Tornadoes · United States · Arkansas

2005 tornadoes in Arkansas

69 tornadoes touched down in Arkansas in 2005, 151 percent above the average of the record for the state. They killed 3 people and injured 33.

2004 2006 The whole country in 2005

The rating scale

Tracks are drawn in the color of the rating. The Fujita scale rates the damage rather than measuring the wind: the speeds are what that damage is taken to imply.

F040 to 72 mph
Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.
F173 to 112 mph
Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.
F2113 to 157 mph
Considerable damage. Roofs torn off well-built houses, frame homes shifted on their foundations, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, cars lifted off the ground.
F3158 to 206 mph
Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.
F4207 to 260 mph
Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.
F5261 to 318 mph
Incredible damage. Strong frame houses swept off their foundations, car-sized missiles thrown more than 100 meters, steel-reinforced concrete badly damaged, high-rise buildings deformed.
Unrated
The survey recorded a tornado but could not put a number on it, most often because it crossed open country and damaged nothing a rating can be read from.

Every tornado in Arkansas in 2005

January 12 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
January 12	11:25 PM CST	F3	Union	24.0	900	2	13	$3.0 million

March 22 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 22	5:38 PM CST	F0	Mississippi	8.0	75			$10,000

April 11 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 11	4:10 PM CDT	F0	Franklin	0.1	30
April 11	6:45 PM CDT	F0	Yell	2.1	25

September 24 18 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
September 24	12:40 PM CDT	F1	Ashley	7.0	100		$100,000
September 24	12:51 PM CDT	F1	Chicot	1.0	100		$300,000
September 24	12:54 PM CDT	F1	Drew	4.8	40
September 24	2:45 PM CDT	F0	Desha	11.0	40
September 24	3:19 PM CDT	F0	Arkansas	7.0	40
September 24	3:30 PM CDT	F0	Jefferson	1.5	40
September 24	4:40 PM CDT	F2	Lonoke	7.2	100	5
September 24	5:54 PM CDT	F1	Chicot	1.0	75		$60,000
September 24	5:59 PM CDT	F1	Lonoke	1.5	100
September 24	6:01 PM CDT	F1	Pulaski	4.2	100
September 24	6:09 PM CDT	F1	Pulaski	6.0	80
September 24	6:18 PM CDT	F1	Faulkner	2.0	80
September 24	6:29 PM CDT	F1	Chicot	2.0	75		$150,000
September 24	6:48 PM CDT	F2	Conway	1.0	100
September 24	7:33 PM CDT	F2	White	9.0	150
September 24	7:55 PM CDT	F0	Cleburne	0.6	40
September 24	8:05 PM CDT	F1	Cleburne	0.7	50
September 24	9:21 PM CDT	F1	Arkansas	7.0	40

November 5 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
November 5	9:59 PM CST	F1	Fulton	5.4	250		1
November 5	10:41 PM CST	F2	Sharp	4.8	350		3

November 12 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
November 12	10:27 PM CST	F0	Polk	3.5	30

November 14 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
November 14	1:42 PM CST	F1	Dallas	3.2	150

November 15 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
November 15	2:20 PM CST	F0	Jefferson	0.7	20
November 15	2:52 PM CST	F1	Arkansas	16.5	60
November 15	2:55 PM CST	F1	Arkansas	3.5	30

November 27 38 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
November 27	3:40 PM CST	F1	Yell	4.5	50
November 27	3:57 PM CST	F0	Yell	2.7	40
November 27	4:25 PM CST	F1	Pike	13.8	40		1
November 27	4:42 PM CST	F1	Montgomery	3.2	40
November 27	4:49 PM CST	F1	Montgomery	4.5	40
November 27	4:56 PM CST	F1	Garland	3.5	40
November 27	5:10 PM CST	F1	Garland	1.2	50
November 27	5:20 PM CST	F2	Hot Spring	4.2	100
November 27	5:23 PM CST	F1	Van Buren	2.8	50
November 27	5:26 PM CST	F2	Garland	13.8	100		1
November 27	5:27 PM CST	F1	Searcy	2.7	50
November 27	5:30 PM CST	F1	Garland	2.1	100
November 27	5:32 PM CST	F1	Saline	6.1	100
November 27	5:37 PM CST	F2	Conway	3.9	250
November 27	5:41 PM CST	F3	Perry	19.0	800			$4.0 million
November 27	5:42 PM CST	F2	Pope	2.3	250
November 27	5:45 PM CST	F2	Conway	11.8	250
November 27	6:00 PM CST	F3	Conway	2.0	150
November 27	6:09 PM CST	F3	Conway	15.0	700	1	8
November 27	6:15 PM CST	F1	Baxter	3.7	100
November 27	6:25 PM CST	F1	Perry	0.8	25
November 27	6:26 PM CST	F1	Pulaski	2.2	25
November 27	6:27 PM CST	F2	Conway	6.1	600
November 27	6:34 PM CST	F2	Faulkner	2.6	400
November 27	6:37 PM CST	F2	Van Buren	13.1	400
November 27	6:40 PM CST	F1	Fulton	1.3	50
November 27	6:55 PM CST	F1	Van Buren	3.7	50
November 27	6:59 PM CST	F1	Faulkner	7.7	75
November 27	7:02 PM CST	F1	Cleburne	2.7	50
November 27	7:11 PM CST	F0	Faulkner	4.0	40
November 27	7:19 PM CST	F2	Van Buren	0.8	100
November 27	7:20 PM CST	F2	Cleburne	9.2	100		1
November 27	7:47 PM CST	F0	Cleburne	1.2	25
November 27	7:55 PM CST	F1	Izard	5.8	150
November 27	8:01 PM CST	F1	Sharp	0.4	100
November 27	8:02 PM CST	F1	Fulton	5.8	100
November 27	8:05 PM CST	F2	Stone	7.0	250
November 27	8:44 PM CST	F1	White	2.0	30

December 3 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
December 3	10:18 PM CST	F1	Calhoun	2.7	40
December 3	11:03 PM CST	F0	Drew	2.7	30

Nearby

Every tornado in Arkansas since 1950 Warnings in force in Arkansas The live radar over Arkansas

What this means

Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. Tornado counts rise through the record as reporting improved, so a year in the 1950s is not comparable with one today except for the strongest tornadoes, which were always noticed.

Sources

NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database, 1950-2025, the official record kept by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.