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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
339 PM CDT WED APR 23 2025
...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 04/04-05/2025 TORNADO AND SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM EVENT - UPDATE #6...
UPDATE
UPDATES WERE MADE TO MOST TORNADO TRACKS BASED ON
ANALYSIS OF HIGH-RESOLUTION SATELLITE IMAGERY. USING THESE
IMAGES, IT WAS REVEALED THAT THERE WAS A SINGLE LONG-TRACK
TORNADO IN RED RIVER COUNTY TX, RATHER THAN TWO SEPARATE
TORNADOES.
OVERVIEW
THIS DOCUMENT WILL DETAIL STORM SURVEY INFORMATION
FROM STORMS THAT OCCURRED ON APRIL 4TH AND EARLY ON APRIL 5TH.
STORM SURVEY INFORMATION FOR STORMS THAT OCCURRED ON APRIL 2ND
AND APRIL 3RD WILL BE DETAILED IN SEPARATE PUBLIC INFORMATION
STATEMENTS.
TORNADO #1: RED RIVER COUNTY, TX
RATING: EF2
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 130 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 21.54 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 580 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/04/2025
START TIME: 03:27 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 3 NE BOGATA / RED RIVER COUNTY / TX
START LAT/LON: 33.4931 / -95.1707
END DATE: 04/04/2025
END TIME: 04:06 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 9 N ANNONA / RED RIVER COUNTY / TX
END LAT/LON: 33.7155 / -94.9192
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS TORNADO BEGAN NORTHEAST OF BOGATA IN THE ROSALIE COMMUNITY.
IT STARTED ALONG CR 1305, MOVED NORTHEAST, SNAPPING HARDWOOD AND
SOFTWOOD TREES, AND QUICKLY INTENSIFIED. A HOME NORTH OF CR
1325 SUFFERED MAJOR DAMAGE, INCLUDING THE DESTRUCTION OF THE
ATTACHED GARAGE AND A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF ROOF LOSS. A NEARBY
TREE WAS ALSO PARTIALLY DEBARKED. THE SURVEY TEAM WAS UNABLE TO
ACCESS THIS PROPERTY AS IT WAS BEHIND LOCKED GATES. HOWEVER, THE
RED RIVER COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND LOCAL
FIREFIGHTERS DESCRIBED THE HOUSE AS HAVING BEEN SHIFTED OFF ITS
FOUNDATION. SINCE THE SURVEY TEAM WAS UNABLE TO CLOSELY INSPECT
THE HOUSE, THE DAMAGE TO THE HOUSE AND THE TREE HAS BEEN RATED AS
HIGH-END EF2.THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST AND MOVED INTO AN
OIL FIELD THAT WAS NOT ACCESSIBLE. HOWEVER, THE SURVEY TEAM MET
THE FIELD OWNER, WHO SAID THAT A PUMP JACK ANCHORED IN A CONCRETE
FOUNDATION WAS PARTIALLY LIFTED FROM THE FOUNDATION AND BLOWN
OVER. HE ALSO SAID THAT THERE WAS A CONSISTENT AND CONTINUOUS
DAMAGE PATH OF SNAPPED HARDWOOD TREES. ANALYSIS OF NDVI
DIFFERENCING OF HIGH-RESOLUTION SATELLITE DATA IMAGES REVEALED
THE TORNADO DAMAGE PATH ACROSS THIS OIL FIELD.
A CONSISTENT PATH OF VERY LARGE, SNAPPED HARDWOOD TREES WAS FOUND
ALONG CR 1340 TO THE INTERSECTION OF CR 1357 AND CR 1355. CR 1357
AND 1355 WERE BLOCKED BY FALLEN TREES AND NOT ACCESSIBLE BY THE
SURVEY TEAM. A COUPLE OF OUTBUILDINGS WERE ALSO DESTROYED. GIVEN
THE SIZE OF THE HARDWOOD TREES AND THE CONSISTENT AMOUNT OF TRUNK
SNAPPINGS OBSERVED, THIS DAMAGE WAS RATED AS EF2.THE TORNADO
CONTINUED NORTHEAST ROUGHLY PARALLEL TO FM 909, SNAPPED SMALLER
HARDWOOD TREES AS IT CROSSED CR 1355 AND FM 909. SOUTH OF THE
CLARKSVILLE/RED RIVER COUNTY AIRPORT. NWS SHV RECEIVED VIDEO
RECORDED FROM THE AIRPORT OF THE TORNADO PASSING TO THE SOUTH.
