# Talk:2014 Mayflower–Vilonia tornado

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### 2014 Mayflower–Vilonia tornado
I'm hoping to take this to FA-quality sometime soon, after Greensburg tornado hopefully passes. I'm less sure about whether this one would pass, though, so I'm putting it up for a PR to clear up any potential issues. 
Thanks, EF5  21:23, 7 September 2025 (UTC)


#### actuall7
Will leave my comments here soon. Please ping me if I don't get to this in a week. – actuall7 (talk | contrib) 06:49, 1 November 2025 (UTC)

Do the two references in the lede need to be there? Would move per WP:LEADCITE, but up to you.
Would suggest expanding on Obama's visit in the Aftermath section.
The tornado, also known as the Mayflower–Vilonia tornado, and which was part of a larger outbreak of severe weather across the central and southern United States -> Is there a better way to split up these points?
The lede states that eight deaths were recorded at Vilonia, but later says ten deaths were recorded instead?
Have read the Aftermath section, which says eight deaths occured in Vilonia. However, the Damage to Vilonia and later dissipation section says nine people died. Can the death toll be standardised?
indicated the potential for a large-scale tornado outbreak for six days in advance on its 4–8 day outlook -> Might just be me as I am unfamiliar with the terminology in these articles, but it reads like it was predicted that the upcoming tornado outbreak would last for six days, but I assume it means predicted the tornado six days in advance?
 Day 3 moderate risk -> Should "day" be capitalised?
Would link High Plains on first mention in the Meteorological synopsis section.
a 40–50 kn low level jet and boundary-layer dewpoints of 57 to 61 °F -> Should there be a comma after jet?
where the Mayflower–Vilonia tornado would soon develop. -> Is there a reason why this is unreferenced?
What is the Turkey Trail? Would also make it more obvious that this, Three people were killed in that area, refers to Paron.
two-story homes being leveled with only piles of debris left on their foundations. -> Well, I would assume a house being levelled would result in debris.
 which had been struck by an EF2 tornado that killed four people on April 25, 2011, three years and two days prior. -> Unsure the point of mentioning this, but if you really want to keep it, would shorten it to which had been struck by an EF2 tornado that killed four people three years prior.
A few parts of the Tornado summary section's prose feel a bit too emotional/sensational, and I would recommend more neutral language.
For example, mangled beyond recognition and crushed into small balls.
resulting in damage five homes -> resulting in damage to five homes
Remove link to Arkansas.
After reading through the whole article, I don't really see concrete support of this from the lede in the body: It was considered the catalyst for the twelve year long EF5 drought, unless I'm just missing something.
Some of the references should use publisher, instead of being italicised.
Would suggest archiving some of the sources as well, but it's not strictly required.
[10] should include the author as Godwin, Ashley, [13] should be marked dead, [16] isn't working, and [35] should include the author as Pappas, Stephanie.
Found a few newspaper articles on the tornado online. Would they be necessary to add to the article?
These are the main issues I found, nice read EF5. Feel free to push back on anything I suggest that oversteps, as I am still learning on reviewing stuff at an "FA-level". – actuall7 (talk | contrib) 09:22, 3 November 2025 (UTC)