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F0 tornado in Lawrence County, Arkansas

Tornado January 21, 1999 · Lawrence County, Arkansas

F0
Rating
31.0 mi
Whole path
25 yd
Path width
$10K
Damage as recorded

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 25 yards (0.01 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F0 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F0 meant light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken; the scale paired it with winds of 40–72 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

The tornado moved into Lawrence county from Jackson county. Several trees were knocked down by the tornado.

Began near Saffell (35.8700, -91.2500).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F4 Clay CountyF3 St. Francis CountyF2 Clay CountyF1 Greene 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 5685747. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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