DAMAGE BECOME SOMEWHAT MORE SPORADIC AS THE TORNADO CROSSED THE
INTERSECTION OF US HWY 82 AND FM 1159 JUST TO THE EAST OF CLARKSVILLE.
THE TORNADO DAMAGED MORE TREES WHILE CROSSING CR 3200, FM 1700,
AND CR 3202. THE DAMAGE PATH GENERALLY FOLLOWED ALONG FM 1700
BEFORE MOVING NORTH INTO A WOODED AREA THAT WAS NOT ACCESSIBLE BY
GROUND. NDVI DIFFERENCING INDICATED A SPORADIC DAMAGE PATH IN THIS
AREA AS THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHWARD CROSSING CR 3217. THE GROUND
SURVEY TEAM OBSERVED ONE FINAL POINT OF TREE DAMAGE ALONG CR 3230
INDICATING THE TORNADO LIFTED HERE, JUST NORTH OF REEDS SETTLEMENT.
MANY THANKS TO THE RED RIVER COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE IN LOCATING THE DAMAGE AND OBTAINING PHOTOS,
WHICH GREATLY AIDED IN THIS DAMAGE ASSESSMENT.THANKS ALSO GO TO THE
NWS GIS TEAM FOR ASSISTANCE WITH OBTAINING AND ANALYZING NDVI
DIFFERENCING OF SATELLITE IMAGES TO REFINE THIS TRACK.
THIS SURVEY UTILIZED IMAGERY AND DERIVED PRODUCTS MADE AVAILABLE
THROUGH THE NASA COMMERCIAL SATELLITE DATA ACQUISITION (CSDA) PROGRAM,
NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER, AND THE NASA DISASTERS PROGRAM.
TORNADO #2: MCCURTAIN COUNTY, OK
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 105 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 24.62 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 303 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/04/2025
START TIME: 03:37 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 2 SE MILLERTON / MCCURTAIN COUNTY / OK
START LAT/LON: 33.9582 / -94.9867
END DATE: 04/04/2025
END TIME: 04:23 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 6 SSE BETHEL / MCCURTAIN COUNTY / OK
END LAT/LON: 34.2701 / -94.7877
SURVEY SUMMARY:
AROUND 3:37 PM CDT ON APRIL 4, A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN
MCCURTAIN COUNTY, OK JUST WEST OF SNOWS ARENA RD AND SOUTH OF US
HWY 70. NUMEROUS TREES WERE UPROOTED AND SNAPPED AS THE TORNADO
CONTINUED N/NE TOWARDS HWY 70. BEFORE THE TORNADO CROSSED THE
HIGHWAY, TREE DAMAGE WAS NOTED NEAR A HOME, WITH A SMALL
OUTBUILDING APPEARING TO HAVE COLLAPSED NEXT TO THE HOME. AFTER
THE TORNADO CROSSED HWY 70 AND CONTINUED A N/NE TRACK, IT
PRODUCED EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE ALONG QUAILS NEST RD. ANOTHER
SMALL SHED AND/OR OUTBUILDING WAS ALSO DAMAGED ALONG THIS ROAD,
WITH THE METAL ROOF HAVING BEEN BLOWN OFF AND CARRIED ACROSS THE
STREET INTO A NEIGHBORING YARD. DOCUMENTATION OF CONTINUED DAMAGE
N/NE OF THIS ROAD WAS DIFFICULT DUE TO INACCESSIBILITY, BUT BASED
ON RADAR DATA AND NOTED DAMAGE HEADING INTO NORTH POLE, OK, THE
TRACK IS EXPECTED TO HAVE CONTINUED ACROSS THE CEDAR MOUNTAINS.
