Storm Inflicts Heavy Damage to St. Francis County Airport

June 4, 2018
The storm devastated the Delta Regional Airport's business building and its 12 hangars, damaging about 10 private airplanes beyond repair, airport board member John Kerr said.

High winds damaged homes and nearly destroyed a regional airport in east Arkansas early Sunday, officials said.

According to a preliminary survey by the National Weather Service in Memphis, straight-line thunderstorm winds reached up to 100 mph in St. Francis County, the speed of an EF-1 tornado.

The storm, which the agency said hit between 11 p.m. Saturday and 1 a.m. Sunday, devastated the Delta Regional Airport's business building and its 12 hangars, damaging about 10 private airplanes beyond repair, airport board member John Kerr said. A terminal building under construction was not hit, he said.

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