Tornado in Sebastian County, Arkansas
Tornado June 6, 2025 · Sebastian County, Arkansas
NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Sebastian County → Crawford County → Crawford County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 250 yards (0.14 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.
What the National Weather Service wrote
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.
The wider storm
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.
Began near Ft Smith Twin City A (35.4105, -94.3531).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1279657. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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