EF1 tornado in Benton County, Arkansas

This tornado developed north of Highway 62, over the far southeastern portion of Pea Ridge National Military Park. It moved east, damaging the roof of two homes, destroying an outbuilding, and uprooting trees on Alvin Seamster Road. Tree damage was noted as far east as Pinebrooke Road, and the tornado dissipated before reaching Highway 62. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in this tornado was 90 to 100 mph.

Severe thunderstorms developed along a dry line over central and western Oklahoma during the afternoon of the 1st, as a strong upper level disturbance translated into the Southern Plains. The storms evolved into a squall line and moved through northwestern Arkansas during the late evening and early morning hours of the 2nd, producing two tornadoes and damaging wind gusts.