EF3 tornado in Sevier County, Arkansas
Tornado April 9, 2009 · Sevier County, Arkansas
NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through McCurtain County, Oklahoma → Sevier County → Howard County → Pike County → Pike County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 850 yards (0.48 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.
What the National Weather Service wrote
Tornado destroyed at least 10 to 12 mobile homes along US-71 just north of De Queen, AR. Numerous trees and powerlines were also uprooted or snapped. There were 7 reported injuries, all in the mobile home park north of Dequeen, Arkansas but none were life threatening. The Arkansas governor declared Sevier County a disaster area because of the tornado damage in the county.
The wider storm
A strong upper level storm system along with a surface dry line/front
over northeast Texas moved east during the evening hours of April 9th into the early morning hours of April 10th causing long lived supercell thunderstorms. These thunderstorms caused long track tornadoes to occur across southeast Oklahoma, southwest Arkansas, northeast Texas, and north Louisiana.
Began near West Line (34.0102, -94.4754).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
2 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 154449. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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