EF2 tornado in Phillips County, Arkansas
Tornado July 30, 2009 · Phillips County, Arkansas
NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Arkansas County → Phillips County → Coahoma County, Mississippi → Phillips County → Coahoma County, Mississippi → Phillips County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 600 yards (0.34 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
A tornado crossed into Phillips County from Coahoma County, Mississippi. The tornado moved northeast through a wooded area crossing the Mississippi River back into Coahoma County, Mississippi. Several trees were knocked down.
The wider storm
A cold front approached the Mid-South during the afternoon hours of July 30th, 2009. A low pressure center developed along the front as the front moved into the area. The low pressure helped to spawn several tornadoes across the Mid-South. In addition, other storms produced damaging winds, large hail and flash flooding into the evening hours.
Began near Ratio (34.2237, -90.8935).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 190639. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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