EF1 Tornado — Yell, Arkansas

2022-11-04 · near Gilkey, Yell, Arkansas

2.3 mi

Path length

100 yds

Path width

Event narrative

The tornado began just north of Norman Hill Road at Kingston Road and tracked northeast along Kingston Road. This tornado snapped trees adjacent to the road and removed much of the roofing material from a home. A small outbuilding was destroyed on Covey Rise Lane. The tornado continued to move northeast before dissipating near Peeler Gap Road north of County Road 728. Trees were snapped along the path from Covey Rise Lane to the ending point.

Wider weather episode

A cold front approached Arkansas from the west late Friday night into Saturday morning. Strong to severe thunderstorms developed along and ahead of this front,

with damaging winds and tornadoes observed across the state. This thunderstorm activity grew upscale from singular supercells into a linear QLCS line over the eastern half of Arkansas.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1064113. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.