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EF1 tornado in Marion County, Arkansas

Tornado May 26, 2024 · Marion County, Arkansas

EF1
Rating
34.6 mi
Whole path
1,760 yd
Path width
1
Death
17
Injuries

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Marion County → Baxter County → Fulton County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 1,760 yards (1.00 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

The Briarcliff Tornado began just west of AR Hwy 14 on Marion County Road

5002 and Abbey Lane, snapping and uprooting trees. The tornado

continued across AR Hwy 14 to Marion County Road 6014 and

6011 where it caused minor roof damage to some homes and

continued to snap and uproot trees. On Backway Road, a double-

wide shifted off its foundation a few feet and had a large tree

fall on it. Across the street, an outbuilding sustained damage to

the roof and flooring. The tornado continued towards Hand

Mountain where the path width increased significantly to in

excess of 1000 yards, snapping and uprooting numerous trees, and

then crossed the White River into Baxter County, followed by Fulton County.

The wider storm

A couple long-tracked supercells moved across the northern two to three rows of counties during the predawn hours of the Memorial Day weekend. These storms triggered numerous tornadoes, some of which strong and long-lived, in addition to widespread straight-line wind damage.

Began near Ralph (36.1943, -92.6909).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

6 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF3 Marion County 4 deadEF2 Baxter CountyEF1 Fulton CountyEF1 Sharp CountyEF1 Randolph CountyEF1 Randolph County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1181780. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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