IN NORTH POLE, VERY EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE WAS FOUND, WITH
NUMEROUS UPROOTS AND SNAPS ALONG PINE VIEW RD. A LARGE TREE WAS
FOUND TO HAVE FALLEN ON A HOME ALONG THIS ROAD. IT IS AROUND THIS
AREA THAT THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO HAVE BEEN STRONGEST, WITH
PEAK WINDS AROUND 105 MPH. ROADS WERE THEN DIFFICULT TO FOLLOW
NORTH OF PINE VIEW RD, HOWEVER, EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE WAS FOUND
ALONG ROADWAYS 5000, 51033, AND 50220 TO OLD GLORY MOUNTAIN WHERE
TREES WERE DAMAGED UP THE RIDGELINE. ROADWAY ACCESS WAS LOST SOON
AFTER REACHING THIS AREA, BUT BASED ON RADAR DATA AND FINDING
ADDITIONAL DAMAGE ALONG HWY 259 NORTH OF HOCHATOWN AND JUST SOUTH
OF CATFISH BAY RD, THE TRACK IS EXPECTED TO HAVE CONTINUED.
ADDITIONAL TREE DAMAGE WAS THEN FOUND NE OF CATFISH BAY RD BEFORE
ROAD ACCESS BECAME PROBLEMATIC AGAIN. THE TRACK OF THIS TORNADO
MAY BE ADJUSTED BASED ON ADDITIONAL DATA IN THE COMING DAYS BUT
BASED ON CURRENT DATA, THE TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND FOR ABOUT
45 MINUTES AND TRAVELED ALMOST 25 MILES.
MANY THANKS GO TO THE NWS GIS TEAM WHICH PROVIDED NDVI DIFFERENCING
OF HIGH-RESOLUTION SATELLITE IMAGERY, WHICH WAS CRUCIAL IS IN
FINDING THE TORNADO TRACK.THIS SURVEY UTILIZED IMAGERY AND DERIVED
PRODUCTS MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE NASA COMMERCIAL SATELLITE DATA
ACQUISITION (CSDA) PROGRAM, NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER, AND
THE NASA DISASTERS PROGRAM.
TORNADO #3: SMITH COUNTY TO UPSHUR COUNTY, TX
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 110 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 26.26 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 1420 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 1
START DATE: 04/04/2025
START TIME: 04:24 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 5 NE LINDALE / SMITH COUNTY / TX
START LAT/LON: 32.5519 / -95.337
END DATE: 04/04/2025
END TIME: 05:01 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 3.8 NW GILMER / UPSHUR COUNTY / TX
END LAT/LON: 32.7697 / -94.9927
SURVEY SUMMARY:
USING A COMBINATION OF THE GROUND SURVEY AND NDVI DIFFERENCING OF
HIGH-RESOLUTION SATELLITE IMAGES, THE START POINT OF THIS TORNADO
APPEARS TO BE IN NORTHERN SMITH COUNTY ALONG FM 2710 NORTHEAST OF
LINDALE. ANALYSIS OF NDVI DIFFERENCING REVEALED THE TORNADO'S PATH
THROUGH THE SABINE RIVER BOTTOMS AND INTO UPSHUR COUNTY. THE SURVEY
TEAM OBSERVED A CONSISTENT DAMAGE TRACK BEGINNING ALONG US HWY 80
WEST OF HAWKINS AND SOUTH OF WEST UPPER LAKE. A FAIRLY INTENSE AND
CONCENTRATED AREA OF SNAPPED PINE TREES WAS OBSERVED ALONG CR 3440.
ONE HOME ALSO LOST A FEW METAL ROOF PANELS. THE TORNADO CONTINUED
NORTHEAST, SNAPPING AND UPROOTING MORE TREES AS IT CROSSED CR 3431
AND CR 3419. ONE HOME ALONG CR 3419 SUFFERED THE FAILURE OF A LARGE,
AND WELL-BUILT CARPORT. HOWEVER, THE BOTTOM OF THE WOODEN POSTS
SUPPORTING THE CARPORT APPEARED TO BE SOMEWHAT ROTTED.
