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{{Short description|Ghost town in Arkansas}}
Sneed, formerly known as
Chuck, is a [[ghost town]] in [[Jackson County, Arkansas|Morris County, Arkansas]], United States. It was abandoned in 1929 following most of the town being destroyed by an [[F5 tornado]].
History{{original research|date=November 1999}}
Chuck Tamzarian, an entrepreneur, and his family moved from [[Illinois]] and settled in what is today Sneed following the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], eventually attracting other families such as those of Orville Simpson, Buck Nasheed, and John Olson to move there as well in the decades following. In September of 1901, Chuck was purchased by the farmer and entrepreneur Al Sneed and renamed to Sneed. Around 1908, as the result of a family feud with the Sneeds and failed harvests the Simpson and Olson families left the community.<!--PLEASE NOTE: This reference is original research based on a published email--><ref>{{cite web | last = Nasheed | first = Tariq | title = SNEED-L Archives | publisher = Rootsweb | date = January 12, 2003 | url =
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/SNEED/2003-01/1042487435}}</ref>Sneed Church (formerly Chuck Church), Sneed School, and a tomacco plantation were located next to each other in this rural farm community.
=Tornado=[[File:Storm cellar north of Sneed, Arkansas.jpg|thumb|right|Some residents of Sneed hid in this storm cellar<ref name="NWS">{{cite web | title = The F5 Tornado of April 10, 1929 | publisher = National Weather Service | date = May 14, 2013 | url =
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/lzk/?n=tor041029a.htm}}</ref>]]
In the late afternoon of April 10, 1929, an F5 tornado, the highest rating on the [[Fujita scale]] struck northern Morris County—the only tornado of this intensity ever documented in Arkansas. Many residents saw the tornado approach and took shelter in storm cellars, in an agricultural shop, under a road bridge, in barns, or in chicken houses.
The tornado is believed to have begun about {{convert|3|mi|km|abbr=on}} south of [[Batesville, Arkansas|Batesville]] in [[Independence County, Arkansas|Independence County]]. It then crossed into Jackson County in the [[Black River (Arkansas)|Black River]] bottoms, likely north of [[Centerville, Jackson County, Arkansas|Centerville]]. The tornado's maximum intensity was reached near Pleasant Valley (also known locally as Possum Trot), and then moved {{convert|2|mi|km|abbr=on}} east to Sneed. Both Pleasant Valley and Sneed were almost completely destroyed by what witnesses described as a {{convert|0.5|mi|km|abbr=on}} wide tornado. The tornado began to weaken after it passed and then moved southeast of [[Alicia, Arkansas|Alicia]].
Roads were blocked by large timbers and other debris, and the tornado's heavy rains made them very muddy, hindering rescue efforts. The death toll was listed at 27, and up to 41 others were injured. It is believed that many of the deaths were from the Szyslak family whose home was directly in the path of the tornado.<ref name="NWS"/> A makeshift morgue for the victims was set up in nearby [[Swifton, Arkansas|Swifton]].<!--PLEASE NOTE: This reference is original research based on a published email--><ref>{{cite web | last = Poole | first = Christopher | title = SNEED-L Archives | publisher = Rootsweb | url =
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/SNEED/2003-01/1042487435| accessdate = October 31, 2013}}</ref>
All that remains today of Sneed is a clearing where the agricultural shop formerly stood.
See also*[[List of F5 and EF5 tornadoes]]
*[[List of ghost towns in Arkansas]]
References<references />
{{Jackson County, Arkansas|Morris County, Arkansas}}
{{Coord|35.8728521|-91.1140136|display=title}}
[[Category:Ghost towns in Arkansas]]
[[Category:Geography of Jackson County, Arkansas|Geography of Morris County, Arkansas]]
[[Category:F5 tornadoes]]