The National Weather Service has confirmed that three tornadoes touched down during storms Monday evening in Northwest Arkansas.
A survey team rated an EF1 twister with winds up to 110 mph in Washington County, said National Weather Service warning coordinator John Robinson of the North Little Rock office. The tornado formed in Adair County, Okla., and traveled 2.7 miles before ending 1.6 miles north of Cincinnati.
A second EF1 tornado touched down in the Rocky Branch area, about 6 miles southeast of Rogers in Benton County, Robinson said.
The weather service crew also confirmed a tornado north of Siloam Springs, but did not include its path or wind speed.
No tornadoes were confirmed in the region that the National Weather Service’s North Little Rock office covers - all but the corners of the state, Robinson said.
Crews from the North Little Rock office did inspect several locations in White County, but said damage there was caused by strong thunderstorms.
Austin Deere, 19, of Prairie Grove was killed in Springdale on Monday evening, when 70-mph winds blew a street sign off a pole and through the windshield of a car he was driving, police said.
Robinson said 15 tornadoes have been confirmed in the state this year. Last year, there were 10 tornadoes through May.
Arkansas, Pages 11 on 05/24/2013