Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F2 tornado, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, March 17, 1965

RatingF2

Deaths0

Injuries0

Length1 mi

Width200 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (34.42, -92.82) to the end point (34.42, -92.82), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: March 17, 1965, 12:15 AM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F2
States: Arkansas
Counties: Hot Spring County
Path: 1 miles long, up to 200 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 0 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on March 17, 1965

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
Mar 17, 1965	F3	Mississippi	14.7 mi	400 yd	0	10
Mar 17, 1965	F3	Mississippi	8.5 mi	230 yd	0	1
Mar 17, 1965	F3	Alabama	29.8 mi	10 yd	0	22
Mar 17, 1965	F3	North Carolina	41.3 mi	100 yd	2	85
Mar 17, 1965	F2	Mississippi	0.5 mi	200 yd	0	0
Mar 17, 1965	F2	Tennessee	2 mi	50 yd	0	0
Mar 17, 1965	F1	Tennessee	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Mar 17, 1965	F1	Tennessee	1 mi	33 yd	0	1
Mar 17, 1965	F1	Tennessee	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Mar 17, 1965	F1	Tennessee	2 mi	73 yd	0	2
Mar 17, 1965	F1	Tennessee	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Mar 17, 1965	F1	Tennessee	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Mar 17, 1965	F1	Ohio	5.2 mi	30 yd	0	0
Mar 17, 1965	F0	South Carolina	1 mi	30 yd	0	0

Nearby

Tornado history nearby

Hot Spring County

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