Power Outage in Searcy, AR

Numerous trees and powerlines fell across the county.

We received a report of a lightning strike to a clinic on Beebe Capps. There was damage reported to electronic equipment inside the clinic and power was knocked out as well.

Trees and power lines were down in Georgetown, including a tree down on a home.

A line of thunderstorms took several powerlines down in Searcy.

Several trees and power lines were down near Highway 367.

Falling trees resulted in power outages around Searcy, Garner, Higginson, Kensett, Judsonia, and Bald Knob.

According to the American Red Cross, two mobile homes were destroyed, two houses and one mobile home suffered major damage, six houses and two mobile homes had minor damage, and one house was affected. In addition, trees and power lines were blown down.

An EF1 tornado caused major roof damage to a house and minor roof damage to a mobile home. Trees and power lines were blown down. This was the fourth of five tornadoes caused by the same supercell thunderstorm. The tornado exited White County 1.1 miles east-southeast of Midway and entered Jackson County 2.3 miles north of Denmark.

A barn was blown onto Vernon Harvey Rd., pulling down some power lines.

The tornado knocked down or snapped off hundreds of trees. Many houses suffered roof damage, primarily from falling trees. Damage to roofs also occurred at the Beebe schools. Roofs were blown off several outbuildings, a few cars were crushed by falling trees, and quite a few power lines were blown down. The greatest amount of damage occurred in Beebe.

Trees and power lines were blown down.

Emergency management reports indicated one home and two mobile homes were destroyed, three homes received major damage, and 16 homes received minor damage. Two chicken houses had roof damage. One business, which repaired cars and farm equipment, was destroyed. A fire station and church suffered damage. Trees and power lines were knocked down. Two people received minor injuries.

Emergency management reports indicated one home and two mobile homes were destroyed, three homes received major damage, and 16 homes received minor damage. Two chicken houses had roof damage. One business, which repaired cars and farm equipment, was destroyed. A fire station and church suffered damage. Trees and power lines were knocked down. Two people received minor injuries.

Numerous trees were blown down, power lines were blown down, and shingles were blown off a mobile home. In Letona, one tree fell on a church and another fell on a house.

A shed was badly damaged, and a power pole and large limbs were blown down.

Trees and power lines were down along Arkansas Highway 16. The highway was completely blocked by the trees and power lines.

Damage was reported on the campus of Harding University. Roof damage was reported to Reynolds Building. A light tower was blown down at the soccer field, and the baseball scoreboard was bent over. A large tree was blown down at the McRae exit along U.S. Highway 67/167. Several small trees and a fence were reported down. Power lines downed caused multiple power outages. Twenty-seven hundred customers were reportedly without power in the Searcy area. In Beebe, parts of the Humane Society building sustained damaged.

A strong tornado was spawned in White County about 1.5 miles east-southeast of Armstrong Springs. The tornado destroyed two mobile homes, and several other mobile homes were damaged. A self storage warehouse was damaged as were three other businesses. Several dozen trees were uprooted, and power lines were downed. A number of vehicles were badly damaged as well.

A strong tornado was spawned on White County 5 miles to the southeast of Center Hill. The tornado moved to the northwest around the remnants of Hurricane Rita. Winds with the tornado were estimated to be about 155 mph. The tornado destroyed a house, welding shop and a mobile home. A church, as well as a number of other houses and mobile homes sustained heavy damage. Numerous trees and power lines were also downed along the path of the tornado. The tornado was on the ground close to 9 miles before lifting northwest of Center Hill.

Trees and power lines were downed at Bald Knob.

A mixture of snow, sleet and freezing rain starting falling on the afternoon of the 3rd over parts of north-central Arkansas. The precipitation gradually overspread the rest of the area by that evening and continued through the morning hours of the 4th. Snowfall accumulations of 1 to 3 inches were common over north-central Arkansas, with locally higher amounts between 3 and 5 inches in the higher elevations. Farther to the south and east in northern Arkansas, snow became less common and freezing rain and sleet predominated. A major ice storm occurred with total ice accumulations ranging from 1/4 inch up to near 1 inch. Roads were snow and ice covered and hazardous during the event with numerous traffic accidents reported. Power outages were widespread due to the weight of snow and ice on tree limbs and power lines. Approximately 50,000 customers lost power at the height of the storm. Twelve counties in the Little Rock County Warning Area were declared disaster areas due to the ice, with the cleanup cost estimated around 4 million dollars.

Thunderstorm winds knocked down power poles and damaged the roof of a high school in McRae.