Tornado in Arkansas County, Arkansas

A tornado touched down west of Stuttgart, near the Arkansas/Prairie County line. The tornado then moved toward the east-southeast, passing through the southern sections of Stuttgart. Most of the damage in the city was along and a few blocks to the north of 22nd Street (Arkansas Highway 130). The tornado then passed through the southern part of the Country Club Estates area and moved out across farmsteads, finally taking a turn toward the southeast and ending northeast of Almyra. Altogether, some 800 homes were damaged, along with 82 businesses, and approximately 750 vehicles. Two schools, a community college's training center, a nursing home, and a sports complex were also damaged. Six people had to be rescued after the building housing a dollar store collapsed, trapping the people inside. About 3800 customers lost electric service in the Stuttgart area, and about 2000 customers were without telephone service. Seventy-five animals were treated for minor injuries at Stuttgart's animal shelter.

An F1 tornado touched down 4 miles south southwest of DeWitt, near the Indiana community, and traveled 16 miles on the ground before lifting in the White River National Wildlife Refuge. The worst damage occurred at the DeWitt airport, where four planes were destroyed and two others were damaged. Three people were injured 3.5 miles south of St. Charles when the house trailer that they were in was thrown against a large tree, nearly splitting the trailer in half. Elsewhere, another house trailer was overturned, two trailers and a house lost their roofs, and several other houses were damaged. Several outbuildings were blown away, a couple of farm shops were destroyed, and a large barn lost part of its roof. Trees and power lines were blown down all along the tornado's path. Total damage was around $700,000.

Initially, the tornado badly damaged an old barn and tore the tin off a tractor shed. North of DeWitt, four large, steel transmission towers were blown down, an elevator was blown off some grain bins, a roof was damaged, and a travel trailer was overturned. Farther to the northeast, a truck trailer was blown over, trees were blown down, and tin was blown off roofs.