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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
314 PM CDT MON MAR 17 2025
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 3/14/2025 TORNADO EVENT
OVERVIEW
TORNADO RESULTS FROM THE MID-MARCH SEVERE WEATHER EVENT. DATA IS
STILL BEING GATHERED AND SURVEYS ARE ONGOING, THEREFORE, DATA IS
PRELIMINARY.
GAMALIEL TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 100 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 4.8 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 100 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 03/14/2025
START TIME: 08:30 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 6 SSE UDALL / BAXTER COUNTY / MO
START LAT/LON: 36.4552 / -92.2359
END DATE: 03/14/2025
END TIME: 08:37 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 2 SW BAKERSFIELD / OZARK COUNTY / MO
END LAT/LON: 36.4986 / -92.1689
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST WEST OF HIGHWAY 101 TRACKING INTO
THE TOWN OF GAMALIEL WHERE IT CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE POST OFFICE
AND FIRE STATION. IT THEN TRACKED NORTHEAST ALONG HIGHWAY
101 WHERE IT UPROOTED AND SNAPPED NUMEROUS TREES. THIS CONTINUED
AS IT TRACKED JUST WEST OF COUNTY ROAD 43 WHERE IT MOVED INTO
MISSOURI. THIS PART OF THE TORNADO HAS BEEN RATED AN EF1 WITH
WINDS OF 100 MPH.
STONE/IZARD COUNTY TORNADO
RATING: EF4
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 170 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 28.8 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 800 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 03/14/2025
START TIME: 09:16 PM CDT
START LOCATION: FIFTY-SIX / STONE COUNTY / AR
START LAT/LON: 35.9544 / -92.2315
END DATE: 03/14/2025
END TIME: 09:55 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 2 S FRANKLIN / IZARD COUNTY / AR
END LAT/LON: 36.1449 / -91.7781
SURVEY SUMMARY:
CURRENT SURVEY RESULTS HAVE THIS TORNADO FORMING SOUTHWEST OF THE
TOWN OF FIFTY-SIX, MOVING OVER ARKANSAS HWY 14, UPROOTING MANY
TREES AND DAMAGING SEVERAL BUILDINGS. THE WORST DAMAGE WAS NOTED
HERE WHERE SOME CABINS WERE DESTROYED AS THEY WERE PUSHED OFF
THEIR FOUNDATIONS. THE TORNADO THEN ENTERED BLANCHARD SPRINGS
AREA UPROOTING OR SNAPPING MANY TREES AS IT MOVED TOWARDS
ARKANSAS HWY 5. A REMOTE AUTOMATIC WEATHER STATION (RAWS) IN THIS
AREA MEASURED WINDS CONSISTENT WITH THE RATING OF DAMAGE JUST
UPSTREAM OF THE RAWS OBSERVATION SITE AS THE TORNADO PASSED
OVERHEAD. AS THE TORNADO PASSED OVER HWY 5, MANY TREES WHERE
BLOWN DOWN ALONG THE HILLSIDE ALONG THE HIGHWAY, WITH THE TORNADO
CONTINUING NORTHEAST CROSSING THE WHITE RIVER. THE TORNADO
CONTINUE INTO THE COMMUNITY OF JUMBO, UPROOTING OR SNAPPING TREES
AND POWER POLES, AS WELL AS MORE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. THIS TORNADO
MAY HAVE DISSIPATED SHORTLY AFTER THIS AREA, BUT IT MAY HAVE
CONTINUED NORTHEAST. THIS IS THE PRELIMINARY TRACK INFORMATION
FOR THE FIFTY-SIX TORNADO BASED ON THE LATEST SURVEY INFORMATION.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION COULD CHANGE SPECIFICS, SUCH AS
STARTING/END POINT, TRACK WIDTH, AND IF THIS TORNADO IS CONNECTED
TO TRACKS DOWNSTREAM. THIS INFORMATION WILL BE UPDATED AS NEW
INFORMATION IS RECEIVED.
