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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
441 PM CDT Fri May 2 2025

...NWS Damage Survey for 04/30/2025 Severe Weather Event...

.Update...updated to include information on a surveyed wind damage
swath in the vicinity of Foreman Arkansas.

.Tornado #1: Lockesburg Tornado in Eastern Sevier County, AR...

Rating:                 EF1
Estimated Peak Wind:    95 mph
Path Length /statute/:  4.40 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   300 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             04/30/2025
Start Time:             02:23 PM CDT
Start Location:         1 WSW Lockesburg / Sevier County / AR
Start Lat/Lon:          33.9668 / -94.1971

End Date:               04/30/2025
End Time:               02:29 PM CDT
End Location:           3 NE Lockesburg / Sevier County / AR
End Lat/Lon:            33.9989 / -94.1326

Survey Summary:
A strong line of thunderstorms moving across Sevier County in far
southwest Arkansas during the early afternoon hours on April 30th
produced an EF-1 tornado near Lockesburg. The tornado initially
touched down just south of State Highway 24 about 1.6 miles west
of Lockesburg where it caused significant damage to a small shed
type structure. The tornado then tracked northeast across State
Highway 24, evident from snapped and uprooted trees along the
way. Thankfully a home just on the north side of the highway was
spared from any damage despite trees falling all around it. This
was the first location as well that it became clear that the
damage we were seeing was tornadic. While most of the trees were
laying down to the northeast, a few of them had fallen to the
west or northwest. In addition, a trampoline and small playground
were blown about 50 yards directly to the west from their
original location.

The road network became sparse past this point, but drone footage
suggested that the damage path continued from the home to where
we were able to pick it back up along Wildwood Road and Hilltop
Road where a number of trees were uprooted and snapped. The
tornado did cause a significant amount of damage to 3 chicken
coops located just north of Hilltop Road and while these are not a
significant damage indicator, there were a number of trees that
were damaged in this area as well. The tornado then tracked across
Shady Lane just to the north of Hilltop Road where it uprooted
what was probably the largest tree I have ever seen uprooted,
thankfully there was no damage to the home where this tree fell.
On the west side of Shady Lane, a small home did sustain damage
from a large tree falling on it, thankfully no one was home at the
time the tree fell on the home. The tornado continued to track to
the northeast, crossing over N Park Ave, Elm Drive, and
eventually crossing Highway 71 north of Lockesburg. This is where
things begin to be more sparse due to the road network in the
area, however, we did find more damage on Montgomery Lane just
east of Highway 71. The next location we were able to find damage
on the ground was on Provo Road to the east of Big Timber Lane
where a few small trees were down. Thankfully we were able to see
drone footage that confirmed to us that the tornado continued from
Montgomery Lane to this location on Provo Road. At this point, we
believe the tornado lifted as no additional damage was found
along the way.

Special thanks to the Sevier County Sheriff`s Office and the
Sevier County Office of Emergency Management for their assistance
in completing this survey and for helping the process with their
drone efforts.

&&

.Wind Damage #1: Foreman Wind Damage in Little River County, AR...

Rating:                 TSTM/Wind
Estimated Peak Wind:    90 mph
Path Length /statute/:  5.82 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   650 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             04/30/2025
Start Time:             02:01 PM CDT
Start Location:         1 SSW Foreman / Little River County / AR
Start Lat/Lon:          33.7044 / -94.4058

End Date:               04/30/2025
End Time:               02:10 PM CDT
End Location:           5 ENE Foreman / Little River County / AR
End Lat/Lon:            33.7483 / -94.3194

Survey Summary:
As a strong line of thunderstorms moved across Little River
County in far southwest Arkansas it produced a approximately
6 mile long swath of damaging wind gusts, with max wind speeds
estimated at 80 to 90 mph that started in the Lime Rock Hill area
just south of Foreman, AR and continued into the Gum Flats to the
northeast of Foreman. The first damage observed was along Highway
108 W between South 1st Street and South Bell Street where decent
number of large trees were either uprooted, snapped or had large
branches fall off them. Sporadic damage similar to this continued
northeastward, crossing Highway 41 South. From here damage was
picked up again along Highway 108 east of Foreman across County
Road 51 North to County Road 153. It was noted that a vast
majority of the tree damage was oriented to the northeast and not
convergent, which helped us clarify this damage was from straight
line winds and not a tornado.

Special thanks to the Little River Arkansas Office of Emergency
Management and especially the Chief of the Foreman Volunteer Fire
Department who assisted greatly in the survey efforts.

&&

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 event and publication in
NWS Storm Data.

$$

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