. The tornado then weakened some with mostly minor type tree damage. Intensity increased again as it crossed Hancock Road. Here Beulahland Church sustained moderate roof damage along with two other homes having roof damage. Several power lines and poles were down as well. The tornado quickly dissipated just east of Hancock Road. Maximum peak winds were estimated at 108 mph.

Widespread trees, large limbs, and power lines were down throughout the city, with the heaviest damage between Main and Cedar streets. There was minor roof damage to a few homes and other buildings, both due to wind and blown down trees. Scattered blown down trees, due to lessening winds, continued to a few miles east of Crossett along Highway 82 and a little south of the highway.

A tree was blown down onto power lines in the 300 block of Missouri Street.

Trees and power lines were blown down along Ashley 17 near Highway 305.

Widespread trees and powerlines were blown down around the county. A large tree was blown down on a car in Crossett.

Trees and power lines were blown down across the county.

Several trees were blown down and resulted in power outages near West Crossett.

Scattered trees and powerlines were knocked down across the central and western portions of the county.

A swath of wind damage occurred across the county as a squall line passed. Trees were blown down all across the county. A few of the trees were snapped due to the strong winds. Several power lines were also blown down, and a large tree was blown onto a house along Highway 165 in the Boydell community. A tree was also blown onto a house in downtown Crossett.

A power line was blown down.

A quarter inch of ice accumulated on trees and power lines, mainly in the far southeastern part of the county.

A quarter inch of ice accumulated on trees and power lines around the county. A few power outages occurred as a result.

Numerous trees were blown down around Crossett. One tree was blown down onto a mobile home injuring one occupant inside. A few power lines were also blown down around town.

Several trees and a couple of power lines were blown down in Dermott.

Multiple trees and power lines were blown down in the city of Crossett. A few of the trees and power lines were blown down near the Crossett Police Department. TV cable lines were blown down. A power line fell on a vehicle in town. A transformer and light pole were blown down on 10th Avenue.

Several trees and power lines were blown down throughout the city.

A few trees were blown down on a few power lines around Crossett.

Power lines were blown down northeast of Berlin.

Several trees and a few power lines were blown down as a weakening line of showers and embedded storms pushed south across the county.

Tropical storm force winds occurred across Ashley County as the outer edges of Hurricane Gustav moved across central Louisiana. Numerous trees and several power lines were blown down and blocked area roads. Wind gusts peaked between 40 and 50 mph.

Numerous trees and several power lines were blown down across the county. Damage was scattered in nature but widespread across the county.

A few power lines were blown down.

Several trees and power lines were blown down along Beach Street.

A few trees and large limbs were blown down on power lines.

A few trees were blown down and a power line was taken down.

Steady heavy snow occurred across Chicot County through the afternoon hours with totals running between 2 and 4 inches. The highest accumulations were in Dermott where 5 inches was measured. By early evening, the weight of the heavy snow downed power lines and caused a few roads to close.

A few trees and power lines were blown down just south of Hamburg.

Around one quarter inch of ice accumulated slowly through the day with icing being worst across area roads. Accidents were plentiful across the county with some icing in trees and on power lines.

A few trees and power lines were blown down across the south portion of Ashley County.

A few trees and power lines were blown down.

Scattered trees and power lines were blown down across the county.

Many trees and some power lines were blown down across the southern part of the county.

Many trees and some power lines were blown down across the southern part of the county.

A few power poles were blown down.

A few trees and a couple of power poles were blown down. One tree damaged the roof of a home.

A potent squall line of thunderstorms moved across Ashley county and caused widespread damage, especially across southern and eastern sections of the county. As the squall line moved through, a small segment of the line pushed out ahead of the line. This "bow segment" caused extensive damage along a swath from just south of Crossett to near Portland. The most significant damaged occurred just south and southeast of Crossett. Along the damage swath, numerous trees and power lines were blown down. Several structures sustained damage along with a few outbuildings blown away.

Numerous trees and powerlines were blown down.

