EF2 tornado in Izard County, Arkansas

This tornado started in central Izard county, just southeast of Melbourne, and tracked northeast 9.86 miles in Izard county. The tornado continued into into western Sharp county and dissipating northwest of Evening Shade. There was mostly tree damage. Several homes in and around Sage had roof damage, with a few barns and sheds heavily damaged. The worst damage was 0.5 mile east of Sage, with numerous trees snapped and a horse barn destroyed. Farther northeast, a mobile home was rolled, and a person was injured. A modular home was ripped apart about 4.0 miles west-northwest of Evening Shade. The occupants went to a nearby metal storage container for shelter, and it was rolled. There were four injuries reported here, including one serious injury.

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.