EF1 Tornado — Prairie, Arkansas

2023-03-31 · near Hayley, Prairie, Arkansas

Event narrative

This tornado started in a field southwest of the intersection of

West Crossroads Road and Arkansas Highway 86, snapping a power pole.

The tornado then passed over a barn, lifting the roof off that

barn. The tornado then moved north over Bell Road, removing some

shingles off a house before lifting shortly afterwards. The tornado was rated an EF1 with estimated maximum winds of 90 mph.

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1090822. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.