The 2023 Wynne–Parkin tornado was a large, deadly, and destructive rain-wrapped wedge tornado that struck the cities and communities of Wynne, Parkin, Earle, Turrell, and Drummonds in Arkansas and Tennessee on the afternoon of March 31, 2023. The...
Arkansas
Unit Leadership
Chair
Leon J Kropf
Vice Chair
Melvin Stutzman
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Heavy Spring 2024 rainfall led to severe, widespread flooding. While the county is used to flooding, this flooding event was extreme by local standards. Some homes on six-foot-tall stilts even flooded, and these homes are generally safe during heavy...
Straight line winds damaged and destroyed many homes in the Penitas, TX area. Many of these homes are in colonias, which are vulnerable neighborhoods in the rural Rio Grande Valley, Tx...
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