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EF1 tornado in Washington County, Arkansas

Tornado June 7, 2025 · Washington County, Arkansas

EF1
Rating
8.0 mi
Path length
900 yd
Path width
$50K
Damage as recorded
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 900 yards (0.51 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 developed west of Bug Scuffle Road, where numerous trees were uprooted or snapped. It moved east, uprooting trees on Strickler Road, and then moved east as it approached Devil's Den State Park. Numerous trees were snapped or uprooted in the park, some of which fell onto buildings. The tornado dissipated in rugged terrain east of Devil's Den Road. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 95 to 105 mph.

The wider storm

Strong to severe thunderstorms developed during the evening of the 6th over southeast Colorado, southwest Kansas, and the western Oklahoma Panhandle. The storms moved southeast across Oklahoma through the early morning hours of the 7th, evolving into a well-organized squall line by the time they moved into northwestern Arkansas. The line of strong to severe thunderstorms produced a tornado and damaging wind across northwest Arkansas. Locally heavy rainfall resulted in isolated flash flooding.

Began near Odell (35.7680, -94.3640).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1279664. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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