Thunderstorm Wind — Stone, Arkansas

2020-11-15 · near Mountain View, Stone, Arkansas

Event narrative

A tree and a couple of road signs were blown down.

Wider weather episode

Shortly before 600 pm CST, storms fired up just north of Arkansas, and became severe quickly. By 800 pm CST, severe storms were in far northwest Arkansas, and made headway through much of the region north and west of Little Rock (Pulaski County) by the midnight hour.

Along the way, there was a 60 mph gust near Mountain Home (Baxter County). Numerous trees were downed eight miles northwest of Ozark (Franklin County). Several trees and road signs were knocked down at Mountain View (Stone County). Empty train cars were pushed over at Hoxie (Lawrence County).

Around 115 am CST on the 15th, the focus was on a storm advancing into central sections of the state. There was persistent rotation in the storm, but mostly not strong enough to worry about. However, the rotation tightened briefly, and this resulted in a quick tornado just south of Romance (White County).

Around 115 am CST on the 15th, the focus was on a storm advancing into central sections of the state. There was persistent rotation in the storm, but mostly not strong enough to worry about. However, the rotation tightened briefly, and this resulted in a quick tornado just south of Romance (White County).

Video footage showed the destruction, with at least one mobile home rolled and demolished. Residents were busy picking up the pieces. This was the forty fifth tornado of the year in Arkansas (more than the usual thirty three tornadoes). Less than a half hour later, the front and storms along it reached Little Rock National Airport (Pulaski County), and a 52 mph gust was measured.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 925549. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.