EF1 Tornado — Ouachita, Arkansas

2024-07-08 · near Troy, Ouachita, Arkansas

Event narrative

This survey was conducted from geotagged drone imagery from the Camden Fire Department. Using the series of geotagged photos, we were able to confirm an EF-1 tornado that moved from southeast to northwest near the community of Stephens in southwest Ouachita County. Along its path, the tornado primarily caused a long swath of trees to be uprooted. There were a couple of outbuildings damaged along this path, with the worst of the structural damage identified as metal roofing peeled off a large barn. This tornado continued into Nevada County for approximately a half mile. A special thanks to the Camden Fire Department for providing the areal survey of this damage path.

Wider weather episode

Hurricane Beryl made landfall near Matagorda Texas on the morning of the 8th. The remnants of Beryl quickly tracked northward after landfall, bringing spiral feeder bands of showers and thunderstorms into Arkansas during the afternoon and evening. Overnight on the 8th through the morning of the 9th, the remnants of Beryl tracked northeastward up Interstate 30 and Highway 67/167 through Arkansas. Heavy rainfall led to areas of flash flooding as well as tornadoes on the north and east side of the center of circulation. The system pushed out of Arkansas by mid-day on the 9th.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1200640. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.