EF0 Tornado — Madison, Arkansas

2022-11-04 · near Harmony, Madison, Arkansas

Event narrative

This tornado developed northeast of Huntsville, damaging a chicken house and uprooting trees. The tornado crossed Highway 412 and dissipated. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 70 to 80 mph.

Wider weather episode

Severe thunderstorms moved through northwestern Arkansas during the evening of the 4th. The atmosphere became moderately unstable ahead of a cold front approaching from the north and a dry line approaching from the west. Deep layer and low level wind shear increased during the afternoon and evening across the area, with the approach of a strong upper level disturbance, and became very strong by early evening. The combination of moderately strong instability and strong to very strong wind shear resulted in some supercell thunderstorm structures, as well as a severe squall line that moved through the region. Multiple tornadoes occurred across northwestern Arkansas, along with damaging wind gusts.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1058229. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.