National Weather Service confirms rare EF-4 tornado touched down in Jackson County
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – As a storm system moved through Arkansas Friday night into Saturday morning, with it came a rare occurrence.
According to the , while surveying areas affected by the storm, they found damage consistent with an EF-4 tornado near Diaz in Jackson County. Officials said that the tornado had estimated peak winds of 190 mph, 11 mph short of being classified as an EF-5.
Three dead, multiple injured after Friday night storms across Arkansas
Officials said that Friday night's storm is the first EF-4 tornado in Arkansas which was the first since the 2014 Mayflower/Vilonia tornado.
KARK Chief Meteorologist said that Arkansas has not had an EF-5 tornado since the late 1920s near this area in the town of Swifton.
Cave City mayor gives update after damage, outages caused by EF-3 tornado
This weekend NWS officials have also discovered an EF-3 tornado in Fifty-Six, an EF-2 in Fitzhugh and an EF-3 in Cave City.
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