High winds hit Gravette

December 16, 2015 at 5:00 a.m.

by Susan Holland

Photo by Susan Holland One of the long open sheds once used to store lumber at the former Westfield Home Center in Gravette was destroyed by high winds Sunday night. In the background an identical shed can be seen still standing. Police chief Andy Bower said no reports of wind damage were received at his department.
Photo by Susan Holland One of the long open sheds once used to store lumber at the former Westfield Home Center in Gravette was destroyed by high winds Sunday night. In the background an identical shed can be seen still standing. Police chief Andy Bower said no reports of wind damage were received at his department.

GRAVETTE -- High winds which hit Gravette over the weekend resulted in at least two incidents of damage, although police chief Andy Bower said no reports of damage were reported to his department.

On Saturday night one of the heavy glass doors on the emergency room entrance at Ozarks Community Hospital was blown completely off its track, although the glass in the door did not break. Jason Means, OCH security supervisor, said security camera footage of the event "did not show much."

High winds again moved through the area on Sunday night following almost a full day of rain. Dodie Evans, official NOAA weather observer for Gravette, reported 2.78 inches of rain for Sunday.

Sometime Sunday night one of the long open sheds at the former Westfield Home Center was blown down. The long open sheds, once used to store lumber, set just south of Westfield's main building on Arkansas Highway 72 in the west edge of town. A similar shed identical to the one that was destroyed is still standing.

General News on 12/16/2015