EF2 tornado in Arkansas County, Arkansas

This tornado is believed to have begun near a grove of trees in the middle of a field to the west of the intersection of Essex Road and Relyea Road. A definitive start point was difficult to discern due to flooding in the area. As this tornado tracked to the northeast, a couple of large metal electrical transmission towers were blown down along Long Point Road west of Kettlers or a few miles southeast of Almyra. From this point, the tornado continued northeast and crossed Stroh Road near Kagebein Road where a metal building system was damaged as well as a small outbuilding and a couple of trailers were observed to have been tipped or flipped over. The tornado crossed State Highway 130 in the 90 degree bend just south of Almyra. Near the intersection of Hillman Rd. and west 14th St. in Almyra evidence of a strong RFD push was noted with a power pole snapped and the siding stripped off of a standalone garage with the damage oriented perpendicular to the tornado track that was observed farther to the east. The tornado tracked northeast partially destroyed boat shop behind a residence in southeast Almyra. Half of the shop's walls were collapsed pulling the concrete anchoring up as the walls folded inward before the metal wall panels were peeled off and carried off to the northeast. Continuing northeast, the tornado damaged another, but older metal building system at the far northeast part of town. Several roofing panels were peeled off the building and a porch like structure was collapsed. boards from the porch structure were blown into a small outbuilding to the east, the impact punching the door inward. Debris from both the boat shop and metal building system were carried northeast and dropped in the fields on either side of Bracewell Rd. Powerlines and wooden power poles were blown down along Moss Rd, and debris could be viewed in the fields off to the northeast of the intersection of Moss and Laurie streets. A definitive ending spot could not be determined due to extensive flooding of roads off to the northeast. Placed the end point of the tornado as far away in the fields as debris was visible in conjunction with radar indicated debris signature and associated rotational couplet. No other damage was reported to the northeast. This tornado was rated an EF2 with maximum estimated winds of 130 mph. Total path length was 8.4 miles.

Severe weather, including widespread flash flooding occurred over a five day period across the entire state. This multiday event featured tornadoes, damaging winds, and very large hail. But by far and large, flash flooding and river flooding were the biggest impacts taken away from this unsettled period of weather due to total rainfall amounts between half a foot to over one foot in many locations.