MOST OF THE DAMAGE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS TORNADO CONSISTED OF SNAPPED
AND UPROOTED TREES. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST, CROSSING CR
3480 AND CR 3525. IT ENTERED A LARGE AREA OF OPEN LAND WITH NO
ROADS. HOWEVER, KSHV WSR-88D DATA INDICATED A NEAR-CONTINUOUS
TORNADO DEBRIS SIGNATURE (TDS) FOR THE DURATION OF ITS LIFESPAN. THE
TORNADO CAUSED SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAGE TO A WATER BOTTLING PLANT
NORTH OF HAWKINS. ONE INJURY OCCURRED TO A DRIVER IN A SEMI-TRUCK AT
THE BOTTLING PLANT. THE TORNADO ONCE AGAIN MOVED INTO A LARGE OPEN
AREA WITH NO ROADS, BUT THE TDS WAS STILL OBSERVED ON RADAR.
THE SURVEY TEAM FOUND THE DAMAGE PATH AGAIN ALONG CR 3550 EAST OF
HOLLY LAKE RANCH. THE TORNADO WIDENED AS IT CROSSED PALM ROAD, FM
1092, TANGERINE ROAD, NUTMEG ROAD, AND FM 49. IT CONTINUED NORTHEAST
SNAPPING AND UPROOTING MORE TREES AS IT CROSSED TX HWY 154. THE TORNADO
DESTROYED A HOME AT THE INTERSECTION OF HWY 154 AND ALLIGATOR ROAD. A
CLOSE INSPECTION OF THIS SITE REVEALED THAT THE HOME WAS NOT BUILT ON
A CONCRETE SLAB FOUNDATION. THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS BUILDING MORE
CLOSELY RESEMBLED AN SBO DI RATHER THAN A FR12. THE DOD OF "COMPLETE
DESTRUCTION" WAS APPLIED, BUT THE WIND SPEED ESTIMATE WAS LOWERED TO
110 MPH AND A HIGH-END EF1 RATING. FURTHER EVIDENCE SUPPORTING THIS
RATING AND A LOWER-THAN-EXPECTED WIND SPEED INCLUDED TREES VERY CLOSE TO
THE BUILDING, WHICH RECEIVED LITTLE TO NO DAMAGE. THIS IS ALSO CONSISTENT
WITH DAMAGE RECORDED ALONG THE REST OF THE TORNADO'S PATH. THE TORNADO
CONTINUED NORTHEAST, CROSSING FM 852, AND FINALLY LIFTED ALONG ARMADILLO
ROAD ON THE NORTH SIDE OF LAKE GILMER.
SOME INTERESTING DAMAGE WAS NOTED ON THE FM 852 BRIDGE OVER LAKE
GILMER WHERE SOME PAVEMENT HAD BEEN SCOURED ON THE SOUTHWEST
SHOULDER OF THE BRIDGE. THE TORNADO CLEARLY PASSED NORTH OF THE LAKE
AND DID NOT CAUSE THIS DAMAGE. IT APPEARS LIKELY THAT INTENSE RFD
WINDS ESTIMATED AT 70-80 MPH INDUCED EXTREME WAVE ACTION ON THE
LAKE. THESE WAVES WASHED UP AND OVER THE BRIDGE, WHICH SITS VERY LOW
RELATIVE TO THE WATER. THE WAVES ERODED THE PAVEMENT ON THE
SHOULDER. THIS WAS EVIDENCED BY THE EROSION PATTERN, AND THE "PILING
UP" OF THE SCOURED PAVEMENT WERE PERPENDICULAR TO THE INCOMING WAVES
AND RFD.
MANY THANKS TO THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND THE
WOOD AND UPSHUR COUNTY OFFICES OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR THEIR
ASSISTANCE WITH THIS DAMAGE SURVEY.
