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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
220 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2025
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 03/14/25 TORNADO EVENT - UPDATE # 1
UPDATE
UPDATED TO INCLUDE REFINED TRACK INFORMATION, SUCH AS TRACK
LENGTH, TIMES, AND WIDTH. SOME TRACKS HAVE BEEN EXTENDED
OR COMBINED INTO SINGLE TRACKS AFTER ADDITIONAL DATA WAS
ANALYZED. ADDITIONAL ADJUSTMENTS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE COMING
DAYS/WEEKS AS MORE DATA IS GATHERED. THEREFORE, DATA REMAINS
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: 08:34 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 6 SSE UDALL / BAXTER COUNTY / AR
START LAT/LON: 36.4552 / -92.2359
END DATE: 03/14/2025
END TIME: 08:40 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 2 SW BAKERSFIELD / BAXTER COUNTY / AR
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/: 45.9 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 1000 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 4
START DATE: 03/14/2025
START TIME: 09:16 PM CDT
START LOCATION: FIFTY-SIX / STONE COUNTY / AR
START LAT/LON: 35.9533 / -92.2332
END DATE: 03/14/2025
END TIME: 10:11 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 6 E ASH FLAT / SHARP COUNTY / AR
END LAT/LON: 36.228 / -91.4929
SURVEY SUMMARY:
CURRENT SURVEY RESULTS INDICATE THIS TORNADO FORMED SOUTHWEST OF
THE TOWN OF FIFTY-SIX IN STONE COUNTY, MOVING NORTHEAST OVER
ARKANSAS HWY 14, UPROOTING MANY TREES AND DAMAGING SEVERAL
BUILDINGS. THE WORST DAMAGE WAS NOTED IN FIFTY-SIX INCLUDED A
CABIN PARK, WHERE MOST CABINS WERE EITHER DESTROYED OR SHIFTED
OFF OF 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 WERE BLOWN
DOWN ALONG THE HILLSIDE ALONG THE HIGHWAY, WITH THE TORNADO
CONTINUING NORTHEAST CROSSING THE WHITE RIVER. AS THE TORNADO
CROSSED INTO IZARD COUNTY, IT MOVED THROUGH THE COMMUNITY OF
JUMBO, UPROOTING OR SNAPPING TREES AND POWER POLES, AND CAUSING
MORE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO MOVE NORTHEAST
THROUGH MOSTLY RURAL AREAS, CAUSING LARGE TREE BLOWDOWNS, BEFORE
PASSING JUST TO THE NORTH OF MELBOURNE, AND CONTINUING INTO THE
RURAL COMMUNITIES OF LARKIN AND FRANKLIN. THE MOST SEVERE DAMAGE
WAS OBSERVED OVER THIS PORTION OF THE DAMAGE PATH, WITH THREE
HOUSES SUFFERING CATASTROPHIC DAMAGE, CONSISTENT WITH AN EF-
4 RATING. TWO SIGNIFICANT INJURIES ALSO OCCURRED IN ONE OF THESE
HOUSES. THE TORNADO LIKELY KEPT MOVING NORTHEAST INTO A VERY
REMOTE PART OF EASTERN IZARD COUNTY, EVENTUALLY CROSSING INTO
SHARP COUNTY, AND CROSSED US HIGHWAY 167 SOUTH OF ASH FLAT WHERE
A FEW MORE HOMES AND METAL OUTBUILDINGS WERE BADLY DAMAGED ALONG
WITH NUMEROUS TREES. THE TORNADO KEPT MOVING NORTHEAST, LIKELY
DISSIPATING JUST NORTHEAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF LIBERTY HILL
AND GAME RESERVE ROADS. THIS TORNADO HAS BEEN RATED AN EF-4 WITH
MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WIND SPEEDS OF 170 MPH.
.INDEPENDENCE TO RANDOLPH COUNTY TORNADO (CUSHMAN/CAVE CITY
ORIGINALLY)....
