EF1 tornado in Hot Spring County, Arkansas

Tornado May 20, 2025 · Hot Spring County, Arkansas

EF1

Rating

3.8 mi

Whole path

100 yd

Path width

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Clark County → Hot Spring County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 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 continued northeast from Clark County into Hot Spring County, then crossed over Sycamore Drive. A home off of Sycamore Drive was heavily damaged as

it shifted off the concrete foundation but was still mostly intact.

Numerous trees were snapped and uprooted along the path. The tornado

would then cross Hwy 128 twice, once east of Caney and second north

of Caney, downing many more trees, including a tree falling on a

house resulting in structural damage. The tornado continued

northeast crossing Caney Cemetery Road and Burris Loop. A home

sustained minor to moderate roof damage on Burris Loop. The tornado

appears to have dissipated east of Hwy 128 and north of Burris Loop. This tornado had a path length of 3.8 miles, rated an EF1, with maximum estimated sustained winds of 110 mph.

The wider storm

Strong to severe storms impacted the state over a five day span. In total, large hail and damaging winds were the primary hazards, however short lived tornado also occurred.

Began near Duffie (34.2462, -93.1123).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1280294. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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