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F2 tornado in Newton County, Arkansas

Tornado November 23, 2001 · Newton County, Arkansas

Rating

42.3 mi

Whole path

200 yd

Path width

Death

Injuries

$2.0M

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Franklin County → Franklin County → Franklin County → Johnson County → Johnson County → Newton County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 200 yards (0.11 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

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 F2 tornado over Johnson County crossed into Newton County about 4.5 miles southeast of Fallsville. The tornado continued to track to the northeast for 1.8 miles, before lifting 4.5 miles east-southeast of Fallsville. Since the tornado tracked across a national forest, damage along the path of the tornado consisted of numerous downed trees.

Began near Fallsville (35.7167, -93.4167).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5273826. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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