National Weather Service confirms multiple tornadoes from Monday severe weather caused by Beryl in Arkansas

National Weather Service confirms multiple tornadoes from Monday severe weather caused by Beryl in Arkansas

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The National Weather Service has confirmed multiple more tornadoes after Beryl generated severe weather Monday night into Tuesday.

Beryl tore a path through Arkansas Monday night and through Tuesday morning, causing multiple tornadoes to spin up.

National Weather Service confirms EF-0 tornado in White County

NWS officials said an EF-1 tornado began at 6:46 p.m. on Monday just southeast of Sparkman in Dallas County, tearing a 3.21-mile path northwest. Officials said it lasted for nine minutes and had a 75-yard width as well as an estimated peak windspeed of 90 miles per hour.

An additional EF-1 tornado near Sparkman was confirmed by NWS officials to have touched down southeast of Sparkman at 6:51 p.m., continuing north for 2.41 miles for five minutes with a width of 75 yards and estimated peak windspeed of 88 miles per hour.

Officials said an EF-1 touched down in southwest Jefferson County at 10:28 p.m. on Monday and continued north for six minutes, creating a 2.53-mile-long, 75-yard-wide path. It had an estimated peak windspeed of 88 miles per hour.

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The National Weather Service confirmed that a second Jefferson County tornado, rated an EF-0, touched down at 10:49 p.m. on Monday north of the Pine Bluff Arsenal. Officials said it lasted 10 minutes, tore a 5.79-mile-long, 75-yard-wide path and had an estimated peak windspeed of 75 miles per hour.

Earlier Tuesday, NWS officials confirmed that an EF-0 tornado touched down in White County southeast of Mt. Vernon just before 6:20 a.m. It had an estimated peak windspeed of 65 miles per hour.

According to the NWS, a tornado classified as a 0 on the Enhanced Fujita scale has windspeeds ranging from 65 miles per hour to 85 miles per hour. An EF-1 has windspeeds from 86 miles per hour to 110 miles per hour.

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