EF1 Tornado — Miller, Arkansas

2024-07-08 · near Ferguson, Miller, Arkansas

Event narrative

An EF-1 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 100 mph touched down along County Road 220 several miles northwest of Fouke and moved north just to the west of County Road 25. This tornado then shifted to the northwest and crossed County Road 219 before lifting along Miller County 20. The damage from this tornado consisted entirely of snapped trees and large downed limbs.

Wider weather episode

Tropical Storm Beryl briefly strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane with 80 mph winds as it made landfall along the Southeast Texas coast near Matagorda Bay during the early morning hours of July 8th, and tracked north-northeast across East Texas and into Southwest Arkansas during the afternoon and evening hours. While Beryl weakened into a tropical storm over portions of Deep East Texas by mid-afternoon, very strong wind shear and helicity existed near and east of the center, contributing to the largest tornado outbreak in NWS Shreveport history, as well as with any landfalling tropical system. A total of 43 tornadoes were confirmed through NWS surveys across East Texas, North Louisiana, and Southwest Arkansas, before Beryl weakened into a depression by late afternoon over East Texas. As a part of this outbreak, six tornadoes touched down across portions of Southwest Arkansas.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1195770. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.