EF3 tornado in Pulaski County, Arkansas

This tornado started just southwest of the Colonel

Glenn and Marsh Road intersection in Martindale, west of Marsh road,

uprooting trees and ripping a portion of a roof off an outbuilding.

The tornado then continued northeast across a forested area,

uprooting several more trees before crossing into a neighborhood off

Capitol Hill Boulevard near Hartford and Denver Streets. More

trees were uprooted as it moved northeast towards Kanis Road.

The tornado rapidly intensified as it passed northeast over Chenal

Parkway, severely damaging several apartment buildings off of Napa

Valley Drive. The most severe residential damage occurred at these

apartments, and along and west of North Shackleford Road along

Jamestown Drive and Cobble Hill Road. Most exterior walls had

collapsed on several homes, leaving just some interior walls

standing.

The tornado then crossed Interstate 430 near the North Rodney Parham Road

interchange, damaging a shopping center and a Kroger. Between Interstate 430

and Cantrell Road, many homes and apartments were severely damage,

with roofs ripped off and hundreds of trees uprooted. The tornado

crossed Cantrell Road near Foxtrot Road, damaging more apartments

and many businesses. Between Cantrell Road and the Arkansas River,

many more homes were damaged from the tornado winds or trees falling

onto those homes in the Cammack Village neighborhood. Before

crossing the river, many trees were uprooted or trunks snapped at

Murray Park. The tornado then uprooted or snapped hundreds, if

not thousands of trees at Burns Park, both north and south of Interstate

40. The tornado crossed Interstate 40 just west of exit 150, passing over

ball fields and recreation areas west of Military Drive. A new

fire station still under construction was also damaged along

Military Drive.

The tornado then passed over MacArther Drive near the Military Drive

intersection in Amboy, severely damaging many more homes and businesses.

Several more homes and apartments were damaged between Military Drive

and Remount Road, with the tornado passing over Remount Road between

Kierre Drive and Camp Robinson Road. Most of the damage in these areas

consisted of severe roof damage and uprooted trees, though there were

some homes who completely lost their roofs.

The tornado then moved into the Indian Hills neighborhood of North Little

Rock, with more damaged roofs. A few homes along Flintrock Road near

Osage Drive lost their entire roofs, along with many homes damaged by trees

falling onto homes. The tornado seemed to weaken a bit as it

passed over North Hills Boulevard, with some less severe roof

damage and many uprooted trees. The tornado crossed over John F.

Kennedy Boulevard near Club Road, traveling northeast through

Sherwood generally along Lee Avenue, damaging many more homes as

it continued towards Kiehl Avenue. The tornado crossed over Kiehl

Avenue near Northgate Drive and Woodridge Lane, damaging more

homes and some businesses. This tornado passed over Brockington

Road north of Kiehl Avenue, ripping a roof off an apartment

building along Calloway Avenue, then passing over Indianhead Lake

uprooting several more trees and damaging more roofs.

The tornado then passed over rural marsh land just northwest of U.S. Highway 67 near

the Interstate 440 interchange, uprooting more trees before crossing U.S. Highway

67 near the Redmond Road exit at Jacksonville. A tractor-trailer

was flipped over along U.S. Highway 67, along with damage to signage along

the road. The tornado moved over the ball fields south of Redmond

Road, then into some neighborhoods where the tornado seemed to

strengthen, severely damaging more homes and businesses along

Stone and McHenry Streets, Eastview Drive and South 1st Street. A

church was completely destroyed along North Elm Street south of

Graham Road. More homes were damaged north of Graham Road west of

J. P. Wright Loop Road before the tornado passed over the Holland

Bottoms State Wildlife Area west of Kerr Station Road. Many trees

were snapped or uprooted in this wildlife area. This tornado was rated an EF3 with maximum estimated winds of 165 mph within Pulaski County. This tornado continued into Lonoke County.

A powerful storm system and associated upper trough propagated across the Central Plains into the the Mid-Mississippi Valley. Showers and thunderstorms developed in response to the passing trough triggering strong to severe thunderstorms across Arkansas.