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F2 tornado in Pulaski County, Arkansas

Tornado January 21, 1999 · Pulaski County, Arkansas

F2
Rating
15.0 mi
Whole path
400 yd
Path width
6
Injuries

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 400 yards (0.23 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.

The wider storm

A strong tornado was spawned in southeast Pulaski County...or southeast of a dissipating tornado that moved through Little Rock. This new tornado developed about 7 miles southeast of the downtown area...and damaged a sprinkler system used for farming near the intersection of Highways 165 and 391. Farther northeast, the tornado destroyed a storage building and blew down some trees along Highway 70 about 1 to 2 miles east of Highway 391. The tornado then knocked at least four 18-wheelers over on Interstate 40 near Galloway before heading into Lonoke County.

Began near Little Rock (34.6700, -92.2000).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5685652. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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