Freezing rain caused 1/4 to 1/2 inch of ice to accumulate on trees and powerlines. This ice accumulation caused numerous trees and power lines to be knocked down.

During the evening hours of Friday, April 13th, scattered supercells developed across northeast Louisiana within the broad warm sector of a strong surface cyclone centered near the Kansas/Nebraska border. These storms exhibited rotation almost immediately, and began producing tornadoes across northern Louisiana. Two tornadoes occurred in the NWS Jackson forecast area in association with a cell that tracked from near Rayville, LA north northeastward along the Boeuf River. These storms also produced strong wind as they continued into southeast Arkansas. Overnight, as the cold front associated with the storm system began to advance eastward, a quasi-linear convective system developed over the ArkLaTex and advanced eastward. These storms reached the western portion of the NWS Jackson forecast area after 2:30 am on Saturday, April 14th. Six tornadoes occurred during the early morning hours across southeast Arkansas and northeast Louisiana in association with this line of storms. The storms continued to produce damaging straight-line winds, knocking down trees and power lines in many areas, through the morning hours as it continued eastward into Mississippi. A few additional tornadoes also developed along the line, including one in Flowood, one near Noxapater, one in western Lamar County, and an EF2 tornado in Meridian.

A powerful spring storm system impacted much of the region on April 2nd. As this system evolved, severe thunderstorms occurred over southeast Arkansas and produced damaging wind gusts, and large hail during the afternoon hours. The main portion of the tornado outbreak and flash flooding occurred across Louisiana and Mississippi.

A severe thunderstorm produced power outages in Ashley County.

Multiple rounds of wintry weather had occurred prior to this snowfall event. A cold front had moved through the region four days earlier on February 21st with a cold airmass in its wake. Several waves of upper level disturbances moved through Mid-South, over the course of the next three days. The first, on the night of the 22nd, brought mostly rain to the region but some light icing occurred in the far northern Delta early on the 23rd. A second, more potent disturbance, moved through Central Mississippi during the afternoon and evening hours on the 23rd. This brought a more significant icing event to locations generally along and north of I-20, causing some power outages and accidents. ||With the cold remaining in place, the final round of wintry weather moved in on the morning of the 25th. A strong upper level disturbance moved across the region, which induced a low pressure system to move east across the northern Gulf of Mexico. With the cold air already entrenched over the region, this brought the moisture and atmospheric lift needed to generate precipitation. At first, the precipitation started as rain and freezing rain, with some light icing reported across the ArkLaMiss. As the atmosphere cooled through the late morning, the rain began to change to snow in the early afternoon across southeast Arkansas, northeast Louisiana and the Mississippi Delta. The changeover line from rain to snow slowly progressed from northwest to southeast across northern portions of the ArkLaMiss region. By the time the changeover occurred near the I-20 corridor, the precipitation was moving off to the east into Alabama. ||Those who got snow north of I-20 saw several heavier bursts, which led to some high snowfall totals. The highest totals were generally along and north of the Highway 82 corridor. Locations from Grenada to northern Lowndes County saw the highest amounts in our county warning area, with totals ranging from six to eight inches. Those who saw the higher totals also dealt with trees being weighed down by the heavy snow. This led to snapping trees and numerous power outages.

A strong upper disturbance propagated through the southern Great Plains into the lower Mississippi Valley between Thursday and late Friday. This system brought a couple rounds of storms during this time as it combined with increasing deep moisture and strong upper level winds. Conditions were favorable for large hail and damaging winds as stronger lift combined with the moisture and instability. A couple large intense supercell storms developed and produced hail up to 2 inches in diameter. Other intense storms also produced significant wind gusts of at least 80 mph which snapped power poles, specifically across far southeast Arkansas.||In addition to the severe storms, a combination of heavy rain was produced from other disturbances that moved through between Thursday and Friday nights. Widespread 3-5 inches of rain, with some locally higher amounts, fell across the region. Rivers rose quickly in response to the heavy rainfall, which caused minor to moderate flooding across the region.