THIS SURVEY UTILIZED IMAGERY AND DERIVED PRODUCTS MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH
THE NASA COMMERCIAL SATELLITE DATA ACQUISITION (CSDA) PROGRAM, NASA
MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER, AND THE NASA DISASTERS PROGRAM.
TORNADO #4: UNION HILL / DELROSE IN UPSHUR COUNTY, TX
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 95 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.11 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 1272 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/04/2025
START TIME: 05:07 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 4 NNW GILMER / UPSHUR COUNTY / TX
START LAT/LON: 32.7933 / -94.9759
END DATE: 04/04/2025
END TIME: 05:08 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 4 N GILMER / UPSHUR COUNTY / TX
END LAT/LON: 32.7957 / -94.9572
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A BRIEF EF1 TORNADO DEVELOPED BETWEEN THE UNION HILL AND DELROSE
COMMUNITIES JUST AS THE PREVIOUS LONG-TRACK TORNADO OCCLUDED. A
FEW HARDWOOD AND SOFTWOOD TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED ALONG
THIS BRIEF TRACK.
TORNADO #5: LONE STAR IN MORRIS COUNTY, TX
RATING: EF2
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 120 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 4.51 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 673 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/04/2025
START TIME: 05:32 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 2 WSW LONE STAR / MORRIS COUNTY / TX
START LAT/LON: 32.9221 / -94.7387
END DATE: 04/04/2025
END TIME: 05:41 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 2 NNE LONE STAR / MORRIS COUNTY / TX
END LAT/LON: 32.9687 / -94.6904
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS TORNADO BEGAN ALONG SAND CROSSING ROAD/CR 4428 JUST NORTH OF
BIG CYPRESS BAYOU, DOWNING TREE LIMBS AND SNAPPING A COUPLE OF
SOFTWOOD TREE TRUNKS. IT MOVED NORTH-NORTHEAST, CROSSING CR 2225,
AND MOVED ALONG OR JUST WEST OF CR 2223 ON THE WESTERN SHORE OF
ELLISON CREEK RESERVOIR. A LARGE AMOUNT OF TREE DAMAGE CONSISTING
OF SNAPS AND UPROOTS WAS OBSERVED. THE TORNADO STRENGTHENED TO
EF2 INTENSITY WHEN IT DAMAGE THREE HOMES NORTHEAST OF CR 2236.
THE MOST SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE WAS TO A HOUSE THAT HAD
ITS GARAGE DOOR BUCKLED, ALLOWING THE TORNADIC WINDS INSIDE THE
HOME, WHICH UPLIFTED AND REMOVED MOST OF THE ROOF ON THE BACK OF
THE HOUSE. ROOF REMOVAL/COLLAPSE WAS ALSO NOTED ON A COUPLE OF
BOAT DOCKS IN THIS VICINITY.
THE TORNADO CROSSED ELLISON CREEK RESERVOIR AND CAUSED WIDESPREAD
TREE DAMAGE AT A CHURCH CAMP ON THE EASTERN SHORE BETWEEN CAMP
CIRCLE AND LACEWOOD DRIVE. THERE WAS A VERY CONCENTRATED AREA OF
DOZENS OF VERY LARGE PINE TREES THAT WERE SNAPPED AT A VERY
CONSISTENT HEIGHT. SIX CARS WERE ROLLED AND THROWN APPROXIMATELY
100 YARDS FROM A NEARBY CHURCH BUILDING INTO THIS AREA OF CONCENTRATED
TREE DAMAGE. BASED ON THE HIGH NUMBER OF TREE SNAPS AND THE THROWN
VEHICLES, THIS DAMAGE WAS ALSO RATED EF2. APPROXIMATELY 120 PEOPLE
WERE IN THE BUILDING WHERE THE VEHICLES WERE PARKED. THEY RECEIVED
THE TORNADO WARNING SEVERAL MINUTES BEFORE THE TORNADO STRUCK AND
WERE ABLE TO TAKE COVER IN A SAFE PLACE.THE TORNADO MOVED NORTHEAST
INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD AND UPROOTED AND SNAPPED NUMEROUS TREES. DOZENS
OF HOMES SUSTAINED DAMAGE RANGING FROM MINOR TO SEVERE DUE TO PARTS
OF TREES OR ENTIRE TREES FALLING ON THEM. THE TORNADO CROSSED US HWY
259, UPROOTED MORE TREES, AND CAUSED MINOR ROOF DAMAGE TO A HOME ALONG
BUNT DRIVE. IT CONTINUED NORTHEAST, CROSSED FORREST HILL ROAD, AND
CAUSED MORE TREE DAMAGE ALONG FM 3421 WEST OF CR 2113. AT THE POINT,
THE GROUND SURVEY TEAM WAS UNABLE TO LOCATED ADDITIONAL DAMAGE.
