EF1 tornado in Lonoke County, Arkansas

Tornado April 20, 2025 · Lonoke County, Arkansas

EF1

Rating

14.2 mi

Whole path

500 yd

Path width

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Pulaski County → Faulkner County → Lonoke County → White County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 500 yards (0.28 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

This tornado continued out of Faulkner County into far northwest Lonoke County. The tornado crossed Ballard Road near the county line, just south of Ballard Hill. Most of the tornadoes path was found to be in northwest Lonoke County. This tornado crossed Highway 5 just south of the intersection of Highway 319 downing numerous trees. The tornado would then cross Highway 319 approximately 1.5 miles east of the intersection of Highway 5 and 319. Most of the damage from the tornado was tree damage, with many uprooted trees found along its path. Most of the damage to structures was found to be associated with trees falling into these structures. Within Lonoke County, the tornado was rated an EF-1 with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph.

The wider storm

Isolated severe weather developed on the afternoon and evening hours of 20th in close proximity to a warm front and associated upper level feature just north and west of Arkansas.

Began near Mountain Spgs (35.0400, -92.1200).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF1 Saline County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1265115. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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