EF1 tornado in Randolph County, Arkansas

This tornado started southeast of Dalton in Randolph County. Several small outbuildings were destroyed, there were softwood, shallow rooted trees uprooted, and there were chicken coops that were either completely or partially destroyed. The tornado track was determined by geotagged photos.

At the surface, a front was oriented from southwest to northeast across the state which would help focus the severe weather threat across northern Arkansas. As the upper level storm system moved closer to the area, severe storms developed during the afternoon of March 6th through the morning of the 7th. One main supercell thunderstorm travelled from southeast Johnson County to Randolph County and was responsible for multiple tornadoes through the evening of March 6th. Some additional storms produced mainly weak tornadoes that evening into the early morning hours of the 7th.