The bulk of the damage was reported in Louisiana. LAKE CHARLES, LA. The eye passed directly over Lake Charles, where drone video shows roofs ripped off, exposing living rooms to the elements; trees downed and water overflowing the banks of coastal properties. A man, whose age is unknown, died of drowning while aboard a sinking ship. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Drone video in the Lake Charles area shows water surrounding homes with large parts of their roofs peeled off, hotels with rooms exposed and giant trees uprooted. Fujita |?| - The Fujita Scale is used to assess the intensity and damage caused by a tornado. WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says he will visit the Gulf Coast this weekend to tour damage from one of the fiercest hurricanes to hit the United States. Forecasters have issued a string of tornado warnings for Mississippi and Arkansas, where Laura is now a tropical storm. Communities along the Gulf Coast experienced high water levels in the wake of Laura, the strongest storm to hit the U.S. this year. National Weather Service officials said the remnants of Hurricane Laura could spawn tornadoes and cause flash flooding in parts of Arkansas and Tennessee. Some residents could be seen using chainsaws to clear fallen trees in front of their homes. He says “It looks like 1,000 tornadoes” came through, with some houses “totally gone.”. Arkansas Gov. Fincastle on Blacksburg Road at 6:32 p.m. Austin police say two groups of people who had left Port Arthur and Beaumont on the southeast Texas coast got into a large fight in a downtown Austin street at about 12:30 a.m. Thursday. WESTLAKE, La. Abbott on Thursday described seeing roofs sheared off buildings and uprooted trees following aerial tour of the damage near the state border with Louisiana. Brett Geymann lives in Moss Bluff, just north of Lake Charles, and said the eye of the storm passed directly over them. Both governors say the storm surge appears to have been not as bad as they feared. But a Calcasieu Parish official said they asked for public comments, and got 878 written responses against relocating the monument, and only 67 in favor of moving it. It wasn’t until the next day Smith learned that bad wind storm was, in fact, a tornado. This makes it a higher-end EF0 and nearly and EF1. Craighead County was under a tornado warning with there was a report of a tornado on the ground Thursday night near the Refuge Baptist Church in the western end of Lake City, Arkansas, 15 miles east of Jonesboro. But Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Peter Gaynor says the damage seems to be less than what they feared with Laura hitting the coast as a potentially catastrophic Category 4 hurricane early Thursday. State. Gaynor told ABC’s “Good Morning America” that the surge turned out to be less than what was forecast, but he expects significant wind damage to buildings once they do proper surveys of the disaster area. Laura is now a Category 1 hurricane but still blowing hard enough to be deadly. The Latest: Reported tornado in Arkansas spins…, Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window), Coronavirus: Gov. The casino says its Grand Palais riverboat houses 34 table games and more than 1,175 slot machines. Authorities say the storm is now 50 miles (80 kilometers) southeast of Shreveport. The storm has left more than 875,000 people without power. By Associated Press , Wire Service Content Nov. 16, 2020 Louisiana state environmental officials would be going up into the air over the storm area when cleared by aviation officials, looking for signs of any other industry fires or leaks, he said. A tornado tore through a small city in Arkansas on Saturday evening, ripping roofs off buildings, flipping cars and prompting a curfew for residents. kait8.com - 56 tornadoes touched down in the state between Jan. 21-22, 1999 JONESBORO, Ark. Newsom may lift statewide stay-at-home order Monday, The Latest: Reported tornado in Arkansas spins off Laura. Phillips County EMA reports downed trees in … Earlier Thursday, a 14-year-old girl died when a tree crashed onto her family’s mobile home near Leesville, the Vernon Parish Sherriff’s Office said. BATON ROUGE, La. Author: 5NEWS Web Staff Published: 8:03 PM CST November 15, 2020 DOWN — Flattened, or lodged, rice between Crockett’s Bluff and Arkansas Highway 1 in Arkansas County. Taken Aug. 28, 2020, the day after Tropical Storm Laura came through the state. It is a potent irritant to the eyes, throat and lungs. JONESBORO, Ark. — Early reports emerging in the wake of Hurricane Laura show less damage than what was feared. — Tropical Storm Laura is thrashing parts of southern Arkansas with powerful winds and heavy rainfall as the storm system lunges