Tornadoes · United States · Arkansas

Tornadoes in Lonoke County, Arkansas

85 tornadoes have crossed Lonoke County since 1950, 2nd of the 75 counties in Arkansas with a tornado on record, an average of 1.1 a year. They have killed 22 people and injured 253. 1 was rated F4 or EF4 and above.

The rating scale

Tracks are drawn in the color of the rating. The United States rated tornadoes on Ted Fujita’s F scale until 31 January 2007 and on the Enhanced Fujita scale after it. Both run from 0 to 5, and both rate the damage rather than measure the wind: the speeds are what that damage is taken to imply.

  1. F0 / EF040 to 72 mph on the F scale, 65 to 85 mph on the EF scale

    Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.

  2. F1 / EF173 to 112 mph on the F scale, 86 to 110 mph on the EF scale

    Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.

  3. F2 / EF2113 to 157 mph on the F scale, 111 to 135 mph on the EF scale

    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.

  4. F3 / EF3158 to 206 mph on the F scale, 136 to 165 mph on the EF scale

    Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.

  5. F4 / EF4207 to 260 mph on the F scale, 166 to 200 mph on the EF scale

    Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.

  6. F5 / EF5261 to 318 mph on the F scale, over 200 mph on the EF scale

    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.

  7. 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.

Now

Tornadoes
85
Deaths
22
Injuries
253
F4 and above
1
Worst on record
F4, March 21, 1952

The deadliest in Lonoke County

The strongest

Every year with a tornado

The 40 years of the 76 in the record with a tornado in Lonoke County. Each year links to every tornado in Arkansas that year.

YearTornadoesDeathsInjuriesStrongest
20251EF1
2023154EF3
20212EF0
20201EF1
201932EF1
20171EF1
20142EF1
20123EF1
201161EF2
20101EF2
20091EF0
2008713EF2
20061F1
200525F2
20044F2
200325F3
20021F0
200143F2
200022F2
199957F2
19984F1
199723F2
19941F1
19881560F2
19851F2
198232F2
1980316F2
19792F2
197857F2
19771F0
19761564F3
19741F1
19731F2
19712F0
196711F2
19621F0
19611F1
19571F1
195221115F4
195113F2

Every tornado that crossed Lonoke County

85 tornadoes, newest first.

