EF1 Tornado — Randolph, Arkansas

2024-05-26 · near Attica, Randolph, Arkansas

Event narrative

The Attica Tornado began west of the intersection of Clearview

Road and Mill Road 2 miles to the southwest of Attica. Numerous

trees were uprooted and snapped along the path as the tornado

tracked northeast, paralleling portions of Country Club Road, and

crossing Highway 251 just south of Attica by less than 1 mile.

The tornado entered a heavily forested area, downing many trees

east of Highway 251, before crossing Bellview Road. Several

outbuildings were heavily damaged or destroyed. The tornado

continued eastward across some farm land before downing more

trees as the tornado began to dissipate east of Highway 115 less

than 0.5 miles south of Stokes. This tornado was rated an

EF1 with maximum estimated winds of 105 mph.

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1181960. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.