[sub]

Hope everyone’s okay out there:

https://www.wmcactionnews5.com/2020/...onesboro-area/
Looks like the mall was heavily damaged. Coronavirus closures may have saved some lives since it happened around a peak time on a Saturday afternoon.

[nmnita]

Originally Posted by sub

Hope everyone’s okay out there:

https://www.wmcactionnews5.com/2020/...onesboro-area/
Looks like the mall was heavily damaged. Coronavirus closures may have saved some lives since it happened around a peak time on a Saturday afternoon.

Never thought of it that way. Things can look bad but sometimes they have a good side.. According to the paper this morning 6 people were inured.

[Quert]

Twitter has some good videos of it


https://twitter.com/hashtag/jonesboro


Absolutely crazy. It past east of my city, thankfully. My friend had one of his work places back building completely leveled. It touched down in a busy part of town on a Saturday, hit the mall, and there are only 22 injuries. Holy crap. If covid would've not been around, that mall and that part of town would've seen tons of deaths.


I'm still in shock. It seems like they're packed with volunteers, but I'll reach out as the week wears on.


Your best news source, in my opinion, is kait8.com

[Tyryztoll]

Here is the summary of the Jonesboro tornado from the National Weather Service. Not only was this twister big and powerful, but it was fast.....moving at speeds between 45 and 55 mph at times according to reports I've read. That is booking for a tornado of that size. When I saw images of cars being tossed and piled on top of each other plus homes reduced to rubble I thought this one may get an EF4 tag, but they determined otherwise.


...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 03/28/20 TORNADO EVENT...

.OVERVIEW...
A SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED SEVERAL TORNADOES IN EAST-
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST ARKANSAS. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT TORNADO
IMPACTED THE CITY OF JONESBORO.

.TORNADO IN CRAIGHEAD COUNTY ARKANSAS...

RATING: EF3
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 140 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 12.55 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 600 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 22

START DATE: 03/28/2020
START TIME: 04:58 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 2.1 SSE JONESBORO / CRAIGHEAD COUNTY / AR
START LAT/LON: 35.8094 / -90.6852

END DATE: 03/28/2020
END TIME: 05:14 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 3.4 NE BROOKLAND / CRAIGHEAD COUNTY / AR
END LAT/LON: 35.9340 / -90.5227

SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS TORNADO DEVELOPED JUST NORTH OF I-555 AND WEST OF CARAWAY ROAD.
THE TORNADO QUICKLY INTENSIFIED AND CAUSED EF2 DAMAGE NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF CARAWAY RD. AND RACE ST. THE TORNADO WEAKENED SLIGHTLY,
BUT PRODUCED EF2 DAMAGE AGAIN AT THE MALL AT TURTLE CREEK. THE TORNADO
REACHED ITS MOST INTENSE STAGE AS IT APPROACHED AND MOVED ACROSS THE
JONESBORO AIRPORT. SEVERAL LARGE INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS WERE SEVERELY
DAMAGED. AS THE TORNADO MOVED THROUGH RESIDENTIAL AREAS NORTHEAST OF
THE AIRPORT, IT CAUSED EF2 TO ISOLATED EF3 DAMAGE TO HOMES. THE TORNADO
BEGAN WEAKENING AFTER IT CROSSED HIGHWAY 49 NORTHEAST OF JONESBORO,
WITH THE FINAL DAMAGE OBSERVED TO THE NORTHEAST OF BROOKLAND.

[Mike Town]

If it wasn't for the Coronavirus keeping people inside and out of the stores the loss of life would have been many.

[sub]

Yeah it's a really busy newer area around that mall. Could have been far more devastating.
30 years ago, that same tornado wouldn't have caused nearly as much damage.