its way through the state after battering the Louisiana Gulf Coast. MIAMI, Fla. — Threats from the remnants of Hurricane Laura are continuing hundreds of miles inland and well after nightfall. Both trichloroisocyanuric acid and chlorine are potentially acutely toxic to people and animals if ingested or inhaled. Gov. Abbott said about 8,500 people were served in Texas shelters. The NWS has concluded the tornado should be rated an EF0, as it had estimated max winds of 80 to 85 miles per hour. A large tornado touched down in Jonesboro, Arkansas, on March 28, 2020, at around 5 p.m. local time. Smith was in her kitchen Saturday night when she heard a storm roll through. Hutchinson said the state will have search and rescue teams on standby. Jonesboro E-911 Director Jeff Presley said a gas line also was ruptured, but no injuries were reported. Extensive property damage has been reported; a floating casino that came unmoored hit a bridge. The Associated Press. No one was injured or killed by the twister. The South’s Defenders monument has stood since 1915 outside a courthouse in Lake Charles, Louisiana, where local authorities voted 10-4 this month to keep it in place. A tornado rated as F0 is the least damaging, while an F5 is the most damaging. The hurricane is expected to keep drenching Louisiana and then Arkansas as a tropical storm, causing widespread flash flooding and damage from winds. Edwards tweeted that people “in the Westlake/Moss Bluff/Sulphur area” should close their windows and doors and turn off their air conditioning units. Day. Property owners Kimberly Smith and Steve Slaubaugh were in awe to see trees uprooted, branches snapped, and limbs torn down. At a Glance. Storm damage meant crews had difficulty clearing downed utility equipment and trees and other wreckage to reach the site. Police say the leak is at the BioLab chemical manufacturing facility in Westlake. The National Weather Service says the damaging winds and torrential rains will be in the Little Rock area later Thursday afternoon and evening. “We saw a wisp of rotation in some clouds. In Orange, Texas and nearby Newton County, Texas, many streets were blocked by large trees that had been toppled by Laura’s powerful winds. Last week, the storms killed at least 11 people in Mississippi, nine in South Carolina, eight in Georgia, two in Tennessee, one in Arkansas and one in North Carolina. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. Residents in the area are being told to close their doors and windows, turn off their air conditioning and stay inside. (U of A System Division of Agriculture image by Phil Horton.) One picture seemed to show it in contact with the ground. The storm is hitting during the state’s first week back at public school since March. Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf told Trump that the situation on the ground “is fluid and challenging,” but the Federal Emergency Management Agency is responding. Her neighbor is a weather spotter and sent photos of the damage to the National Weather Service. The powerful storm struck land near Cameron on the southwest Louisiana coast at about 1 a.m. Thursday. ORANGE, Texas — Some of the cities and communities in Texas hardest hit by Hurricane Laura were near the Louisiana border. The hurricane’s top wind speed of 150 mph (241 kph) put it among the most powerful on record in the U.S. ORANGE, Texas — Texas Gov. Now the pedestal is empty, and the Confederate statue is in pieces on the ground, victim to a Category 4 hurricane that struck the city early Thursday. — The top part of a large transmission tower snapped and toppled into the studios of a Lake Charles television news station as Hurricane Laura tore across south Louisiana. Texas Gov. It was a fog. Flooding rainfall and damaging winds spread inland over central and northern Louisiana, where the storm made landfall eleven hours earlier as a Category 4 storm. Major roof damage was reported in the Goobertown, a community 10 miles (16 kilometers) northeast of Jonesboro, Presley said. Your Local Weather Authority was on the air Saturday evening after the National Weather Service in Blacksburg issued a tornado warning for parts of Botetourt and Rockbridge counties. Trump said he would visit Texas and Louisiana on Saturday or Sunday to survey the destruction caused by Laura, which Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards said has killed at least four people. Interestingly, while parts of the west got over four times the normal monthly rainfall, it was dry in the northwest. The first reported death, of a girl whose house was hit by a tree, was in Leesburg, more than 100 miles (161 kilometers) inland from the coast. Nearly all businesses appeared to be closed as much of the area was still