F1 tornado in White County, Arkansas

Tornado May 4, 2003 · White County, Arkansas

Rating

27.0 mi

Whole path

100 yd

Path width

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

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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 weak tornado touched down just to the northeast of Georgetown and moved across the White River. The only damage noted were several large trees that were knocked down. The tornado continued moving northeast into Woodruff County.

Began near Georgetown (35.1167, -91.4500).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5360943. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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