Power Outage in Pine Bluff, AR

Report from mPING of 3 inch tree limbs broken and power poles broken.

Powerlines were downed by thunderstorm winds near Cornerstone, east of Pine Bluff.

Multiple trees and power lines were blown down.

Trees and power lines were down near Sulphur Springs, blocking he road of Camden Cutoff.

Multiple large trees and power lines were down, blocking portions of Highway 270.

Lightning hit a power pole at 7th and Dakota streets and broke the power pole in half.

Lightning hit a power pole at 7th and Dakota streets and broke the power pole in half.

The awning of a gas station at Highway 65 and 425 was destroyed. Power outages were reported on the east side of town near the airport.

Trees and power lines were down county wide. An outbuilding was destroyed in Pine Bluff by a falling tree.

A fence was damaged and one tree fell on a power line. There was also pea sized hail reported.

Freezing rain accumulations of one quarter to one half of an inch were observed across the county, with around one half inch of sleet observed across northern sections of the county. Many residents lost power due to downed power lines and snapped power poles. Many accidents were also caused by the hazardous travel conditions.

Trees and power lines were blown down at several places in Pine Bluff.

Trees and power lines were blown down at several places in Pine Bluff.

Trees and power lines were blown down.

Several trees were blown down in Pine Bluff around 5th and Cherry. A few power lines were also down.

Trees and power lines were blown down.

Trees and power lines were blown down. A large tree was uprooted and pulled up a natural gas line.

Trees and limbs were blown down throughout town. One tree fell into a house. Some power poles were broken. An employee of the Arkansas Department of Correction was injured at a corrections facility 2.5 miles north-northwest of Watson Chapel when a pine tree limb fell on him.

Trees and power lines were blown down in the Pine Bluff vicinity, especially in areas around Old Warren Rd. and Middle Warren Rd. Downed power lines sparked a grass fire at E. 8th Ave. and S. Ohio St.

About 20 fence panels were blown down, as was metal fencing around the bullpen at Taylor Field. A few trees and power lines were also blown down.

About 20 fence panels were blown down, as was metal fencing around the bullpen at Taylor Field. A few trees and power lines were also blown down.

Five power poles and four trees were blown down along U.S. Highway 65 near Moscow.

Trees were down in the area. A few limbs were down on power lines.

A few trees and power lines were blown down.

A power line was down at the 3900 block of U.S. Highway 65.

Lightning struck an electrical substation on the northwest side of Pine Bluff. More than 2000 electric customers were without power for more than five hours.

Power lines were reported down, property was damaged, and vehicles were swept off of roadways across the county.

Some trees and power lines were blown down in the Pine Bluff area.

Large limbs, trees and power lines were knocked down.

Some power lines were downed.

Some trees and power lines were down.

Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree onto power lines and also damaged the roof of a nearby building.

Sheet metal was blown off of a hotel with power out in a 10 block area at Pine Bluff.

Thunderstorm winds downed some trees and power lines.

Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines around Pine Bluff. An airplane hangar was also damaged.

Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines.

The only decent rain through the first two weeks occurred from central into southeast sections of the state on the 9th. Scattered to numerous thunderstorms popped up during the afternoon and continued into the evening. In the twenty four hour period ending at 700 am CDT on the 10th, one to more than two inches of precipitation fell at Little Rock (Pulaski County), Malvern (Hot Spring County), Monticello (Drew County), Pine Bluff (Jefferson County), and Sheridan (Grant County).||Severe weather was spotty at most. Damaging winds removed part of a roof from a building in Pine Bluff (Jefferson County). Trees and power lines were downed just southeast of McGehee (Desha County). Gusts were estimated around 60 mph at Arkansas City (Desha County).

On the 23rd, the focus was on a couple of big thunderstorm clusters. The first cluster hammered areas north and west of Little Rock (Pulaski County) during the early morning hours, and it had a little of everything. Two weak tornadoes were spawned to the southeast of Paris (Logan County). The tornadoes uprooted or snapped trees, with one of the trees falling through a house. A mobile home roof and porch were also damaged. At Russellville (Pope County), thunderstorm gusts reached an estimated 90 mph at Arkansas Tech. Winds this strong tore up an outfield wall and first base dugout at a baseball field.||There was a lot of rain and reports of flash flooding. Creeks and small streams were on the rise, and roads were under water. At Waldron (Scott County), Highways 28 and 71 were closed. Culverts were washed out along Highway 80 southwest of Danville (Yell County). Closer to town, there was plenty of standing water at the airport. County roads were impassible or washed out around Ozone (Johnson County) and Parthenon (Newton County).||The first round of storms was followed quickly by another round in the late morning and afternoon hours. Between 1200 pm and 300 pm CDT, trees and/or power lines were toppled at Calico Rock (Izard County), Clarkridge (Baxter County), Evening Shade (Sharp County), Harmony (Johnson County), Melbourne (Izard County), Pocahontas (Randolph County), north of Strawberry (Lawrence County), Swifton (Jackson County), and Toad Suck (Perry County). There were instances of trees on homes, on vehicles, and blocking roads. A 61 mph wind gust was measured at Walnut Ridge (Lawrence County), with a 60 mph gust estimated at Bradford (White County).||More than a month's worth of rain fell in portions of northern and western Arkansas in the forty eight hour period ending at 700 am CDT on the 24th. Nine miles west of Waldron (Scott County). One rain gauge collected 11.35 inches of precipitation! Abbott (Scott County) had 8.10 inches, with 7.50 inches at Devils Knob (Johnson County), 7.38 inches at Nunley (Polk County), and 6.20 inches at Jasper (Newton County).||As the month came to a close, a storm system aloft visited from Missouri on the 26th. Cooler air overhead associated with the system moved over much warmer conditions near the ground. This agitated the atmosphere, and hit and miss thunderstorms flared up across the north.||Storms were mostly non-severe, but there was a report of golf ball size hail just northwest of Cherokee Village (Sharp County). A low water crossing was flooded near Compton (Newton County).

Very heavy rain began developing late on the 17th in northern and western Arkansas, and continued on the 18th and early on the 19th as a powerful storm system approached from Texas. The system dredged copious moisture from the Gulf of Mexico, and sent it toward Arkansas with a deep southerly wind flow. Well above normal precipitable water was noted, which enhanced rainfall efficiency across the region. The resultant river flooding lingered for many days after the initial heavy rainfall event. Some rises above flood stage did not occur for more than 3 days after this initial causative event.

Severe thunderstorms produced widespread wind damage across Jefferson County. Numerous trees and power lines were downed. The strong winds blew out car windows and the windows of several buildings at the Pine Bluff Arsenal. Five rail cars were blown off the track at Wabbaseka and a double tractor trailer was blown over 4 miles south of Redfield.

Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated around 60 mph downed trees and power lines at Samples.

Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated around 60 mph knocked down some trees and power lines in Redfield.

Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated around 60 mph downed some trees and power lines near Pastoria.

Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated around 70 mph blew down large trees onto houses in and around Wright, with roof damage noted. Other roofs in the area had shingles peeled back by the wind. A storage shed was also destroyed near Wright, with clothing and household items scattered throughout a nearby field. A mobile home had an add-on room destroyed. The room was torn off of the back of the home and thrown into the front yard. A large metal farm building had many pieces of tin peeled or removed. Just north of Wright on Highway 256, a couple of large trees fell on the road with a power pole downed as well.

Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated around 80 mph in Pine Bluff. The winds downed trees and power lines and also caused some roof damage at several homes and businesses.

Thunderstorm winds blew down some trees and power lines at Noble Lake.