An EF0 land spout tornado touched down in Arkansas on Wednesday afternoon, staying on the ground for about 1 mile while packing winds up to 75 mph, officials said.
The tornado developed shortly after 4:50 p.m. near Little Rixie in northeast Prairie County, the National Weather Service said in a statement.
It traveled southwest over rice and soybean fields and Sanner Road over about the next 15 minutes, the weather service said, noting the only report of damage was to a field pumping station.
Land spout tornadoes develop when rotation that is already present on the ground gets sucked up into a developing thunderstorm, said Dennis Cavanaugh, warning coordination meteorologist for the National Weather Service in North Little Rock.
That is different from "classic" tornadoes that develop within the rotation of the storm and can grow large and cause damage, Cavanaugh said. Land spout tornadoes "do not have the potential to get super strong and powerful" and are typically short-lived, he said.
State Desk on 06/15/2018