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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
100 PM CDT FRI MAR 13 2026
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 03/11/2026 TORNADO EVENT
A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED SEVERAL TORNADOES SHORTLY AFTER
MIDNIGHT ON MARCH 11, 2026 ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS.
.TORNADO #1: GOLDEN OK TORNADO
RATING: EF2
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 118 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.48 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 240 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 1
START DATE: 03/11/2026
START TIME: 12:30 AM CDT
START LOCATION: 3 SE GLOVER / MCCURTAIN COUNTY / OK
START LAT/LON: 34.0403 / -94.8532
END DATE: 03/11/2026
END TIME: 12:37 AM CDT
END LOCATION: 4 E GLOVER / MCCURTAIN COUNTY / OK
END LAT/LON: 34.0628 / -94.8223
SURVEY SUMMARY:
AROUND 12:00AM CDT ON MARCH 11, A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
MOVED INTO MCCURTAIN COUNTY, OKLAHOMA. BEGINNING AROUND 12:30AM
CDT, THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS BEGAN TO ROTATE, ONE OF WHICH
QUICKLY PRODUCED A TORNADO THAT BEGAN ON OLD GOLDEN HIGHWAY,
RESULTING IN SNAPPED TREES AND THE LOSS OF SHINGLES TO A LOCAL
RESIDENCE. THE TORNADO THEN CONTINUED EAST, REACHING THOMAS ROAD
NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF OLD GOLDEN HIGHWAY WHERE MORE TREES WERE
SNAPPED AND UPROOTED AND A BARN/SHED EXPERIENCED DAMAGE TO THE
ROOF. THE TORNADO THEN BEGAN TO PICK UP IN INTENSITY AS IT MOVED
ACROSS OAK HILL ROAD WHERE NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED AND
UPROOTED. AS THE TORNADO THEN CONTINUED NORTHEAST TOWARDS RHODEN
ROAD, IT CAUSED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO A FAMILY RESIDENCE,
RESULTING IN THE COLLAPSE OF MOST EXTERIOR WALLS AND AN INJURY TO
THE OCCUPANT WHO HAD TO BE AIRLIFTED TO THE HOSPITAL. TREES WERE
THEN UPROOTED AND FELL ON THIS RESIDENCE, CAUSING ADDITIONAL
DAMAGE. NEXT DOOR TO THIS HOME, SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE WAS FOUND TO
OTHER STRUCTURES AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL TREE DAMAGE. RIGHT BEFORE
REACHING RHODEN ROAD, ANOTHER RESIDENCE WAS DAMAGED, WHERE AREAS
OF THE ROOF WERE UPLIFTED, MULTIPLE TREES WERE SNAPPED AND
UPROOTED, AND THE NEIGHBORING BARN EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT ROOF
DAMAGE. THE TORNADO THEN MOVED NORTH/NORTHEAST OF THE ROAD,
PUSHING A SMALL OUTBUILDING OFF OF ITS FOUNDATION AND SNAPPING
AND UPROOTING MORE TREES. THE TORNADO LIFTED AS IT CROSSED
HIGHWAY 3, ENDING AROUND 12:37AM CDT.
.TORNADO #2: GILLHAM AR TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 95 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.53 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 85 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 03/11/2026
START TIME: 01:12 AM CDT
START LOCATION: 2 SSE GILLHAM / SEVIER COUNTY / AR
START LAT/LON: 34.142 / -94.3061
END DATE: 03/11/2026
END TIME: 01:14 AM CDT
END LOCATION: 2 SSE GILLHAM / SEVIER COUNTY / AR
END LAT/LON: 34.1457 / -94.2982
SURVEY SUMMARY:
SHORTLY AFTER 1AM CDT ON MARCH 11, 2026, A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS MOVED INTO SEVIER COUNTY, ARKANSAS. THE LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED A BRIEF TORNADO AROUND 1:12AM CDT EAST OF
HIGHWAY 71. AS THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN EAST OF THE HIGHWAY, IT
DAMAGED SEVERAL LARGE BARNS BEFORE THEN SNAPPING SEVERAL HARDWOOD
TREES IN A DOWNSTREAM FIELD. THE TORNADO THEN CROSSED KIND RD
WHERE MULTIPLE TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. AS THE TORNADO
MOVED EAST OF KIND RD, IT DAMAGED SEVERAL MORE TREES BEFORE
QUICKLY LIFTING AROUND 1:14AM CDT.
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 EVENTS AND PUBLICATION IN
NWS STORM DATA.
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