2014 Mayflower–Vilonia tornado

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In the evening of April 27, 2014, a large and destructive high-end EF4 tornado moved through several communities northwest of Little Rock, Arkansas. The event, mononymously known as the Mayflower–Vilonia tornado, was part of a larger outbreak of severe weather across the central and southern United States. It devastated the towns of Paron, Mayflower, Lake Conway, Vilonia, and El Paso. In less than an hour, the tornado injured over one hundred people and killed sixteen. The tornado's destructive path was 41.10 miles (66.14 km), with a peak width of 1,320 yards (1.21 km). The tornado touched down near the western edge of Pulaski County, moving to the northwest before impacting Paron at EF3 intensity, killing three people and damaging several residential buildings as it moved by. The tornado continued to move to the northwest as it left the community in ruins, reaching EF4 intensity for the first time as it entered the city limits of Mayflower. The tornado produced heavy structural damage...

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