Gusty southerly winds blew for several days ahead of the cold front that pushed across the Arklamiss region during the afternoon and evening of April 18, 2013. The persistent feed of moist air from the Gulf produced a warm and humid air mass that resulted in afternoon temperatures well above normal, topping out in the 80s across the forecast area Thursday afternoon. Warmer air aloft produced an atmospheric cap that prohibited thunderstorm development well ahead of the front. As a result, a squall line of severe convection developed in the vicinity of the cold front and moved across the Delta region. Much of the damage associated with the squall line was produced by two intense severe storms. The first storm moved across Ashley and Chicot Counties in southeast Arkansas during mid afternoon before tracking across Washington County in northwest Mississippi. The first storm produced an EF-1 tornado near Crossett, AR. The second storm moved across northeast Louisiana into the Mississippi Delta region, producing an EF-1 tornado near Sondheimer, Louisiana and another tornado in Nitta Yuma, Mississippi. In addition to tornadoes, severe storms along the squall line downed trees and power lines and produced golf ball sized hail. ||The squall line began to weaken as it continued across the Mississippi Delta, pulling away from the associated low pressure system and moving into a region where the air mass was more stable. Storms that remained in the remnants of the line progressed to the east, briefly strengthening as they crossed northeast Mississippi. Sporadic down burst winds continued, bringing down trees and power lines near Yazoo City and at Sturgis in Oktibbeha County.

An approaching cold front, an unusually high amount of wind shear, and sufficient instability resulted in an outbreak of severe thunderstorms across portions of the lower Deep South, including a violent tornado that moved through Hattiesburg. During the morning hours of February 10th, a line of severe thunderstorms moved into the ArkLaMiss, downing trees and powerlines over portions of southeast Arkansas, northeast Louisiana, and central Mississippi. There was also a barn destroyed near Silver City in Humphreys County. The storms continued to push eastward through the early afternoon, then began to slow down as the cold front began to stall. To the south and east of this line of storms, several supercell thunderstorms developed in the more unstable air mass over south Mississippi, with many of the storms exhibiting strong rotation on radar. Shortly after 4 pm, a tornado developed over southwest Marion County near the Pickwick community and tracked across the county into far western Lamar County before lifting. The same storm which produced this tornado continued eastward across northern Lamar County, producing a large tornado which touched down west of Oak Grove and tracked through the very populated West Hattiesburg area. The tornado continued into Forrest County, tracking through the cities of Hattiesburg and Petal before ending in northwestern Perry County. Considerable damage occurred along the path of this storm, and several people were injured. Scattered severe storms continued to affect the Pine Belt area through the remainder of the evening and into the early morning hours of the 11th, before finally moving out of the area.

A powerful low pressure system and cold front moved over the ArkLaMiss region during the early morning hours of December 20th. This storm system caused a line of severe storms to cross the region producing thunderstorm widespread wind damage in the form of blown down trees, power lines, and structural damage.

The combination of a strong upper level disturbance, rich gulf moisture, and good instability helped to develop a strong squall line that moved north out of southeast Louisiana causing scattered hail and thunderstorm wind damage across portions of southeast Arkansas. The thunderstorm wind damage was mainly in the form of blown down power lines and trees as well as some spotty damage to structures. One tree fell on a mobile home, which resulted in an injury.

March 2012 came in like a lion as a large severe weather and tornado outbreak occurred on March 2nd. This outbreak covered a large amount of real estate across the Ohio, Tennessee, and Lower Mississippi River Valleys. This event was driven by a powerful storm system which clashed with unusual instability and wind shear for this time of year.||Across the Jackson, MS service area, quite a bit of severe weather occurred during the afternoon and evening of March 2nd. Large hail was the primary main severe weather culprit as several super cell storms produced golf ball sized hail. There were also a few instances of larger hail, up to the size of baseballs. Other instances of wind damage also occurred from these storms.

Non-convective winds in wake of a squall line downed several trees and a couple of power lines near Dermott in Chicot County.

A powerful storm system swept across the region during the late evening hours pushing a strong cold front across the ArkLaMiss. One storm associated with this system downed numerous trees across northern Ashley County.

