Tornadoes · United States · Arkansas

2025 tornadoes in Arkansas

57 tornadoes touched down in Arkansas in 2025, 107 percent above the average of the record for the state. They killed 6 people and injured 27. 2 were rated F4 or EF4 and above.

2024 The whole country in 2025

The rating scale

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

EF065 to 85 mph
Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.
EF186 to 110 mph
Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.
EF2111 to 135 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.
EF3136 to 165 mph
Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.
EF4166 to 200 mph
Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.
EF5over 200 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 2025

January 5 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
January 5	2:04 PM CST	EF1	Lincoln	1.2	300

March 14 14 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 14	8:34 PM CDT	EF3	Baxter to MO	35.5	1,200	3	4	$7.0 million
March 14	9:11 PM CDT	EF4	Larkin tornado	116.0	1,400		5	$2.8 million
March 14	10:09 PM CDT	EF1	Hempstead	8.6	525		2	$500,000
March 14	10:16 PM CDT	EF3	Independence	81.0	700	3		$300,000
March 14	10:17 PM CDT	EF1	Clark	22.1	150
March 14	10:28 PM CDT	EF1	Independence	3.6	100
March 14	10:55 PM CDT	EF2	Nevada	14.6	1,263			$250,000
March 14	11:13 PM CDT	EF4	Diaz tornado	18.5	1,760		2
March 14	11:43 PM CDT	EF1	Jefferson	0.9	50
March 14	11:50 PM CDT	EF2	Woodruff	5.0	200
March 14	11:53 PM CDT	EF2	Clay	9.9	125			$250,000
March 14	12:03 AM CDT	EF0	Craighead	1.4	50			$10,000
March 14	12:16 AM CDT	EF2	Craighead	13.8	150		4	$2.0 million
March 14	12:23 AM CDT	EF0	Poinsett	2.8	50			$5,000

March 30 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 30	7:39 PM CDT	EF0	Poinsett	4.8	150			$3,000

April 2 10 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
April 2	5:56 PM CDT	EF2	Randolph	24.6	500		$250,000
April 2	5:56 PM CDT	EF2	Arkansas	8.3	100
April 2	5:59 PM CDT	EF1	Poinsett	7.5	400		$50,000
April 2	6:21 PM CDT	EF1	Arkansas	0.9	50
April 2	6:26 PM CDT	EF3	Poinsett	24.2	1,500	8	$4.0 million
April 2	6:28 PM CDT	EF2	Craighead	14.4	700		$750,000
April 2	6:40 PM CDT	EF0	Poinsett	6.5	75		$20,000
April 2	6:48 PM CDT	EF1	Lafayette	7.6	250		$135,000
April 2	7:17 PM CDT	EF1	Lafayette	0.3	75		$50,000
April 2	7:35 PM CDT	EF0	Crittenden	3.1	75		$30,000

April 4 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 4	8:29 PM CDT	EF1	Nevada	2.7	375			$30,000

April 5 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
April 5	1:34 AM CDT	EF2	St. Francis	12.7	350	1	$625,000
April 5	2:03 AM CDT	EF1	Crittenden	5.7	150		$150,000
April 5	2:24 AM CDT	EF1	Poinsett	2.6	150		$125,000
April 5	2:52 AM CDT	EF0	Mississippi	7.6	150		$10,000
April 5	9:36 AM CDT	EF2	Hempstead	10.4	500		$400,000

April 20 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
April 20	2:41 PM CDT	EF1	Washington	3.0	250	$750,000
April 20	5:21 PM CDT	EF1	Perry	7.7	350
April 20	6:55 PM CDT	EF1	Faulkner	14.2	500

April 29 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 29	8:20 AM CDT	EF1	Benton	11.0	1,000			$200,000

April 30 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 30	2:23 PM CDT	EF1	Sevier	4.3	300			$50,000

May 16 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 16	7:46 AM CDT	EF1	Craighead	7.1	150			$25,000

May 19 7 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 19	7:20 PM CDT	EF1	Washington	11.6	900	$100,000
May 19	7:21 PM CDT	EF1	Washington	1.0	500
May 19	7:29 PM CDT	EF2	Washington	13.6	1,100	$1.0 million
May 19	7:54 PM CDT	EF1	Madison	14.3	900	$100,000
May 19	7:56 PM CDT	EF1	Madison	2.4	550	$60,000
May 19	8:11 PM CDT	EF1	Carroll	7.2	2,300
May 19	8:21 PM CDT	EF1	Carroll	4.2	1,000	$30,000

May 20 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 20	2:08 AM CDT	EF1	Hot Spring	3.8	100
May 20	5:04 PM CDT	EF1	Chicot	11.6	700

June 6 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
June 6	7:45 AM CDT	EF0	Crawford	1.2	250		$15,000
June 6	7:46 AM CDT	EF1	Crawford	0.8	120	1	$500,000
June 6	7:49 AM CDT	EF0	Crawford	1.1	550		$5,000

June 7 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 7	5:59 AM CDT	EF1	Washington	8.0	900			$50,000

June 12 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 12	3:53 PM CDT	EF0	Pulaski	2.3	75
June 12	4:30 PM CDT	Unrated	Prairie	0.4	20

June 18 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
June 18	1:20 AM CDT	EF1	Benton	3.2	800
June 18	1:29 AM CDT	EF1	Benton	1.7	300	$500,000
June 18	1:54 AM CDT	EF1	Washington	2.3	300	$25,000

October 18 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
October 18	3:50 PM CDT	EF1	Hot Spring	0.8	100

Crossed into Arkansas

Tornadoes that touched down in a neighboring state and ran into Arkansas. They are counted under the state they began in.

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
March 14	9:11 PM CDT	EF3	Oregon, MO to AR	57.2	800	$2.5 million
May 19	6:55 PM CDT	EF1	Adair, OK to AR	16.7	2,200	$50,000
May 19	6:55 PM CDT	EF1	St. Clair, MO to OK, AR	4.6	50	$150,000
May 19	7:11 PM CDT	EF1	Adair, OK to AR	8.2	1,000
May 19	7:34 PM CDT	EF1	Sebastian, OK to AR	21.4	1,000	$1.5 million

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.