EF1 tornado in Sharp County, Arkansas

Tornado May 26, 2024 · Sharp County, Arkansas

EF1

Rating

14.2 mi

Whole path

600 yd

Path width

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 600 yards (0.34 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 Ravenden Springs Tornado began near Acres Road just south of

Bakers Cemetery Road, but north of Ozark Acres. The tornado

damaged a small metal outbuilding on the west side of Acres Road,

twisting the structure at a 45 degree angle from its footing,

before crossing Acres Road and rolling a single wide trailer

approximately two times. Several trees surrounding these

buildings were snapped or uprooted. The tornado continued

eastward through a forested area, downing numerous trees,

parallel and just south of Bakers Cemetery Road. The tornado

crossed Wynnewood Farm Road before crossing Martin's Creek Road

at Powell Hollow Road. The tornado traveled along Powell Hollow

Road (also County Road 83), damaging several structures and

downing several more trees. This tornado then crossed Bradford

Cemetery Road, entering another heavily forested area exiting

Sharp County and entering Randolph 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 Sellers Store (36.3294, -91.3939).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF3 Marion County 4 dead EF3 Baxter County 1 dead EF2 Baxter County EF1 Fulton County EF1 Randolph County EF1 Randolph County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1181952. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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