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
April 20, 20256:55 PM CDTEF1Faulkner14.2500
March 31, 20232:18 PM CDTEF3Little Rock tornado34.280054$90 million
June 9, 20218:05 PM CDTEF0Lonoke0.320
June 9, 20217:02 PM CDTUnratedLonoke0.450
January 11, 202012:58 AM CSTEF1Lonoke0.4130$40,000
March 9, 201910:57 AM CSTEF1Lonoke5.2100$30,000
March 9, 201910:48 AM CSTEF1Lonoke10.8300$310,000
March 9, 201910:24 AM CSTEF1Pulaski6.31502$160,000
April 30, 20172:15 AM CDTEF1Lonoke5.1400$10,000
October 13, 20149:27 AM CDTEF1Lonoke3.3150$75,000
October 2, 20148:24 PM CDTEF1Pulaski12.7300$140,000
October 17, 20126:53 PM CDTEF0Lonoke0.18
June 4, 20123:45 PM CDTEF0Lonoke0.115
January 22, 20127:29 PM CSTEF1Lonoke0.850$100,000
April 26, 20115:14 PM CDTEF1Lonoke8.3800$1.8 million
April 25, 20117:53 PM CDTEF1Lonoke21.9800$390,000
April 15, 20112:17 AM CDTEF2Lonoke7.0200$20 million
April 15, 20112:09 AM CDTEF1Pulaski6.82001$455,000
February 24, 20115:03 PM CSTEF1Lonoke1.6235$400,000
February 24, 20114:56 PM CSTEF1Lonoke2.3100$75,000
April 30, 20108:35 PM CDTEF2Pulaski34.71,000$5.2 million
October 29, 20095:59 PM CDTEF0Lonoke3.035$1,000
September 13, 20085:57 PM CDTEF1Lonoke0.7100$300,000
May 10, 20087:47 PM CDTEF1Lonoke2.7400
May 2, 20081:02 PM CDTEF1Prairie1.7250
May 2, 200812:56 PM CDTEF1Lonoke2.5200$1.0 million
May 2, 200811:15 AM CDTEF2Grant40.730013$9.0 million
April 3, 200810:42 PM CDTEF1White13.2300$35,000
April 3, 200810:28 PM CDTEF2Lonoke9.4300$2.0 million
March 9, 20065:40 AM CSTF1Lonoke1.025
September 24, 20055:59 PM CDTF1Lonoke1.5100
September 24, 20054:40 PM CDTF2Lonoke7.21005
November 1, 200412:05 PM CSTF0Lonoke8.6100
October 18, 200410:42 AM CDTF2Lonoke19.0600$12 million
October 18, 200410:07 AM CDTF0Lonoke3.350
April 24, 20044:12 PM CDTF0Lonoke2.325
May 16, 20037:35 PM CDTF0Pulaski8.250
May 4, 20037:52 PM CDTF3Faulkner34.95005
December 18, 20025:05 PM CSTF0Lonoke5.540
December 7, 20017:20 PM CSTF0Pulaski7.025
February 24, 20016:13 PM CSTF1Lonoke2.7100
February 24, 20014:21 PM CSTF1Lonoke9.0603
February 24, 20014:06 PM CSTF2Lonoke8.0300
May 4, 20004:25 PM CDTF0Lonoke0.110
February 13, 20005:38 PM CSTF2Lonoke32.71002
April 3, 19995:25 PM CSTF1Jefferson6.50
January 21, 19997:18 PM CSTF1Lonoke2.02001
January 21, 19996:42 PM CSTF2Pulaski15.04006
January 21, 19995:30 PM CSTF1Jefferson16.00
January 21, 19994:49 PM CSTF1Faulkner16.00
June 4, 199812:36 AM CDTF1Lonoke3.5250
June 4, 199812:32 AM CDTF1Pulaski5.2100
June 4, 199812:32 AM CDTF1Lonoke5.0250
April 16, 19988:16 AM CDTF0Lonoke2.0100
March 1, 19974:02 PM CSTF2Lonoke2.31003
March 1, 19972:37 PM CSTF1Lonoke3.050
June 7, 19949:40 PM CDTF1Lonoke1.550$50,000 to $500,000
November 15, 19889:36 PM CSTF2Pulaski49.0250560$5 million to $50 million
April 23, 19852:40 PM CSTF2Lonoke1.5400$50,000 to $500,000
December 3, 198210:20 AM CSTF1Pulaski9.0160$5,000 to $50,000
April 25, 198211:11 PM CDTF0Lonoke0.110under $50
April 2, 19823:45 PM CSTF2Lonoke1.01002$500,000 to $5 million
April 7, 19809:55 PM CSTF2Lonoke1.97001$500,000 to $5 million
April 7, 19808:40 PM CSTF1Lonoke0.127$5,000 to $50,000
April 7, 19806:30 PM CSTF2Pulaski37.51,32015$500,000 to $5 million
April 23, 19796:05 PM CSTF0Lonoke5.950$50 to $500
April 11, 19793:00 PM CSTF2Pulaski40.3250$500,000 to $5 million
July 2, 19785:30 PM CDTF1Lonoke0.5200$50 to $500
June 19, 19785:30 PM CDTF0Lonoke0.320
April 22, 19788:57 PM CSTF1Lonoke7.050$500 to $5,000
April 17, 19788:10 PM CSTF2Lonoke53.82507$50,000 to $500,000
January 7, 19785:10 PM CSTF1Grant35.050$500 to $5,000
April 22, 19774:20 PM CSTF0Lonoke0.120
March 29, 19763:07 PM CSTF3Pulaski17.2100564$500 to $5,000
April 21, 19744:48 PM CDTF1Lonoke4.7100$5,000 to $50,000
April 19, 19732:15 PM CSTF2Lonoke0.110$50,000 to $500,000
September 1, 19713:45 PM CDTF0Lonoke0.110
September 1, 19713:45 PM CDTF0Lonoke0.110
May 6, 196710:05 PM GMT-5F2Lonoke25.11001$50,000 to $500,000
June 3, 19627:30 PM GMT-5F0Lonoke0.110
March 5, 19614:05 PM GMT-6F1Lonoke2.3417$5,000 to $50,000
April 4, 19575:30 PM GMT-6F1Lonoke0.320$500 to $5,000
March 21, 19525:00 PM GMT-6F4Lonoke7.61026$50,000 to $500,000
March 21, 19525:00 PM GMT-6F3Lonoke16.21099$50,000 to $500,000
February 20, 19519:15 AM GMT-6F2Lonoke112.83333$5,000 to $50,000

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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.