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F2 tornado in Mississippi County, Arkansas

Tornado May 4, 2003 · Mississippi County, Arkansas

Rating

12.0 mi

Path length

300 yd

Path width

$400K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 300 yards (0.17 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 tornado moved into Mississippi County from Craighead County and continued to move northeast. Three homes were destroyed and several others were damaged. A car was damaged when a tree fell on it. Six farm pivots were damaged.

Began near Carmi (35.9333, -90.2833).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

4 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

F3 Cross County F2 Craighead County F1 Mississippi County F1 Mississippi County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5356152. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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