EF1 tornado in Randolph County, Arkansas

Tornado May 26, 2024 · Randolph 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 continued into Randolph County from Sharp

County, entering a heavily wooded forested area before crossing Bradford

Cemetery Road and entering another heavily forested area. The

tornado crossed near Baily Road and Upper James Creek Road

northwest of Ravenden Springs. The tornado snapped and twisted

many trees along an eastward path, crossing Lower James Creek

Road and Oak Ridge Road. The tornado dissipated east of Oak

Ridge Road in a forested area. This tornado tracked across mainly

rural and forested land. Tornado path was increased in length due

to additional reports and high resolution satellite imagery. This

tornado tracked across two counties was rated an EF1 with maximum estimated winds of 100 mph.

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 Ravenden Spgs (36.3344, -91.2761).

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 1181955. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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