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F3 tornado in Conway County, Arkansas

Tornado November 27, 2005 · Conway County, Arkansas

Rating

21.0 mi

Whole path

150 yd

Path width

$4.0M

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Perry County → Conway 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 F3 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F3 meant severe damage: whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned; the scale paired it with winds of 158–206 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 strong tornado moved out of Perry County and into Conway County about 2 miles south of Oppelo. Damage along the track of the tornado consisted of numerous downed power lines and power poles. The tornado dissipated about 1.5 miles southeast of Oppelo.

Began near Oppello (35.0667, -92.7667).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5485824. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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