US / tornado Report: Tornado Carried Truck 27 Miles Arkansas meteorologist has the measurement By Newser Editors and Wire Services Posted May 1, 2014 5:11 PM CDT Copied A Vilonia High School license plate sits in storm debris in Vilonia, Ark. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston) Just how powerful was that tornado that hit Arkansas over the weekend? A meteorologist says it caused a truck to travel 27 miles the hard way—carried along solely by the tornado's winds, reports USA Today. Darby Bybee of KHBS-TV in Fort Smith says the truck was carried from Mayflower to near Vilonia. That meshes with the path of the EF4 tornado and its 180mph winds. "I haven't heard of trucks being thrown that far," an expert at Arizona State tells the newspaper. (More tornado stories.) Report an error