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EF1 tornado in Arkansas County, Arkansas

Tornado April 2, 2025 · Arkansas County, Arkansas

EF1
Rating
0.9 mi
Path length
50 yd
Path width
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 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 is believed to have begun west of Old Almyra Way south of Almyra where debris was noted in a field roughly 100-200 yards to the east of the first Almyra tornado which occurred nearly 25 minutes prior. This tornado then tracked northeast crossing near the intersection of Moss Road and Vos Road where several wooden power poles were snapped. There was a clear delineation in damage between the first Almyra tornado and the second. No additional damage could be found farther northeast, so this is likely where the tornado dissipated. This tornado was rated an EF1 with maximum estimated winds of 110 mph. The path length was 0.9 miles.

The wider storm

Severe weather, including widespread flash flooding occurred over a five day period across the entire state. This multiday event featured tornadoes, damaging winds, and very large hail. But by far and large, flash flooding and river flooding were the biggest impacts taken away from this unsettled period of weather due to total rainfall amounts between half a foot to over one foot in many locations.

Began near Almyra (34.3959, -91.4117).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

2 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1270173. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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