‘Tremendous roar’: 30 years later, residents recall F3 tornado that struck Fort Smith, Van Buren | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

‘Tremendous roar’: 30 years later, residents recall F3 tornado that struck Fort Smith, Van Buren | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Janet Spears had just gone to bed one spring night in 1996 when her bedroom door opened and she saw the windows in her living room shatter.