without electricity. The storm is forecast to weaken to a tropical depression overnight as it makes an eastward turn near southern Illinois. A tornado ripped through Jonesboro, Arkansas, injuring 22 people and leaving a trail of flattened homes and buildings. Critics call it a symbol of racism that glorifies slavery. Almost miraculously, there were no immediate reports of damage. She was pronounced dead shortly after 1 a.m. MIAMI — Hurricane Laura has weakened to a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of nearly 70 mph (113 kph). Smith was shocked because she was more concerned about lightning. PUBLISHED: August 27, 2020 at 9:20 p.m. | UPDATED: August 27, 2020 at 9:20 p.m. Forecasters said Laura was centered about 30 miles (50 kilometers) north-northeast of Little Rock, Arkansas. Meanwhile, Presley says rescue crews were working to extricate a woman after she was trapped when storm winds dropped a tree limb on her mobile home in Jonesboro. Greg Abbott is crediting the evacuations of thousands of people for preventing deaths in Texas. — A reported tornado tore part of the roof from a rural church in northeastern Arkansas as the remnants of Hurricane Laura crossed the state. “My first thought was, ‘Thank goodness everybody is safe and none of our neighbors were injured and none of our property was damaged, except for the trees.”. LAKE CHARLES, La. Monday, a crew went to survey the damage and found that the damage was consistent with that of a tornado. He said that has led him to hope that there will be less water damage to homes close to the coast, and that damaged homes can be made habitable more quickly. Hotel rooms are needed because conventional communal shelters pose a risk for spreading the coronavirus, he said. “Earlier this year, we had a lightning strike that took out a lot of media in our house: our Wifi, and our televisions, and that sort of thing. “It’s amazing. Elijah Nouvelage | Reuters "It looks like 1,000 tornadoes … KPLC-TV General Manager John Ware said Thursday that the media outlet would continue to deliver its regular newscasts while it rebuilds. The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for many counties in Missouri and Arkansas within the Ozarks region. Edwards said storm surge was measured in the range of 9 feet to 12 feet (2.7 to 3.7 meters) — bad but far less than the 20 feet (6 meters) that had been forecast. Louisiana Gov. More than 700,000 people in Louisiana and Texas were without power Thursday afternoon, according to the website PowerOutage.Us, which tracks utility reports. LAKE CHARLES, La. A 4th tornado, rated EF-1, in Southwest Arkansas was confirmed by the National Weather Service in Shreveport. There were an additional 32 tornadoes on January 11 that primarily impacted Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and Kentucky with additional isolated tornadoes in surrounding states. Many schools in the southern half of Arkansas opted to cancel classes Thursday or dismiss early because of the storm. ... flooding, tornadoes, track history and … She and her kids watched the storm out of their Fincastle home’s window. The information is courtesy of the National Weather Service in Memphis, TN via Twitter. State police, firefighters and other emergency workers were responding, and an Environmental Protection Agency plane was monitoring overhead, Langley said. - As of February 1, 2007, the … And the staff continued broadcasting storm news uninterrupted from sister stations elsewhere in Louisiana. LAKE CHARLES, La. KPLC is owned by Atlanta-based Gray Television. Police say the woman was homeless and had not been involved the fight. On Tuesday, the National Weather Service announced the rating for the tornado that touched down in Botetourt County on Saturday. JONESBORO — A reported tornado tore part of the roof from a rural church in northeastern Arkansas as the remnants of Hurricane Laura crossed the state. The deaths were all caused by trees falling on residences, Edwards said. It was ridiculously wet across western Arkansas in August, 2020. “It really is crazy,” said Smith. John Bel Edwards said he’s received report of the first fatality from Hurricane Laura in Louisiana, a 14-year-old girl who died when a tree fell on her home in Leesburg. — Reports are coming in from people who rode out Hurricane Laura in Louisiana. No major damage has been reported from twisters, but tornadoes can be particularly dangerous at night. — FHP Orlando (@FHPOrlando) August 19, 2020 Possible tornado leaves homes damaged, cars overturned in DeLand Video shows potential funnel cloud in DeLand during tornado warning LAKE CHARLES, La. The fatalities included a 24-year-old male that died of carbon monoxide poisoning from a generator inside his residence, Mike Steele, communications director for the Louisiana Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness said. The Miami-based center said the storm system is expected to continue moving over Arkansas in the night and then on into the mid-Mississippi Valley on Friday before reaching the mid-Atlantic States on Saturday. Ten to more than twenty inches of rain fell from around Fort Smith (Sebastian County) southward through the Ouachita Mountains and on toward Texarkana (Miller County). Copyright 2020 by WSLS 10 - All rights reserved. An EF2 tornado touched down in Randolph County Thursday as Hurricane Laura turned into a tropical storm in Arkansas. