EF1 Tornado — Stone, Arkansas

2022-03-06 · near Flag, Stone, Arkansas

Event narrative

This tornado started in the southeast corner of Searcy county. The tornado uprooted several trees along its path, along with ripping roof panels off of a barn, and damaging others. It tracked northeast for 2.4 miles.

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1012855. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.