F2 tornado in Saline County, Arkansas

Tornado October 18, 2004 · Saline County, Arkansas

Rating

24.0 mi

Whole path

800 yd

Path width

Injuries

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 800 yards (0.45 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

An F2 tornado touched down 4 miles southwest of Sardis and tracked to the east-northeast before moving into Pulaski County. Numerous trees and power lines were downed along the path of the tornado. A number of mobile homes sustained minor or major damage. Eleven people sustained minor injuries, many of which were inside their mobile homes when the tornado struck.

Began near Sardis (34.5000, -92.4500).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5426936. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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