Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F3 tornado, Poinsett County, Arkansas, September 26, 1959

RatingF3

Deaths0

Injuries21

Length35.2 mi

Width667 yd

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Map

Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (35.60, -90.30) to the end point (35.78, -89.73), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: September 26, 1959, 6:20 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F3
States: Arkansas, Tennessee
Counties: Poinsett County, Mississippi County, Lauderdale County
Path: 35.2 miles long, up to 667 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 21 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on September 26, 1959

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
Sep 26, 1959	F4	Missouri	7.8 mi	100 yd	0	0
Sep 26, 1959	F2	Missouri	5.4 mi	50 yd	0	0
Sep 26, 1959	F2	Illinois	3.3 mi	40 yd	0	0
Sep 26, 1959	F2	Illinois	4.9 mi	300 yd	1	0
Sep 26, 1959	F2	Illinois	12.9 mi	10 yd	0	0
Sep 26, 1959	F2	Illinois	1.9 mi	40 yd	0	0
Sep 26, 1959	F2	Illinois	5.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Sep 26, 1959	F2	Illinois	9.3 mi	10 yd	0	0
Sep 26, 1959	F2	Idaho	1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Sep 26, 1959	F2	Wisconsin	1.5 mi	33 yd	0	3
Sep 26, 1959	F1	Missouri	0.2 mi	10 yd	0	3
Sep 26, 1959	F1	Missouri	1.9 mi	50 yd	0	0
Sep 26, 1959	F1	Missouri	0.2 mi	10 yd	0	0
Sep 26, 1959	F1	Illinois	18.8 mi	10 yd	0	0
Sep 26, 1959	F1	Illinois	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Sep 26, 1959	F1	Illinois	3 mi	10 yd	0	0
Sep 26, 1959	F1	Illinois	12.1 mi	10 yd	0	14
Sep 26, 1959	F1	Wisconsin	19.4 mi	50 yd	0	2
Sep 26, 1959	F1	Illinois	0.3 mi	130 yd	0	0
Sep 26, 1959	F1	Illinois	3 mi	10 yd	0	0
Sep 26, 1959	F1	Indiana	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Sep 26, 1959	F0	Missouri	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0

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Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.