National Weather Service Surveys Clarendon Area Storm Damage Today
By: KARK 4 News
Updated: October 18, 2012
The National Weather Service (NWS) in Little Rock heads to East Arkansas today to survey storm damage.
Crews will check the path of destruction from Wednesday night thunderstorms.
According to NWS Warning Coordination Meteorologist John Robinson, there are two storm tracks that will be examined today and tomorrow.
Today's survey will begin in Clarendon (Monroe County) and move east to the area of the Phillips County line. [See pic below of street sign inside damaged store].
After that, NWS crews will work their way westward from Clarendon through Prairie County and on to Lonoke County.
The area between Slovak and the Hazen airport is along one NWS radar track and there were power outages in that area, Robinson says.
On Friday, NWS surveyors go to Grant and Jefferson counties plan to check the area from near Prattsville to near the Dexter Gate of the Pine Bluff Arsenal. So far, there are no reports of any damage along this track, says Robinson.
Wednesday's NWS Storm Reports:
0656 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 1 NE SEATON 34.61N 91.80W
10/17/2012 LONOKE AR AMATEUR RADIO
0737 PM TSTM WND DMG CLARENDON 34.70N 91.31W
10/17/2012 MONROE AR TRAINED SPOTTER
TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN IN CLARENDON.
0740 PM TORNADO CLARENDON 34.70N 91.31W
10/17/2012 MONROE AR TRAINED SPOTTER
A BUILDING WAS DAMAGED IN CLARENDON...WITH PARTS OF THE BUILDING OUT IN THE STREET. MANY TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN. THE ENTERGY ELECTIC OUTAGE MAP INDICATED THE ENTIRE TOWN OF CLARENDON WAS WITHOUT POWER. EXTRA STATE TROOPERS ARE HEADED TO CLARENDON.
Continuing Coverage:
Community Cleanup Underway After Storm Rips Through Clarendon
Crews will check the path of destruction from Wednesday night thunderstorms.
According to NWS Warning Coordination Meteorologist John Robinson, there are two storm tracks that will be examined today and tomorrow.
Today's survey will begin in Clarendon (Monroe County) and move east to the area of the Phillips County line. [See pic below of street sign inside damaged store].
After that, NWS crews will work their way westward from Clarendon through Prairie County and on to Lonoke County.
The area between Slovak and the Hazen airport is along one NWS radar track and there were power outages in that area, Robinson says.
On Friday, NWS surveyors go to Grant and Jefferson counties plan to check the area from near Prattsville to near the Dexter Gate of the Pine Bluff Arsenal. So far, there are no reports of any damage along this track, says Robinson.
Possible funnel cloud photo courtesy LeAnne Carpenter via Facebook:
"was a little late with my camera but I caught this after it had been on the ground for about 15 seconds on Hwy 381 south of Carlisle. We saw the debris flying up from the ground but luckily it crossed through two open fields."Wednesday's NWS Storm Reports:
0656 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 1 NE SEATON 34.61N 91.80W
10/17/2012 LONOKE AR AMATEUR RADIO
0737 PM TSTM WND DMG CLARENDON 34.70N 91.31W
10/17/2012 MONROE AR TRAINED SPOTTER
TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN IN CLARENDON.
0740 PM TORNADO CLARENDON 34.70N 91.31W
10/17/2012 MONROE AR TRAINED SPOTTER
A BUILDING WAS DAMAGED IN CLARENDON...WITH PARTS OF THE BUILDING OUT IN THE STREET. MANY TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN. THE ENTERGY ELECTIC OUTAGE MAP INDICATED THE ENTIRE TOWN OF CLARENDON WAS WITHOUT POWER. EXTRA STATE TROOPERS ARE HEADED TO CLARENDON.
Continuing Coverage:
Community Cleanup Underway After Storm Rips Through Clarendon
