EF2 Tornado — Clay, Arkansas

2012-09-01 · near Corning Muni Arpt, Clay, Arkansas

Event narrative

A tornado briefly touched down southwest of the Corning Municipal Airport and traveled northeast across the northern portion of the airport. Two hangars were extensively damaged with a few others receiving minor damage. Many of the aircraft that were housed inside the hangar were heavily damaged as well. Two homes near the airport had windows blown out and a shed had the roof blown off. The tornado continued northeast crossing Highway 67. Power poles along the highway were knocked down. A clear path was seen in the bean field north of Highway 67. The tornado lifted near County Road 135. Large amounts of debris were found nearly 1.5 miles away from the airfield with one 930 pound piece of equipment found nearly a quarter of mile away from the building which it was being stored.

Wider weather episode

Remnants of Hurricane Isaac moved northward into Eastern Arkansas on September 1st, 2012. Numerous showers and thunderstorms occurred across the area as a result. Some thunderstorms became severe producing damaging winds and a couple tornadoes.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 413984. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.