EF0 Tornado — Crawford, Arkansas

2025-06-06 · near Van Buren, Crawford, Arkansas

Event narrative

This is the second segment of a two segment tornado. The tornado crossed the Arkansas River and moved into the Port of Van Buren. It damaged a fabric and metal storage building, and damaged the roof of another building. The tornado dissipated as it left the port area. It produced a tornadic debris signature from the KSRX WSR-88D radar. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in this segment of the tornado was 80 to 85 mph.

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 1279658. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.