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F1 tornado in Franklin County, Arkansas

Tornado November 23, 2001 · Franklin County, Arkansas

Rating

6.0 mi

Whole path

150 yd

Path width

$200K

Damage as recorded

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 150 yards (0.09 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

An F1 tornado touched down 8 miles southwest of Denning and lifted just southwest of Denning. Along its path it damaged several barns and one house. The house was near Etna and it suffered roof damage and structural damage. The tornado briefly exited Franklin County as it crossed a corner of Logan County (see NWS Little Rock's report) and then returned into Franklin County after crossing the Arkansas River.

Began near Denning (35.3167, -93.9000).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F2 Johnson County 1 dead

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5274602. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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