EF0 tornado in Jefferson County, Arkansas

Numerous trees were uprooted or snapped, with power lines blown down in places. A few homes had roof damage. The corner of one roof was removed, with some damage inside the house. A trampoline and swing set were thrown aloft and wrapped around trees. Several sheds were destroyed.

A cold front moved into northwest Arkansas on the morning of the 20th and lingered in the state until the night of the 21st. While the front was making its way slowly across the state, an area of low pressure arrived from the southwest. The result was heavy rain and flash flooding in the cooler air behind the front. In the warmer air ahead of the front, isolated tornadoes occurred.

Some of the larger rainfall totals for the 48 hours that included the 20th and 21st were: 7.92 inches 3.3 miles west of Carlisle (Lonoke Co.), 7.68 inches at Little Dixie (Woodruff Co.), 7.66 inches at Des Arc (Prairie Co.), 7.37 inches at Keo (Lonoke Co.), 6.71 inches at Georgetown (White Co.), 6.50 inches at Griffithville (White Co.), 6.45 inches at Augusta (Woodruff Co.), 6.29 inches at Chenal Valley (Pulaski County), 6.15 inches at DeGray Lake (Clark Co.), 6.12 inches 8.8 miles west of Little Rock (Pulaski Co.), and 6.00 inches 0.5 mile southwest of Beebe (White Co.). Numerous other stations reported amounts between 4 and 6 inches, especially in eastern, central, and southern parts of Arkansas.