EF1 tornado in Arkansas County, Arkansas

This tornado started in southwest Arkansas county , or just west of Lumsdens Reservoir, and tracked northeast for 7 miles, moving along Jacobs Lake, and dissipating just before U.S. Hwy 165, in between Dewitt and Gillett. The primary damage was to trees along this path. Limited access to portions of the track was noted due to nearby lake and property access.

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.