Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F2 tornado, Searcy County, Arkansas, March 12, 1961

RatingF2

Deaths0

Injuries2

Length18.8 mi

Width833 yd

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Map

Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (35.75, -92.85) to the end point (35.92, -92.58), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: March 12, 1961, 7:00 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F2
States: Arkansas
Counties: Searcy County
Path: 18.8 miles long, up to 833 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 2 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on March 12, 1961

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
Mar 12, 1961	F3	Arkansas	5.4 mi	100 yd	0	0
Mar 12, 1961	F3	Arkansas	5.1 mi	300 yd	0	12
Mar 12, 1961	F2	Arkansas	13.2 mi	200 yd	0	0
Mar 12, 1961	F2	Arkansas	1 mi	300 yd	0	14
Mar 12, 1961	F2	Kansas	2 mi	100 yd	0	0
Mar 12, 1961	F2	Arkansas	28.8 mi	17 yd	1	18
Mar 12, 1961	F2	Arkansas	19 mi	333 yd	0	4
Mar 12, 1961	F2	Arkansas	2 mi	417 yd	0	0
Mar 12, 1961	F2	Missouri	16.3 mi	50 yd	0	0
Mar 12, 1961	F2	Arkansas	2 mi	417 yd	0	0
Mar 12, 1961	F2	Arkansas	34.2 mi	417 yd	0	12
Mar 12, 1961	F2	Missouri	1.9 mi	50 yd	0	6
Mar 12, 1961	F2	Missouri	21.1 mi	150 yd	1	11
Mar 12, 1961	F1	Arkansas	3.3 mi	10 yd	0	0
Mar 12, 1961	F1	Missouri	7.8 mi	50 yd	0	4
Mar 12, 1961	F1	Arkansas	19.8 mi	250 yd	0	0
Mar 12, 1961	F1	Missouri	2.8 mi	50 yd	0	0
Mar 12, 1961	F1	Arkansas	2 mi	50 yd	0	0
Mar 12, 1961	F1	Missouri	5.6 mi	50 yd	0	1
Mar 12, 1961	F1	Arkansas	9.2 mi	333 yd	0	0
Mar 12, 1961	F1	Arkansas	0.1 mi	417 yd	0	0
Mar 12, 1961	F1	Arkansas	15.1 mi	417 yd	0	0
Mar 12, 1961	F0	Kansas	1 mi	100 yd	0	0

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