Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F3 tornado, Independence County, Arkansas, April 19, 1973

RatingF3

Deaths0

Injuries18

Length1 mi

Width500 yd

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Map

Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (35.75, -91.63) to the end point (35.75, -91.63), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: April 19, 1973, 11:15 AM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F3
States: Arkansas
Counties: Independence County
Path: 1 miles long, up to 500 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 18 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on April 19, 1973

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Injuries
Apr 19, 1973	F4	Missouri	10 mi	880 yd	5
Apr 19, 1973	F2	Kansas	4.6 mi	100 yd	0
Apr 19, 1973	F2	Arkansas	1 mi	100 yd	0
Apr 19, 1973	F2	Missouri	2.5 mi	10 yd	0
Apr 19, 1973	F2	Kentucky	35.4 mi	10 yd	0
Apr 19, 1973	F2	South Dakota	20.1 mi	200 yd	2
Apr 19, 1973	F2	Arkansas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
Apr 19, 1973	F2	Kentucky	9.1 mi	10 yd	0
Apr 19, 1973	F2	Kentucky	0.5 mi	10 yd	0
Apr 19, 1973	F2	Missouri	5.9 mi	50 yd	0
Apr 19, 1973	F2	South Dakota	4.9 mi	27 yd	0
Apr 19, 1973	F2	Illinois	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
Apr 19, 1973	F2	Missouri	1 mi	50 yd	0
Apr 19, 1973	F2	Iowa	2 mi	400 yd	0
Apr 19, 1973	F2	Oklahoma	2 mi	83 yd	4
Apr 19, 1973	F2	Kansas	0.2 mi	100 yd	0
Apr 19, 1973	F2	Oklahoma	16.8 mi	250 yd	2
Apr 19, 1973	F1	Arkansas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
Apr 19, 1973	F1	Tennessee	1 mi	100 yd	0
Apr 19, 1973	F1	Arkansas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
Apr 19, 1973	F1	Tennessee	0.1 mi	100 yd	0
Apr 19, 1973	F1	Tennessee	0.1 mi	50 yd	1
Apr 19, 1973	F1	Iowa	1 mi	50 yd	0
Apr 19, 1973	F1	Kentucky	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
Apr 19, 1973	F1	Arkansas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
Apr 19, 1973	F1	Iowa	1 mi	300 yd	0
Apr 19, 1973	F1	South Dakota	1 mi	10 yd	0
Apr 19, 1973	F1	South Dakota	2 mi	27 yd	0
Apr 19, 1973	F1	South Dakota	6.4 mi	20 yd	0
Apr 19, 1973	F1	Iowa	2.7 mi	300 yd	0
Apr 19, 1973	F1	Iowa	1 mi	200 yd	0
Apr 19, 1973	F0	North Dakota	0.1 mi	10 yd	0

Nearby

Tornado history nearby

Independence County

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