ANALYSIS OF NDVI DIFFERENCING OF HIGH-RESOLUTION SATELLITE IMAGES
INDICATE THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST AND DAMAGED SOME MORE TREES
BEFORE LIFTING IN A WOODED AREA SOUTH OF ORE ROAD AND WEST OF CR 2113.
MANY THANKS TO THE NWS GIS TEAM FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE AND ANALYSIS OF
THE NDVI DIFFERENCING IMAGES.THIS SURVEY UTILIZED IMAGERY AND DERIVED
PRODUCTS MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE NASA COMMERCIAL SATELLITE DATA
ACQUISITION (CSDA) PROGRAM, NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER, AND THE
NASA DISASTERS PROGRAM.
TORNADO #6: HEMPSTEAD/NEVADA COUNTY LINE IN ARKANSAS
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 105 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.78 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 375 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/04/2025
START TIME: 08:29 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 5 WNW BODCAW / HEMPSTEAD COUNTY / AR
START LAT/LON: 33.5741 / -93.4866
END DATE: 04/04/2025
END TIME: 08:32 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 4 NW BODCAW / NEVADA COUNTY / AR
END LAT/LON: 33.6043 / -93.4571
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS RELATIVELY BRIEF EF1 TORNADO ORIGINATED FROM A HYBRID
SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM MOVING QUICKLY ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL
ARKANSAS ON THE EVENING ON APRIL 4TH, 2025. THE TORNADO FIRST
TOUCHED DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 32 JUST WEST OF THE HEMPSTEAD AND
NEVADA COUNTY LINE, QUICKLY MOVING NORTHEAST INTO NEVADA COUNTY.
THE SURVEY TEAM ACKNOWLEDGES THE TORNADO COULD HAVE ACTUALLY
BEGUN SOUTHWEST OF THIS POINT, BUT THERE WAS A LACK OF GROUND
ACCESS FOR QUITE A DISTANCE UPSTREAM OF THIS POINT. AFTER MOVING
INTO NEVADA COUNTY, THE TORNADO PRODUCED PRIMARILY TREE DAMAGE AS
IT PASSED ACROSS PORTIONS OF NEVADA 111 AND NEVADA 13, ENDING
BEFORE IT CROSSED COUNTY ROAD 11 TO THE NORTHEAST. ALONG THE
TORNADO S PATH, A MAJORITY OF THE DAMAGE WAS TO HARDWOOD AND
SOFTWOOD TREES, ALTHOUGH A FEW STRUCTURES WERE DAMAGED, INCLUDING
SOME CHICKEN HOUSES NEAR THE END OF THE TORNADO'S PATH.
FORTUNATELY, NO INJURIES OR FATALITIES WERE REPORTED IN
ASSOCIATION WITH THIS TORNADO. SPECIAL THANKS TO THE HEMPSTEAD
COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR THEIR HELP IN DIRECTING
THE NWS SURVEY TEAM TO THE PATH.