A powerful, late season low pressure system brought a few severe thunderstorms to extreme southeast Arkansas during the late evening hours of May 25th. The storms produced damaging winds, large hail and a tornado.

A powerful storm system took shape across the central United States and clashed with a warm and unstable airmass. An extensive and intense squall line resulted which quickly pushed eastward across the eastern half of the country. Overall, this system produced a large severe weather outbreak and brought widespread wind damage to multiple states across the south, mid south, and southeast United States. Nearly 1500 reports of severe weather were reported, across 15 states, with the vast majority being damaging winds. Wind damage was not the only severe weather event type, large hail and tornadoes were also part of the mix. In terms of total events (severe weather reports), this outbreak is one of the largest in the United States.||Across extreme southeast Arkansas, most of the severe storms missed the area. However, a few strong storms did impact Ashley and Chicot Counties.

A line of severe thunderstorms tracked from west to east across the ArkLaMiss region on the evening of February 24th. These storms were prolific wind producers, with measured wind gusts over 50 mph common in areas along and north of the I-20 corridor. As a result, widespread wind damage occurred over portions of southeastern Arkansas, northeastern Louisiana, and northern portions of central Mississippi. Downed trees and power lines were reported across several counties along with some minor structural damage in a few areas. In addition, embedded areas of circulation developed within the squall line. Two tornadoes were confirmed with these areas. The first was an EF-1 that tracked across northern West Carroll Parish, and the other was an EF-2 that tracked from northern Issaquena County into northern Sharkey County.

A powerful storm system brought heavy rain and a few thunderstorms to the region on Christmas Eve. Flash flooding along with sporadic wind damage occurred from this storm system.

A weakening line of showers and embedded storms move through southeast Arkansas. Gusty winds between 40 and 50 MPH downed some trees and a few power lines around Crossett.

A powerful mid May storm system produced a severe weather outbreak across the Southern Plains, Mid-South and Southeast portion of the United States. The Jackson, MS service area was on the southern fringe and only saw some scattered storms during the late evening hours of May 10th. A few of these storms became severe and produced scattered wind damage across the northwest portion of the service area.

A small ice storm occurred across the region on January 25 with freezing rain observed across the northern half of the service area. This occurred as a arctic high pressure settled over the Ohio Valley and shallow cold air filtered into region. While the cold air was moving in, an area of low pressure was taking shape across the northern Gulf of Mexico and helped to produce widespread light rain over the area. Across the northern portions of the forecast area, temperatures were below freezing when the light rain fell and good ice accumulations occurred for areas generally along and north of a line from Rayville Louisiana to Lexington Mississippi to West Point Mississippi. The icing was not very heavy, but problems occurred across the areas that did receive around a quarter inch of ice. Numerous accidents occurred from icing on bridges and overpasses with one fatality in Grenada County. Trees and power lines did accumulate some ice, but the ice was not heavy enough to cause much damage.

A developing supercell thunderstorm moved out of northern Morehouse Parish and tracked east-northeast across far southeast Ashley County and southern Chicot County before moving into Washington County. This storm produced a swath of penny to quarter sized hail from around Wilmot to Eudora. In addition to hail, a few locations received damaging winds which downed a few power lines and caused damage to a mobile home.

Ice accumulations of up to one fourth of an inch were reported in extreme southeast Arkansas during this event. Throughout the event, temperatures remained close to the freezing mark. Also, initial precipitation was very light. Therefore, although freezing rain occurred much of the day, damage to trees and powerlines was relatively minor.

A winter storm brought heavy snow to southeast Arkansas on the 27th. Heavy snow began falling during the early morning of the 27th and did not stop until late that night. The snow was heavy at times. Total snowfall amounts of 6 to 10 inches were common across Ashley and Chicot counties with isolated amounts of 12 inches reported. Damage from the heavy snow was relatively minimal and reports were limited to a few collapsed roofs and downed trees. Power outages were sporadic, but traffic came to a stand-still for several days as the snow was slow to melt.