EFU Tornado — Sebastian, Arkansas

2025-06-06 · near Ft Smith Twin City A, Sebastian, Arkansas

Event narrative

This is the first segment of a two segment tornado. This tornado developed just west of the Arkansas River, south of I-540 in an open area, and traveled across the river to the Port of Van Buren. No known damage occurred west of the river in Sebastian County, thus this segment of the tornado was rated EF-unknown.

Wider weather episode

Strong to severe thunderstorms developed during the evening of the 5th over southeast Colorado, southwest Kansas, and the western Oklahoma Panhandle. The storms moved southeast across Oklahoma through the early morning hours of the 6th, evolving into a well-organized squall line by the time they moved into northwestern Arkansas. The line of strong to severe thunderstorms produced several tornadoes and damaging wind across portions of northwest Arkansas.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1279657. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.