TORNADO #7: VICINITY OF HOPE, AR IN HEMPSTEAD COUNTY
RATING: EF2
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 115 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 10.60 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 500 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/05/2025
START TIME: 09:36 AM CDT
START LOCATION: 3 ENE FULTON / HEMPSTEAD COUNTY / AR
START LAT/LON: 33.6255 / -93.7618
END DATE: 04/05/2025
END TIME: 09:50 AM CDT
END LOCATION: 2 SSE OAKHAVEN / HEMPSTEAD COUNTY / AR
END LAT/LON: 33.7004 / -93.6044
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS EF2 TORNADO ORIGINATED FROM A BOWING THUNDERSTORM LINE
SEGMENT RAPIDLY ORGANIZING AS IT MOVED NORTHEAST OF MILLER COUNTY
A FEW HOURS AFTER SUNRISE ON APRIL 5 2025. THE TORNADO FIRST
TOUCHED DOWN JUST NORTH OF INTERSTATE 30 ALONG HEMPSTEAD
49 AND QUICKLY CAME TO HEMPSTEAD 2, WHICH THE TORNADO THEN
TRAVELED DOWN TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST FOR MUCH OF THE TORNADO'S
LIFE. THE TORNADO WAS JUDGED MOST INTENSE BY THE SURVEY TEAM A
MILE OR TWO DOWN HEMPSTEAD 2 WHERE WIDESPREAD MAJOR TREE DAMAGE
YIELDED A PEAK WIND SPEED OF 115 MPH. TREE DAMAGE REMAINED
SIGNIFICANT THROUGH THE HIGHWAY 15 AND HEMPSTEAD 2 INTERSECTION
AND THE MAXIMUM WIDTH OF THE TORNADO WAS ESTIMATED TO HAVE BEEN
ACHIEVED NEAR THIS LATTER INTERSECTION. AFTER THIS INTERSECTION,
THE TORNADO BEGAN GRADUALLY WEAKENING AND DECREASING IN SIZE,
WITH THE LAST TRACE OF CONTACT WITH THE GROUND BEING MINOR TREE
DAMAGE ON NORTH HAZEL STREET ON THE NORTH SIDE OF HOPE. ALONG THE
TORNADO S PATH, A MAJORITY OF THE DAMAGE WAS TO HARDWOOD AND
SOFTWOOD TREES, ALTHOUGH SOME STRUCTURES WERE DAMAGED. MOST OF
THE STRUCTURE DAMAGE WAS TO OUTBUILDINGS AND CARPORTS, INCLUDING
SUCH A STRUCTURE BELONGING TO THE HOPE VFD. THERE WAS AT LEAST
ONE RECREATIONAL VEHICLE ROLLED WITH A MOBILE HOME PUSHED OFF OF
ITS FOUNDATION. FORTUNATELY, NO INJURIES OR FATALITIES WERE
REPORTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS TORNADO.
SPECIAL THANKS TO THE HEMPSTEAD COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT FOR THEIR HELP IN DIRECTING THE NWS SURVEY TEAM TO THE
PATH.
DOWNBURST #1: SOUTHEAST TEXARKANA, AR IN MILLER COUNTY
RATING: DOWNBURST
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90-100 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.30 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 800 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/05/2025
START TIME: 09:12 AM CDT
START LOCATION: 3 SE TEXARKANA / MILLER COUNTY / AR
START LAT/LON: 33.3659 / -94.0054
END DATE: 04/05/2025
END TIME: 09:16 AM CDT
END LOCATION: 3 SE TEXARKANA / MILLER COUNTY / AR
END LAT/LON: 33.3785 / -93.979
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A STRONG DOWNBURST WITH ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WINDS BETWEEN 90-100 MPH
WAS CONFIRMED BY AN NWS SURVEY TEAM JUST SOUTHEAST OF TEXARKANA, AR
ALONG AND JUST EAST OF I-49 ACROSS HIGHWAY 71 TO ALONG HIGHWAY 237
(BLACKMAN FERRY ROAD). NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED
IN A NORTH-NORTHEASTERLY DIRECTION ALONG CALICO DUCK ROAD, OLD BLACKMAN
FERRY ROAD, UNION ROAD, HIGHWAY 237, (BLACKMAN FERRY ROAD) EAST TO
ALONG HIGHWAYS 71 AND 237 NORTH.
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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