FORT SMITH -- The National Weather Service confirmed an EF1 tornado with winds of 100-110 mph was responsible for damage to around 40 buildings at Fort Chaffee on Monday. The tornado that tore ...

FORT SMITH -- The ... information on the tornadoes would be released when it is available. During Monday's severe weather, three tornadoes touched down in Northwest Arkansas.

tornado that ever hit Arkansas," then-Rep. Tim Hutchinson told 5NEWS in 1996. "It's pretty bad." After the twister tore through Fort Smith and Van Buren, the same supercell produced another ...

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as a "large and destructive tornado” hit Lake City, Arkansas, and surrounding areas in the northeastern part of the state. Arkansas Gov. Sara Huckabee Sanders declared a state of emergency ...

One of those tornadoes was the widest ever recorded in the state, at 1.8 miles wide. with winds up to 154 mph. In the aftermath, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the ...

Fort Smith was in a tornado watch that also covered the Arkansas River Valley and northwest Arkansas Thursday until 9 p.m., the National Weather Service reported. The watch covered cities ...

One man died in Leachville near Jonesboro in a tornado in December 2021. One of the earliest recorded Arkansas tornadoes occurred in Fort Smith on January 11, 1898. The storm struck at 11:15 p.m.

On April 21, 1996, a destructive tornado leveled parts of Fort Smith and Van Buren. It developed at about 11 p.m., right over the Arkansas River and entered downtown Fort Smith, with little warning.