Entries - Time Period: Modern Era (2023 - the Present) - Starting with T

On March 31, 2023, a massive outbreak of tornadoes struck nine states across the country, from Arkansas and Iowa to as far east as Delaware. The storms killed more than thirty people across seven states—five in Arkansas. One tornado hit the Pulaski County cities of Little Rock, North Little Rock, Sherwood, and Jacksonville. Another hit the eastern Arkansas community of Wynne (Cross County). This outbreak came a week after a similar system killed twenty-one people in Mississippi and one in Alabama. In the days leading up to the outbreak, the National Weather Service had been warning about the potential for severe storms striking the state on Friday, March 31, 2023. By the afternoon, a supercell started showing signs of becoming …

In the early morning hours of Sunday, May 26, 2024, during Memorial Day weekend, multiple tornadoes struck northwestern and north-central Arkansas, killing (either directly or indirectly) ten people in the state across four counties: Benton, Marion, Boone, and Baxter. Several smaller tornadoes struck across northern Arkansas. The National Weather Service eventually tallied seventeen tornadoes occurring in the state on this one day. It was the deadliest tornado outbreak to hit the state since storms struck Mayflower (Faulkner County) and Vilonia (Faulkner County) in April 2014, killing sixteen. May 2024 had witnessed a particularly active tornado season across the United States, with fatal twisters causing extensive damage across the Midwest and the South. The tornadoes that struck Arkansas were part of …