Tornado History Map

Lafayette County, Arkansas tornado history

22 tornadoes recorded in or across Lafayette County from 1954 to 2025, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in Lafayette County

The Storm Prediction Center records 22 tornadoes whose paths touched Lafayette County, Arkansas between 1954 and 2025. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is April, with 10 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 30 April 1954. The most recent was on 2 April 2025.

  • 22tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 3injuries
  • 416per 10,000 sq mi of land

A tornado that crossed several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

How strong were the tornadoes in Lafayette County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0523%
F1 / EF11359%
F2 / EF215%
F3 / EF3314%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Lafayette County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 8 in 2020s.1950s21960s11970s11980s21990s32000s32010s22020s8

The 2020s only run to 2025, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s2
1960s1
1970s1
1980s2
1990s3
2000s3
2010s2
2020s8
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 10 in Apr.Jan3Feb0Mar2Apr10May2Jun0Jul3Aug0Sep0Oct2Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan3
Feb0
Mar2
Apr10
May2
Jun0
Jul3
Aug0
Sep0
Oct2
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Lafayette County

  • Strongest and Longest path: Texas tornado30 April 1954, F3, 2 injuries, 111.6 miles long
  • Most recent: Arkansas tornado2 April 2025, EF1, 0.3 miles long

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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