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F1 tornado in Greene County, Arkansas

Tornado January 21, 1999 · Greene County, Arkansas

F1
Rating
4.0 mi
Path length
50 yd
Path width
$75K
Damage as recorded
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 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 tornado touched down near Evening Star and continued northeast toward Beech Grove. At least twelve homes were damaged or destroyed. A church was also badly damaged.

Began near Evening Star (36.1700, -90.7000).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F4 Clay CountyF3 St. Francis CountyF3 Lawrence CountyF2 Clay CountyF1 Clay CountyF0 Cross CountyF0 Clay CountyF0 Lee CountyF0 St. Francis CountyF0 Lawrence CountyF0 St. Francis CountyF0 Lawrence CountyF0 Greene CountyF0 Craighead CountyF0 Craighead CountyF0 Craighead CountyF0 Craighead CountyF0 Craighead CountyF0 Mississippi County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5685590. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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