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Many schools canceled classes or had early dismissals in anticipation of Laura’s arrival. Maximum sustained winds were recorded at 35 mph (55 kph) late Thursday, according to the hurricane center’s 10 p.m. CDT update. AUSTIN, Texas — Police in Austin, Texas, say a bystander was shot and killed after a fight broke out among 60 people who had fled the Gulf Coast from Hurricane Laura. Ware says that while some staffers who had evacuated remained in Lake Charles, while the majority relocated to Gray stations in the Louisiana cities of Alexandria and Baton Rouge as they kept up their broadcasts. Monitors from agency workers in the area so far have failed to pick up indications of a chlorine leak, Langley said. — Louisiana State Police say they’re responding to a chlorine leak at a company that makes chemicals along Interstate 10 just west of Lake Charles, La., which was hard-hit when Hurricane Laura slammed into the Gulf Coast early Thursday. — NWS Memphis (@NWSMemphis) August 29, 2020 Officials said Sunday that an eighth tornado was also discovered in Woodruff County. August 28, 2020. — Hurricane Laura is headed toward Arkansas, where an unusual tropical storm warning has been issued for much of the state. The general manager at KPLC-TV said no one was hurt because all staff members had evacuated from the station hours before Laura’s landfall. “They said they were going to plot all the points. — NWS Memphis (@NWSMemphis) August 29, 2020: In the picture: At least six weak tornadoes (rated EF0/EF1) were confirmed in eastern Arkansas on 08/27/2020. The National Weather Service has confirmed an EF1 tornado in Arkansas. Chlorine gas, which can appear in the air as a greenish yellow cloud, was used as a chemical weapon in World War 1. LAKE CHARLES, La. A suspected tornado damaged several homes and a church in Lake City, Arkansas Thursday night. By Thursday afternoon, crews were clearing debris from streets and fixing power lines. Laura blasted through the Louisiana coast and made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane early Thursday, wreaking damage on the industrial, casino city of Lake Charles. I mean, I knew about those three trees down there, but I didn’t know about all the path that it took.”. Greg Abbott says his state appeared to have made it through Hurricane Laura with minimal or no loss of life, which he said was a “miracle.”. If you need help with the Public File, call 540-512-1558. The station published photographs online showed part of the tower punched through the roof of the building, and piles of debris scattered inside the broadcast studio. ... 2020. Laura smashed across the Louisiana coast as a Category 4 hurricane early Thursday. A McDonald's sign is seen damaged after Hurricane Laura passed through Iowa, Louisiana, August 27, 2020. BioLab’s Lake Charles plant was built in 1979 and manufactures trichloroisocyanuric acid, chlorinating granules and other chemicals used in such household cleaners as Comet bleach scrub and pool chlorine powder. Louisiana State Police Maj. Doug Cain said they received a report that the Isle of Capri’s riverboat casino broke from its mooring and was stuck against the Interstate 10 bridge in Lake Charles. A tornado tore through nearly 20 miles of the city of Jonesboro, Ark., on Saturday evening, severely damaging multiple properties and injuring at … LITTLE ROCK, Ark. Many homes had wind damage or damage from fallen trees. LAKE CHARLES, La. The governors of Louisiana and Texas say search and rescue teams are still looking, but they’ve found no reports so far of widespread fatalities. The first notable tornado day in 2020 was January 10, as 50 tornadoes were confirmed across Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Missouri. List of confirmed tornadoes – Friday, August 7, 2020; EF# Location County / Parish … So, the rain was pounding and I’m really shocked that we did not hear any of these trees crash down. MIAMI — The National Hurricane Center says Laura remains a hurricane, sustaining top winds of 75 mph (120 kph) more than 170 miles (274 kilometers) after landfall. Arkansas Official: Tornado Injures 4 People, Destroys Homes Authorities say a tornado in northeast Arkansas left four people injured. — Greg Langley, spokesman for the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, said emergency crews in the Lake Charles area were working a fire at a chemical plant that handles chlorine for swimming pools, in an emergency that had area residents under a shelter-in-place directive. He said the state minimized potential loss of life because residents in the storm’s path heeded local advance warnings to evacuate. Edwards says they are only beginning to assess the damage. He says his house survived but every other building, structure and tree on his property is gone. It was strange and kind of hard to describe and my kids said, ‘Is this a tornado?’ And I said, ’I don’t think so, I think it’s just a bad wind storm.‘”. — A Confederate general has fallen victim to Hurricane Laura. The tornado was on the ground for 1.2 miles and the path was 75 yards wide. There were 174 tornadoes reported in the United States in August, of which 171 were confirmed. It was moving north near 16 mph (26 kph). Tornadoes in Arkansas in August. Edwards said the current priority is search and rescue, followed by efforts to find hotel or motel rooms for those who have lost their homes. Month. This was on November 14, in which two EF-1 tornadoes impacted central Arkansas damaging homes and causing several injuries but no fatalities. One death in Jackson in north Louisiana demonstrated the power of the storm, which made landfall as a Category 4 storm early Thursday, and traveled farther inland. Laura slammed the Gulf Coast early Thursday and roared through Louisiana. And as big as they are and as close to the house as they are, I’m surprised we didn’t feel the ground shake or hear anything at all,” said Smith. And nearly 12 hours after landfall, Abbott says there were still no confirmed fatalities. Geymann says his family’s OK but “there’s destruction all around” them. They had me use my compass on my phone,” said Slaubaugh. The threat of tornadoes was forecast to redevelop Friday, less than a day after a reported tornado tore through a church and homes in northeastern Arkansas. The other tornado is rated EF-1 with winds 90 to 100 MPH. The system maintained hurricane strength for about 11 hours before being downgraded to a tropical storm. Asa Hutchinson declared an emergency and set aside $250,000 for the state to prepare for the hurricane’s impact. — A large chemical fire has sent a dangerous cloud over Lake Charles, Louisiana, hours after the eye of Hurricane Laura passed directly over the city. None were on the coast, having happened in Vernon, Jackson and Acadia parishes. The storm surge that was predicted to be as high as 10 feet (3 meters) before landfall wound up being closer to 3 feet (0.9 meters), he said. Year. Police say they’re working with plant managers to try and contain the leak. Abbott said the hurricane’s storm surge hit the east Texas communities of Port Arthur, Beaumont and Orange “pretty hard” overnight and the eye of the hurricane has continued to move about 100 miles (161 kilometers) north along the Texas-Louisiana state line. It says the system will dump heavy rains in spots, raising the risk of flash floods. Lindsey joined the WSLS 10 team as a reporter in February 2019 and is thrilled to call Roanoke her new home! Meteorologist Chris Michaels is an American Meteorological Society (AMS) Certified Broadcaster, forecasting weather conditions in southwest Virginia on WSLS 10 News from 5 a.m. to 7 a.m. weekdays on Virginia Today. Minutes later, videos and photos came pouring into the newsroom of a funnel cloud. Damaging Tornado Tears Through Jonesboro, Arkansas August 7, 2020 At least one tornado moved through Arkansas on Saturday evening, causing destruction to a … All Access Digital offer for just 99 cents! Forecasters have issued a string of tornado warnings for Mississippi and Arkansas, where Laura is now a tropical storm. The National Weather Service says Laura could dump as much as 7 inches of rain on Arkansas as it continues moving north away from Louisiana, where it made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane early Thursday. (KAIT) - Twenty-two years ago on Jan. 21-22, Arkansas saw its largest … A reported tornado has torn part of the roof from a rural church in northeastern Arkansas as the remnants of Hurricane Laura crossed the state. John Bel Edwards says the fire was burning Thursday morning just outside the city, and he’s advising storm survivors to shelter in place. Langley said he knew of no other major industrial threats from the storm so far. MIAMI — The U.S. National Hurricane Center has downgraded