RATING: EF3
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 165 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 74.3 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: 11:38 PM CDT
END LOCATION: REYNO / RANDOLPH COUNTY / AR
END LAT/LON: 36.3622 / -90.7497
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 MOBILE HOME 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 MOBILE HOME SOUTH OF WEST PROSPERITY ROAD. IT
TRAVELED ALONG EAST PROSPERITY ROAD SNAPPING AND UPROOTING MORE
TREES, CONTINUING NORTHEAST INTO LAWRENCE COUNTY.MORE DAMAGE WAS
OBSERVED IN SMITHVILLE NEAR RANDOLPH COUNTY ROAD 273 INCLUDING
DAMAGE TO A COUPLE OF BARNS AND UPROOTING SEVERAL TREES. THE
TORNADO THEN TRACKED TOWARDS BLACK ROCK UPROOTING AND SNAPPING
TREES. THE TORNADO CROSSED OVER THE BLACK RIVER CONTINUING TO
DAMAGE MAINLY TREES, AND PARALLELED THE RIVER FOR A FEW MILES,
HEADING TOWARDS SHANNON, WHERE A COUPLE OF BUILDINGS SUSTAINED
ROOF DAMAGE. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST, AGAIN MOVING
TOWARDS THE BLACK RIVER, AND 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 THEN
MOVED INTO CLAY COUNTY, CROSSING INTO THE NWS MEMPHIS COUNTY
WARNING AREA. THE TORNADO HAS BEEN RATED AN EF3 WITH MAX WINDS OF
165 MPH.
SHARP/FULTON COUNTY TORNADO
RATING: EF3
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 155 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 32.9 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 800 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 03/14/2025
START TIME: 10:21 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 2 NW WILLIFORD / SHARP COUNTY / AR
START LAT/LON: 36.2727 / -91.385
END DATE: 03/14/2025
END TIME: 10:56 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 5 N MAYNARD / RANDOLPH COUNTY / AR
END LAT/LON: 36.4984 / -90.8799
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS TORNADO FORMED JUST WEST OF US HWY 412/63/62 ON THE SOUTH
SIDE OF OZARK ACRES, DESTROYING SOME OUTBUILDINGS AND PUSHING A
HOUSE OFF ITS FOUNDATION AS IT CROSSED THE HIGHWAY. AS THE
TORNADO MOVED NORTHEAST, IT CROSSED MARTIN CREEK ROAD BETWEEN
HARNESS ROAD AND LOWDER MOUNTAIN ROAD, CAUSING DAMAGE TO TREES
AND OUTBUILDINGS. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST THROUGH
PORTIONS OF RAVENDEN SPRINGS, UPROOTING OR SNAPPING TREES ON THE
SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN. EAST OF RAVENDEN SPRINGS, MORE TREES WERE
DAMAGED, WITH SOME DAMAGE TO A COUPLE HOMES ALONG HWY 90. THE
TORNADO THEN CROSSED THE ELEVEN POINT RIVER SOUTH OF THE DALTON
COMMUNITY, THEN DAMAGING SEVERAL STRUCTURES JUST WEST OF HAMIL
WHERE MANY OUTBUILDINGS AND A HOME WERE DESTROYED. THIS IS WHERE
THE WORST DAMAGE OCCURRED ALONG THIS TRACK. THE TORNADO CONTINUED
NORTHEAST PASSING BETWEEN WARM SPRINGS AND PALESTINE, DAMAGING OR
DESTROYING MORE OUTBUILDINGS AND A MOBILE HOME, ALONG WITH MANY
TREES UPROOTED OR SNAPPED. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST ALONG
WARM SPRINGS ROAD NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF BRAKEBILL, WITH MAINLY
TREE DAMAGE NOTED. THIS TORNADO THEN CONTINUED NORTHEAST CROSSING
THE MISSOURI-ARKANSAS STATE LINE AROUND MINORCA AND MALONE ROADS,
CROSSING INTO THE PADUCAH, KY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE COUNTY WARNING AREA SOUTHEAST OF POYNOR, MISSOURI. THIS
TORNADO HAS BEEN RATED AN EF-3 WITH MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WIND SPEEDS
OF 155 MPH.
DIAZ TORNADO
RATING: EF4
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 190 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 18.6 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 1 MILE
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 2
START DATE: 03/14/2025
START TIME: 11:13 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: 11:36 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 3 ESE TUCKERMAN / JACKSON COUNTY / AR
END LAT/LON: 35.7122 / -91.1433
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 38 SOUTH OF ARKANSAS HWY 37. THIS TORNADO PRODUCED
MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WIND SPEEDS OF 190 MPH, CONSISTENT WITH AN EF-
4 RATING.
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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