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Tornado March 15, 2026 · Arkansas County, Arkansas

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Not rated

2.4 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

Not rated. NOAA lists no rating for this tornado. Ratings come from surveying damage, and the National Weather Service now records “EFU” (unknown) when a tornado hit nothing a survey team could rate.

What the National Weather Service wrote

This tornado began in an isolated patch of trees before moving into an open field. This tornado remained in an open field through its duration, causing no damage. Numerous trained spotters observed and recorded this tornado. NWS survey team inspected the area and found no damage, thus rating the tornado EFU.

The wider storm

A deepening surface low pressure system was centered over Illinois and an attendant cold front extended south-southwestward sweeping from west to east across Arkansas during the afternoon and evening hours of March 15, 2026. Multiple severe thunderstorms developed in a well-defined warm sector positioned across the state where storms matured and quickly became severe producing large hail, damaging wind gusts, and tornadoes.

Began near Abeles (34.4183, -91.6303).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF1 Lawrence County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1326269. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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