Video taken from Tuckerman, Arkansas shows the powerful EF-4 tornado howling through the Diaz area on March 14, 2025 as part of a deadly tornado outbreak through the nation over the weekend.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Residents in Tuckerman, Arkansas, saw a massive nocturnal tornado Friday with 190-mph winds barreling through the area and could not believe their eyes.
National Weather Service teams from Little Rock, Arkansas, said the tornado seen in the video above at 11:23 p.m. ET near Diaz has a preliminary rating of EF-4 based on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. It was the second EF-4 tornado in Arkansas within a few hours, becoming the first multiple EF-4 tornado event for the state in nearly 30 years.
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As lightning flashed, the towering vortex could be seen against the dark sky. The video captured the eerie sounds of howling winds as the tornado tore across the area.
“Holy cow, it’s big,” Tiffany Stafford can be heard saying in her video. “Look at the debris it’s picking up. Oh my gosh!”
The Diaz, Arkansas EF-4 tornado seen from Tuckerman on March 14, 2025.
The Diaz tornado is one of two EF-4 tornadoes that touched down in Arkansas on Friday as part of a multi-day, deadly severe weather outbreak over the weekend. The outbreak has claimed dozens of lives, including three deaths in Independence County, Arkansas. According to the Arkansas Division of Emergency Management, nearly 30 injuries were reported across eight counties in connection with the storm system.
The initial damage survey showed the tornado covered an area of about 1.5 miles and had peak winds of 190 mph.
The tornado totally destroyed a “well-built” home and rolled several vehicles hundreds of yards, according to the NWS preliminary report.
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NWS forecasters said another EF-4 tornado with 170-mph winds was recorded near Larkin, Arkansas, about 9:30 p.m. ET in Izard County, destroying at least one home.
Statistics about two EF-4 tornadoes in Arkansas on March 14, 2025.
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According to NWS Little Rock, the last time more than one EF-4 tornado occurred on the same day in Arkansas was 28 years ago during the Interstate 30 tornado outbreak in 1997, when three EF-4 tornadoes occurred.
No fatalities were reported from the EF-4 tornadoes Friday. Still, the overall death toll across multiple states continues to rise.