National Weather Service confirms tornado hit in Little River County

An EF-1 tornado touched down Sunday at Legacy Ranch about 7 miles south-southwest of Foreman, Ark. The 110-mph winds stripped siding and roofing off the barn and flipped two semi-trailers on their side. No one was hurt, according to the National Weather Service in 
Shreveport, La. (Photo courtesy of Don Hale Jr.)
An EF-1 tornado touched down Sunday at Legacy Ranch about 7 miles south-southwest of Foreman, Ark. The 110-mph winds stripped siding and roofing off the barn and flipped two semi-trailers on their side. No one was hurt, according to the National Weather Service in Shreveport, La. (Photo courtesy of Don Hale Jr.)

The National Weather Service has confirmed an EF-1 tornado with top winds at 110 miles per hour touched down Sunday night in Little River County, Ark.

No one was reported injured.

The tornado touched down about 9:48 p.m. 7 miles south-southwest of the city of Foreman at the Legacy Ranch.

The tornado stripped a fence, the siding and roofing off a large barn and flipped two semi-trailers on their side. The tornado then moved northeast across Arkansas Highway 41, snapping power poles and trees, according to the National Weather Service in Shreveport, La.

The Wallace, Ark., First Baptist Church lost several shingles, and several homes in the area sustained minor roof damage.

The National Weather Service estimated wind speeds between 100 and 110 miles per hour with a path about 295 yards wide.

The tornado was produced by the same thunderstorm that generated two tornadoes in Bowie County, Texas earlier that evening.

The NWS has confirmed that an EF-2 tornado touched down at 9:26 p.m. Sunday, four miles southwest of DeKalb. The tornado stayed on the ground for seven miles and has estimated peak winds of 125 mph. Damage included several homes and chicken houses.

A second, weaker tornado touched down about five miles north of Malta, according to NWS. It has been rated an EF-0 with estimated peak winds of 80 mph.

Weather service employees have been surveying damage from Sunday night's severe storms in northeast Texas and southwest Arkansas.

The tornado which touched down on the Legacy Ranch, bent fences, stripped the siding and roofing material on a large barn, and flipped two semi trailers on their side. It moved northeast across Little River Road 4, snapping power poles and trees.

As the tornado continued northeast, several trees were snapped and uprooted. Several homes sustained minor roof damage along Arkansas Highway 32. Two additional outbuildings and barns sustained minor damage. The tornado finally lifted just north of Little River 76.

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