Arkansas, 2000Tornado and Flash Flood in Arkansas, May 27, 2000
May 27, 2000 · NWS MEG · 2 events in 2 counties and zones
1 flash flood, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Flash Flood, Greene
- When
- May 27, 10:30 AM CST to 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Greene County, Paragould
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.118, -90.559 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A few houses had water in them. Several roads were closed.
Tornado, Mississippi
- When
- May 27, 11:47 AM CST to 11:55 AM CST
- Where
- Mississippi County, Carmi
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 3.5 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.883, -90.283
The tornado began near Carmi and moved northeast toward Leachville. A few mobile homes were damaged. Several trees and power lines were knocked down.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Tennessee, May 27, 2000$1.4 million · F3 · 15 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 27, 20001 death · 4 injured · $60,000 · 1.75 in hail · 8 events
- Heavy Rain in West Virginia, May 27, 20001 death · 1 event
- Heat in Texas, May 27, 20001 death · 1 event
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 27, 2000$1.9 million · F0 · 19 events
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 27, 2000$104,000 · 87 kt wind · 12 events
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 27, 2000$100,000 · 65 kt wind · 1 event
- Hail in North Carolina, May 27, 2000$100,000 · 2 in hail · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 27, 2000$100,000 · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, May 27, 2000$75,000 · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, May 27, 2000$55,000 · 1.75 in hail · 6 events
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 27, 2000$59,000 · 4 events
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5144258, 5144257.