TornadoLookup

Home / Arkansas / Woodruff

F2 tornado in Woodruff County, Arkansas

Tornado November 10, 1995 · Woodruff County, Arkansas

F2
Rating
8.5 mi
Path length
100 yd
Path width
2
Deaths
1
Injury
What F2 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F2 meant considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted; the scale paired it with winds of 113–157 mph, figures later judged too high, especially toward the top of the scale, and revised downward in the Enhanced Fujita scale. Ratings then, as now, came from the damage.

What the National Weather Service wrote

The tornado first touched down in an open field four miles NNW of Des Arc. It then moved northeastward destroying a barn, taking a roof off a house, taking part of a roof off another house, overturning a large combine, and blowing down trees and power lines. The tornado then struck a frame house, completely destroying it and spreading the remains of the house across a field. Two people in the house were blown about 250 yards into the field and killed. An infant in the house was carried about 300 yards into the field and was injured. Two pick-up trucks at the home were overturned and blown into the field. Numerous trees were also blown down along the path of the tornado. The tornado weakened as it neared the White River and crossed into Woodruff County around 2308 CST. The tornado lifted shortly after crossing into Woodruff County. M26PH, F36PH

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 10317039. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

Tornadoes near your address

See every tornado that passed near a place you know, measured to its path.