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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
916 AM CDT SUN MAY 3 2026
...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 04/27/2026 TO 4/28/26 TORNADO EVENT - UPDATE # 2...
UPDATE
INCLUDED A MODIFIED START LOCATION/TIME AND
CORRESPONDING LENGTH OF THE STONE COUNTY TORNADO. CORRECTED
DATE FOR THE ROSE BUD TORNADO. COMBINED ALL THE TORNADO INFORMATION FROM
APRIL 27-28, 2026 ON THIS STATEMENT.
STONE COUNTY TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 110 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 13.51 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 400 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/27/2026
START TIME: 10:30 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 4 SW MOUNTAIN VIEW / STONE COUNTY / AR
START LAT/LON: 35.8171 / -92.1601
END DATE: 04/27/2026
END TIME: 10:55 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 8 S GUION / STONE COUNTY / AR
END LAT/LON: 35.807 / -91.9274
SURVEY SUMMARY:
STORM SURVEY REVEALED A TORNADO DEVELOPED SOUTH OF MT. VIEW JUST
EAST OF AR STATE HWY 9 WEST OF STEWART ROAD NORTHWEST OF THE
COMMUNITY OF HANOVER. THE TORNADO CONTINUED GENERALLY EAST-
SOUTHEAST CROSSING HANOVER AND LUBER ROADS. THE TORNADO THEN
MOVED A MORE EASTERLY DIRECTION TOWARD THE INTERSECTION OF
MISENHEIMER AND WACO ROADS, DROPPING OFF THE PLATEAU CROSSING AR
STATE HWY 5 WEST OF ARBANA. THE TORNADO THEN CROSSED IRON
MOUNTAIN ROAD, EVENTUALLY LIFTING NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF STONE
COUNTY ROAD 273 AND BOB DAVIS MOUNTAIN ROAD SOUTHWEST OF THE
PLEASANT GROVE COMMUNITY. DAMAGE TO BARNS AND OUTBUILDINGS WAS
NOTED, ALONG WITH MANY TREES BLOWN DOWN. THIS TORNADO WAS RATED
EF1, WITH MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WINDS OF 110 MPH AND WIDTH OF
APPROXIMATELY 400 YDS.
EAST TUCKERMAN TORNADO
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 80 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.6 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 50 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/28/2026
START TIME: 12:16 AM CDT
START LOCATION: 5 E TUCKERMAN / JACKSON COUNTY / AR
START LAT/LON: 35.7285 / -91.1085
END DATE: 04/28/2026
END TIME: 12:17 AM CDT
END LOCATION: 5 NNW GRUBBS / JACKSON COUNTY / AR
END LAT/LON: 35.7253 / -91.0986
SURVEY SUMMARY:
STORM SURVEY REVEALED A BRIEF WEAK TORNADO OCCURRED MAINLY OVER
OPEN FIELDS WEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF AR STATE HWY 37 AND I-
57/US-67, WITH SOME POWER POLES BENT JUST WEST OF THE INTERSTATE.
NO EVIDENCE WAS OBSERVED OF DAMAGE CROSSING I-57/US-67 NEARBY.
THIS TORNADO WAS RATED EF0, WITH MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WINDS OF
80 MPH, AND APPROXIMATELY 50 YDS WIDE.
KEEVIL TORNADO
RATING: EF2
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 120 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 5.1 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 200 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/28/2026
START TIME: 07:50 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 7 NNE CLARENDON / MONROE COUNTY / AR
START LAT/LON: 34.7881 / -91.2441
END DATE: 04/28/2026
END TIME: 07:59 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 4 W GARRET GROVE / MONROE COUNTY / AR
END LAT/LON: 34.7961 / -91.1557
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS TORNADO DEVELOPED NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF KEEVIL NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF AR HWY 17 AND HILDSON LANE NEAR THE UNION PACIFIC
RAIL ROAD TRACKS. DEBRIS EVIDENCE BEGAN WITH LARGE LIMBS DOWN IN
THE TREE-LINE, AND THEN THE TORNADO TRACKED GENERALLY EAST
TOWARDS US HWY 49 WHEN SEVERAL POWER POLES WERE SNAPPED, AND A
HOUSE AND OUT-BUILDING WERE DAMAGED. THE TORNADO THEN CROSSED
STOOPS ROAD WHERE IT COMPLETELY DESTROYED AN VACANT 1930S FARM
HOUSE RESTING ON CINDER BLOCKS. SEVERAL LARGE OAK TREES AROUND
THE HOUSE WERE ALL SNAPPED IN HALF. ALONG STOOPS RD, 24 POWER
POLES WERE SNAPPED IN HALF AS THE TORNADO CROSSED THE ROAD. THE
TORNADO THEN CROSSED ANOTHER TREE-LINE DAMAGING A FEW MORE TREES
BEFORE DISSIPATING IN THE FIELDS NEAR MOPAC ROAD. THIS TORNADO
PRODUCED MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WIND SPEEDS OF 120 MPH, CONSISTENT
WITH AN EF-2 RATING.
ROSE BUD TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 100 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.4 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 100 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/28/2026
START TIME: 07:52 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 4 NE ROSE BUD / CLEBURNE COUNTY / AR
START LAT/LON: 35.3653 / -92.022
END DATE: 04/27/2026
END TIME: 07:54 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 5 ENE ROSE BUD / WHITE COUNTY / AR
END LAT/LON: 35.3596 / -91.9985
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A WEAK TORNADO FORMED IN A FIELD ON THE WEST SIDE OF CARTER LANE
IN ROSE BUD. SEVERAL SNAPPED TREES WERE VISIBLE IN THE TREE-LINE
IN THE DISTANCE. THE TORNADO THEN CROSSED CARTER LANE INTO A
FIELD AND ACROSS SEVERAL MORE TREE-LINES. MULTIPLE BREAKS IN TREE
LINES WERE OBSERVED BEFORE THE WIDEST POINT OF DAMAGE OCCURRED.
MULTIPLE TREES WERE UPROOTED OR SNAPPED IN A FIELD ALONG AN
APPROXIMATELY 100 YARD STRETCH. THE TORNADO THEN BEGAN TO WEAKEN
AS IT PUSHED FURTHER SOUTHEAST APPROACHING COUNTY LINE ROAD. AS
IT CROSSED COUNTY LINE ROAD, IT BROKE LARGE BRANCHES OFF A FEW
TREES BEFORE LIFTING FURTHER INTO THE WOODS IN WHITE COUNTY. THIS
TORNADO WAS RATED AND EF-1 WITH 100 MPH WINDS WITH A PEAK WIDTH OF
APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS.
EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:
EF0.....65 TO 85 MPH
EF1.....86 TO 110 MPH
EF2.....111 TO 135 MPH
EF3.....136 TO 165 MPH
EF4.....166 TO 200 MPH
EF5.....>200 MPH
NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN
NWS STORM DATA.
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