Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F2 tornado, Hempstead County, Arkansas, December 21, 1967

RatingF2

Deaths0

Injuries0

Length2 mi

Width417 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (33.67, -93.60) to the end point (33.67, -93.60), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: December 21, 1967, 9:30 AM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F2
States: Arkansas
Counties: Hempstead County
Path: 2 miles long, up to 417 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 0 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on December 21, 1967

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
Dec 21, 1967	F4	Missouri	27.9 mi	200 yd	3	52
Dec 21, 1967	F3	Texas	0.1 mi	33 yd	0	0
Dec 21, 1967	F3	Missouri, Illinois	29.8 mi	400 yd	0	15
Dec 21, 1967	F3	Indiana	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Dec 21, 1967	F3	Indiana	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	1
Dec 21, 1967	F2	Missouri	1.5 mi	50 yd	0	1
Dec 21, 1967	F2	Arkansas	3.8 mi	833 yd	0	6
Dec 21, 1967	F2	Missouri	1.9 mi	50 yd	0	0
Dec 21, 1967	F2	Texas	0.2 mi	37 yd	0	0
Dec 21, 1967	F2	Illinois	1 mi	50 yd	0	0
Dec 21, 1967	F2	Indiana	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	2
Dec 21, 1967	F2	Mississippi	0.1 mi	10 yd	1	1
Dec 21, 1967	F1	Illinois	1.5 mi	127 yd	0	0
Dec 21, 1967	F1	Texas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Dec 21, 1967	F1	Missouri	0.2 mi	17 yd	0	0
Dec 21, 1967	F1	Alabama	12.6 mi	10 yd	0	1
Dec 21, 1967	F0	Texas	0.1 mi	33 yd	0	0
Dec 21, 1967	F0	Indiana	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0

Nearby

Tornado history nearby

Hempstead County

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