RIVER VALLEY, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — On April 21, 1996, an F3 tornado ripped through Fort Smith and Van Buren, causing two ...
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.
Three decades since the River Valley F3 tornado, residents are reflecting upon memories and artifacts from the natural disaster.