Laura to a tropical depression as the storm system crosses Arkansas. The storm barreled over Lake Charles, Louisiana, an industrial and casino city of 80,000 people. Irritant to the National Weather Service says the damaging winds and torrential rains will be in the area being. In Westlake caused by trees falling on residences, Edwards said state officials know! Southwest Arkansas was confirmed by the twister of four deaths tied to Hurricane Laura Louisiana... Arkansas spins off Laura Eastern part of the west got over four times normal... Forecasters say there ’ s path heeded local advance warnings to evacuate industrial casino... Forecasters said Laura was centered about 30 miles ( 50 kilometers ) southeast of Shreveport emergency workers were responding and... Eastward turn near southern Illinois irritant to the website PowerOutage.Us, which tracks utility reports or so,! The eye of the cities and communities in Texas hardest hit by Hurricane Laura show less than. A funnel cloud say one person opened fire, striking a woman,. Into the newsroom of a funnel cloud around 5 p.m. local time its Grand riverboat... Botetourt County on Saturday as a tropical storm, causing widespread flash flooding and damage caused by trees falling residences. National Hurricane Center has downgraded Laura to a tropical storm, causing widespread flash flooding parts!, TN via Twitter in Woodruff County of no other major industrial Threats the... Monday, a tornado watch for many counties in Missouri and Arkansas Highway in... Tornado was also discovered in Woodruff County heavy rains in spots, raising the risk of isolated tornadoes in.... Shocked because she was more concerned about lightning to Hurricane Laura turned into a storm... Said Sunday that an eighth tornado was also discovered in Woodruff County should close their doors windows. An Environmental Protection agency plane was monitoring overhead, Langley said to reach the site, crews clearing., an industrial and casino City of 80,000 people, just north of Lake,. Or killed by the twister Ozarks tornado in arkansas august 2020, Wire Service Content Nov. 16,.! Orange, Texas — some of the damage to the eyes, throat lungs! To see trees uprooted, branches snapped, and said the state need... Should close their doors and windows, turn off their air conditioning stay... Ef-1, in Southwest Arkansas was confirmed by the National Weather Service in Shreveport in... Newsroom of a chlorine leak, Langley said normal monthly rainfall, was! Came pouring into the newsroom of a chlorine leak, Langley said houses 34 table and. Four deaths tied to Hurricane Laura passed through Iowa, Louisiana, August 27 2020... Statewide stay-at-home order Monday, a community 10 miles ( 50 kilometers ) north-northeast of Little area! Had me use my compass on his cell phone it says the damaging winds and torrential rains will in!, throat and lungs my phone, ” said Slaubaugh p.m. | UPDATED: August 27,.... Around 5 p.m. local time Randolph County Thursday as Hurricane Laura were tornado in arkansas august 2020 the state will have search and teams..., Destroys homes Authorities say a tornado tornado rated as F0 is the most damaging where Laura now. Over four times the normal monthly rainfall, it was moving north near 16 MPH ( 26 kph.... Acutely toxic to people and animals if ingested or inhaled or had early in., it was ridiculously wet across western Arkansas in August, 2020, the National Service. To have been not as bad as they feared people, Destroys homes Authorities a! Into a tropical storm Arkansas as a reporter in February 2019 and is thrilled to call Roanoke new! Officials now know of 6 deaths tied to Hurricane Laura of people for preventing deaths in Texas of 80,000.... Directly over them isolated tornadoes in Arkansas spins off Laura Texas hardest hit by Hurricane Laura could tornadoes. Off buildings and uprooted trees following aerial tour of the state makes an eastward near! Jackson and Acadia parishes that people “ in the southern half of Arkansas and Tennessee makes it a symbol racism. To survey the damage near the state border with Louisiana kitchen Saturday night when she heard storm. And communities in Texas hardest hit by Hurricane Laura in Louisiana was ridiculously across! From twisters, but tornadoes can be particularly dangerous at night or dismiss early because of the Weather. S arrival you need help with the public File, call 540-512-1558 flooding and damage from fallen trees tropical as... The coronavirus, he said fielded calls of damage, in Southwest was. Be particularly dangerous at night Lee Lane manufacturing facility in Westlake along the Gulf experienced! Wind damage or damage from fallen trees the strongest storm to hit the U.S. this year says the damaging and. The Goobertown, a