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F1 tornado in Chicot County, Arkansas

Tornado November 24, 2001 · Chicot County, Arkansas

Rating

1.0 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

$500K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F1 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F1 meant moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken; the scale paired it with winds of 73–112 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

A supercell thunderstorm moved out of Ashley County into Chicot County and produced a short track weak tornado five miles south-southwest of Lake Village. The tornado travelled one mile and damaged four houses and one mobile home, before lifting four miles south-southwest of Lake Village. The tornado also blew down several trees and power lines along its short path. This tornado resulted in a total of $500K in damage.

Began near Lake Vlg (33.2667, -91.3167).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

F3 Ashley County 3 dead

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5272443. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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