EF1 tornado in Ouachita County, Arkansas

After badly damaging the Arkansas Fire Training Academy, this tornado moved from the Calhoun County portion of the Highland Industrial Park into the Ouachita County portion. Thirty-one empty railroad tank cars, which had been stored on a little-used track, were blown over. After the tornado left the industrial park, it caused several houses to suffer roof damage, snapped power poles, and blew down power lines. Along the tornado's path, hundreds of trees were toppled.

A large storm system in the Rockies headed through the Plains into the upper Midwest on the 29th. Rain increased ahead of the system, and became widespread in Arkansas. Meanwhile, a cold front arrived from the west. Because the system was so far to the north, it did not give the front much push. The front slowed down, which prolonged the rain. The result was widespread flash flooding, which gave way to areal flooding and river flooding. Winds changed direction and speed up through the atmosphere, a favorable condition for tornadoes. However, instability was sufficient only in southern Arkansas for the development of tornadoes.