CUSHMAN/CAVE CITY TORNADO
RATING: EF3
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 165 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 25.8 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 700 YARDS
FATALITIES: 3
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 03/14/2025
START TIME: 10:16 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 6 SSW CUSHMAN / INDEPENDENCE COUNTY / AR
START LAT/LON: 35.785 / -91.848
END DATE: 03/14/2025
END TIME: 10:48 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 5 ENE CAVE CITY / SHARP COUNTY / AR
END LAT/LON: 35.9839 / -91.4643
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE TORNADO BEGAN JUST EAST OF THE WHITE RIVER NEAR ONEAL ROAD
UPROOTING AND SNAPPING NUMEROUS TREES. THE TORNADO THEN CONTINUED
NORTH OF BETHESDA CROSSING OVER FARM LAND AND SNAPPING AND
UPROOTING TREES. IT THEN MOVED ALONG CLAXTON LOOP CAUSING DAMAGE
TO A COUPLE OF HOUSES AND A BARN. A DOUBLE WIDE JUST NORTH OF
CLAXTON LOOP WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. AS THE TORNADO TRACKED
NORTHEAST TOWARDS CAVE CITY, IT MOSTLY SNAPPED AND UPROOTED TREES
IN MOSTLY FORESTED AREAS. THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO CAVE CITY
WHERE IT CAUSED DAMAGE TO MULTIPLE HOMES AND BUILDINGS WITHIN THE
CITY. IT THEN CONTINUED TOWARDS NORTH GRAVEL PIT ROAD UPROOTING
AND SNAPPING TREES. AS THE TORNADO MOVED TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST IT
ROLLED A SINGLE WIDE TRAILER SOUTH OF WEST PROSPERITY ROAD. IT
TRAVELED ALONG EAST PROSPERITY ROAD SNAPPING AND UPROOTING MORE
TREES BEFORE LIFTING. THE TORNADO HAS BEEN RATED AN EF3 WITH MAX
WINDS OF 165 MPH.
DIAZ TORNADO
RATING: EF4
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 190 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 14.5 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 1760 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 03/14/2025
START TIME: 10:17 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 4 SSE OIL TROUGH / INDEPENDENCE COUNTY / AR
START LAT/LON: 35.5705 / -91.4227
END DATE: 03/14/2025
END TIME: 10:35 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 3 ENE CAMPBELL STATION / JACKSON COUNTY / AR
END LAT/LON: 35.6868 / -91.2095
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS VIOLENT TORNADO MOVED NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN
INDEPENDENCE COUNTY AND INTO CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY WITH A TRACK
LENGTH OF 14.5 MILES, AND REACHING AN ESTIMATED MAX WIDTH OF
1760 YARDS, OR 1 MILE. THE TORNADO STARTED NEAR THE SMALL
COMMUNITY OF DEPARTEE, CAUSING DAMAGE TO MOSTLY TREES, AND A FEW
METAL OUT BUILDINGS AND WOODEN POWER LINES. THE TORNADO QUICKLY
INTENSIFIED AS IT MOVED INTO JACKSON COUNTY, CAUSING EF-3 DAMAGE
TO SEVERAL BUILDINGS IN A NEIGHBORHOOD EAST OF MACKS. EF-4 DAMAGE
WAS ALSO OBSERVED ON A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE IN THIS AREA. THE
TORNADO CONTINUED TO MOVE NORTHEAST, CROSSING THE WHITE RIVER,
MOVING BETWEEN FITZGERALD AND DIAZ. SIGNIFICANT EF-3 AND EF-
4 DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED IN ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD BETWEEN THESE
COMMUNITIES, AND NUMEROUS CARS, INCLUDING A LARGE DUMP TRUCK,
WERE TOSSED AND THROWN SEVERAL HUNDRED YARDS. THE TORNADO
CONTINUED TO MOVE NORTHEAST, CAUSING MORE DAMAGE IN CAMPBELL
STATION, CROSSING HIGHWAY 367, THEN DISSIPATED NEAR JACKSON
COUNTY ROAD 43. PRELIMINARY RATINGS AND ASSESSMENTS INDICATE THIS
TORNADO PRODUCED MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WIND SPEEDS OF 190 MPH,
CONSISTENT WITH AN EF-4 RATING.
