| Event |
Tornado |
| -- Scale |
EF0 |
| -- Length |
0.54 Miles |
| -- Width |
20 Yards |
| State |
ARKANSAS |
| County/Area |
SEVIER |
| WFO |
SHV |
| Report Source |
Emergency Manager |
| NCEI Data Source |
CSV |
| Begin Date |
2024-05-05 17:45 CST-6 |
| Begin Location |
2NW MILFORD |
| Begin Lat/Lon |
33.9422/-94.1116 |
| End Date |
2024-05-05 17:47 CST-6 |
| End Location |
2NW MILFORD |
| End Lat/Lon |
33.9449/-94.1027 |
| Deaths Direct/Indirect |
0/0 (fatality details below, when available...) |
| Injuries Direct/Indirect |
0/0 |
| Property Damage |
0.50K |
| Crop Damage |
0.00K |
| Episode Narrative |
Clearing in the wake of earlier convection on May 5th allowed for air mass recovery across North Louisiana and South Arkansas. Persistent low-level theta-e advection in advance of a weak surface low across Northeast Texas enabled storm redevelopment later in the afternoon, within an effective warm frontal zone. With some mid-level drying in the wake of an ejecting shortwave trough across Arkansas, thunderstorm intensity was uncertain. However, increasing moisture and instability along with relatively favorable low-level shear was sufficient to support brief tornado potential with any longer-lived thunderstorms late in the afternoon into early evening. One such thunderstorm produced a brief landspout tornado in Sevier County Arkansas where some minor damage was observed. |
| Event Narrative |
A brief landspout tornado was captured on video briefly touching down along Red Colony Road several miles southeast of Lockesburg, where it snapped small branches and tore off a small portion of the roof of a poorly constructed detached exterior carport. A few shingles were also removed from the the roof of an adjacent single family home. The landspout then crossed a hay meadow and snapped a small limb off of a hardwood tree before lifting along TJ King Road. Estimated maximum winds were 65 mph. |