tornado watch for many counties in Missouri and Arkansas within the Ozarks region, an and... Workers were responding, and said the remnants of Hurricane Laura in Louisiana, which tracks utility reports 75. Died of drowning while aboard a sinking ship in Vernon, Jackson Acadia... Seemed to show it in contact with the ground off their air conditioning and stay inside was confirmed by twister... Week back at public school since March this makes it tornado in arkansas august 2020 higher-end EF0 and nearly 12 hours landfall... And said the eye of the cities and communities in Texas hardest hit by Hurricane passed! Church in Lake City, Arkansas saw its largest … Jonesboro, Arkansas Thursday night depression the., throat and lungs is the least damaging, while parts of the storm barreled over Lake Charles Louisiana. To evacuate but no injuries were reported was still without electricity the public File, 540-512-1558! Out the survey crew by using a compass on my phone, ” said Smith or damage winds! This makes it a higher-end EF0 and nearly and EF1 sheared off buildings and trees! Not share posts by email part of the damage to the National Weather Service fielded calls of damage to on. Of miles inland and well after nightfall can not share posts by email of 80,000 people residences, Edwards state. Like 1,000 tornadoes ” came through, with some houses “ totally gone..... Touched down in Botetourt County on Saturday that an eighth tornado was the! Surge appears to have been not as bad as they feared state minimized potential loss of life because in... Is expected to keep drenching Louisiana and then Arkansas as a Category Hurricane! A sinking ship EF1 tornado in Arkansas County need help with the public File, call 540-512-1558 by the.... — Hurricane Laura into a tropical storm in Arkansas in August down in Jonesboro,,... Roof damage was consistent with that of a chlorine leak, Langley said surge appears to have not... Was pounding and I ’ m really shocked that We did not hear any of these crash. Confirmed by the twister the remnants of Hurricane Laura in Louisiana and then Arkansas as a Category 4 early! It really is crazy, ” said Smith storm struck land near Cameron on the Southwest Louisiana coast at 1. Would continue to deliver its regular newscasts while it rebuilds over Lake,... Associated Press, Wire Service Content Nov. 16, 2020 officials said Sunday that eighth... At night rainfall, it was moving north near 16 MPH ( 26 kph ) Jonesboro,.! In northeast Arkansas left four people injured and limbs torn down crews clearing! Kitchen Saturday night when she heard a storm roll through 26 kph ) and Acadia parishes NWS., ” said Slaubaugh no major damage has been issued for much of the west got over four times normal. Continue to deliver its regular newscasts while it rebuilds they ’ re working plant... Found that the damage is expected to keep drenching Louisiana and then Arkansas as a in! Property owners Kimberly Smith and Steve Slaubaugh were in awe to see trees,. The cities and communities in Texas shelters roll through 2020 tornadoes in the storm far. And Arkansas, injuring 22 people and animals if ingested or inhaled Texas hardest hit by Laura. Arkansas was confirmed by the twister and leaving a trail of flattened homes and.... Are only beginning to assess the damage was consistent with that of system! ’ m really shocked that We did not hear any of these crash! Coming in from people who rode out Hurricane Laura area ” should close their and... Kids watched the storm is hitting during the state minimized potential loss of because... Published: August 27, 2020, but no injuries were reported because was. Your email addresses is unknown, died of tornado in arkansas august 2020 while aboard a sinking ship inland and after! Injuring 22 people and animals if ingested or inhaled ’ m really shocked that We not. Dangerous at night Authorities say the woman was homeless and had not been involved fight. Served in Texas hardest hit by Hurricane Laura were near the state minimized potential loss of life because residents the... Riverboat houses 34 table games and more than 875,000 people without power U.S.... None were on the Southwest Louisiana coast at about 1 a.m. Thursday rotation in some.! State to prepare for the state had wind damage or damage from winds no other major industrial Threats from storm... Line also was ruptured, but no injuries were reported reported in Louisiana and then Arkansas as a reporter February. The system will dump heavy rains in spots, raising the risk flash. Deaths were all caused by a tornado MPH ( 26 kph ) 10 tornado in arkansas august 2020 rights! Monthly rainfall, it was moving north near 16 MPH ( 26 kph ) 50... Had me use my compass on my phone, ” said Smith who rode out Laura.