BLACK ROCK/REYNO TORNADO
RATING: EF2
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 0 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 38.6 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 500 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 03/14/2025
START TIME: 10:57 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 2 S SMITHVILLE / LAWRENCE COUNTY / AR
START LAT/LON: 36.0441 / -91.3038
END DATE: 03/14/2025
END TIME: 11:38 PM CDT
END LOCATION: REYNO / CLAY COUNTY / AR
END LAT/LON: 36.3615 / -90.749
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE TORNADO BEGAN JUST SOUTH OF SMITHVILLE NEAR COUNTY ROAD
273 CAUSING DAMAGE TO A COUPLE OF BARNS AND UPROOTING SEVERAL
TREES. THE TORNADO THEN TRACKED TOWARDS THE BLACK ROCK UPROOTING
AND SNAPPING TREES. THE TORNADO CONTINUED OVER THE BLACK RIVER
CONTINUING DAMAGE AND UPROOTING NUMEROUS TREES. IT THEN TRACKED
TOWARDS THE TOWN OF SHANNON WHERE A COUPLE OF BUILDINGS SUSTAINED
ROOF DAMAGE. THE TORNADO MOVED AGAIN TOWARDS THE BLACK RIVER,
CROSSING IT MULTIPLE TIMES AS IT CONTINUED TO CAUSE DAMAGE TO
TREES. THE TORNADO THEN MOVED PARALLEL TO HIGHWAY 67 WHERE POWER
TRANSMISSION LINES WERE DOWNED IN ADDITION TO MORE DAMAGE TO
TREES AND HOUSES. THE TORNADO TRACKED INTO REYNO WHERE IT DAMAGED
A COUPLE OF HOUSES BEFORE MOVING INTO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE MEMPHIS AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY. THE TORNADO HAS BEEN
RATED AN EF2 WITH MAX WINDS OF 120 MPH.
FITZHUGH TORNADO
RATING: EF2
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 120 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 5.1 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 200 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 03/14/2025
START TIME: 11:50 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 3 N AUGUSTA / WOODRUFF COUNTY / AR
START LAT/LON: 35.336 / -91.3679
END DATE: 03/14/2025
END TIME: 11:55 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 3 WSW TUPELO / WOODRUFF COUNTY / AR
END LAT/LON: 35.3741 / -91.2918
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS TORNADO STARTED JUST SOUTHWEST OF WOODRUFF COUNTY ROAD
135 AND ARKANSAS HIGHWAY 33, PRODUCING MOSTLY TREE DAMAGE, AND
BADLY DAMAGING A BARN. THE TORNADO CONTINUED MOVING NORTHEAST,
AND JUST SOUTH OF THE COMMUNITY OF FITZHUGH, DAMAGING WOODEN
POWER LINES. THE TORNADO KEPT MOVING NORTHEAST, PARALLELING
HIGHWAY 33, CAUSING MOSTLY TREE DAMAGE, AND DISSIPATED NEAR
WOODRUFF COUNTY 267, WITH A PATH LENGTH OF 5.1 MILES, AND MAXIMUM
ESTIMATED WIND SPEEDS OF 120 MPH, CONSISTENT WITH AN EF-2 RATING.
EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:
EF0.....65 TO 85 MPH
EF1.....86 TO 110 MPH
EF2.....111 TO 135 MPH
EF3.....136 TO 165 MPH
EF4.....166 TO 200 MPH
EF5.....>200 MPH
NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENTS AND PUBLICATION IN
NWS STORM DATA.
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