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Paragould Municipal Utilities also reported on social media that the storms briefly knocked out its phone system. However, officials said they were able to send crews out to help restore power.
Craighead Electric crews also worked to check out the areas along County Road 931 as well.
Both the Greene County Road Department and Paragould Public Works were also busy Sunday evening, helping to clear storm debris from roads. Snyder said on social media that all roads were open as of early Monday.
Sunday’s storms had a wide impact across the region. According to the Associated Press, at least 22 people were killed in the storms.
In addition to Arkansas, areas in Oklahoma and Texas were hammered with severe weather. A two-year-old and a five-year-old were killed Saturday evening in a tornado in Texas, while eight deaths were reported in Arkansas.
Locally, Agee said the area has seen a lot of severe weather in the past few days from flooding and severe storms in Jonesboro last Wednesday to wind damage in Pocahontas to hail damage in Clay County over the weekend.
However, Agee said he believes the community, with no injuries and only damage to houses, dodged the proverbial bullet on the severe weather.
“We’ve been really lucky,” Agee said.
At the same time Northeast Arkansas was experiencing dangerous weather conditions, the National Weather Service was tracking a storm system that caused significant damage in Benton County The NWS conducted storm surveys from Rogers County, Oklahoma through Carroll County, Arkansas and residents there reported extensive damage by the long-track supercell, which also had high-end straight-line wind damage close to its rear downdraft
confirmed tornadoes..
On the Northeast side of Owasso of Rogers County, a tornado developed and moved through Claremore, Oklahoma. It likely disappeared northwest of Pryor, Oklahoma.
Decatur, a town in Benton County, Arkansas had two tornadoes that occurred close by which was also examined by NWS. EF3 damage was located northwest of the town.
The tornado possibly started in eastern Delaware County, Oklahoma. NWS aims to have its paths finalized later today.
Damage west of Centerton in Benton County was also examined. Two tornadoes occurred in the area, including one that produced EF2 levels of damage based on radar data and damage patterns.
And just an example of how it doesn’t take a tornado to be deadly, straight-line wind damage occurred throughout the county, spreading through Bentonville and into parts of Rogers and the War Eagle area. Tornados were confirmed to have occurred in areas to the north of where straight-line wind damage was found. According to Sunday’s survey, added with a review of radar data, NWS believes that one death in a mobile home east of Rogers and close to Beaver Lake came from straight-line wind damage. Wind speeds in that area were estimated to be 80 to 90 miles per hour, based on extensive tree and home damage.
No three-day weekend for linemen in Northeast Arkansas. A Paragould Municipal Utilities employee works to repair a line on Memorial Day at the intersection of Pruett’s Chapel Road and South Rockingchair. Many Paragould residents lost power, at least briefly, following storms the previous night. The harder hit areas took a little longer to restore.
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