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EF1 tornado in Randolph County, Arkansas

Tornado May 26, 2024 · Randolph County, Arkansas

EF1
Rating
5.0 mi
Path length
300 yd
Path width
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 300 yards (0.17 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 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.

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 Attica (36.3278, -91.0223).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF3 Marion County 4 deadEF3 Baxter County 1 deadEF2 Baxter CountyEF1 Fulton CountyEF1 Sharp CountyEF1 Randolph County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1181960. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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