Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F1 tornado, Stone County, Arkansas, April 11, 1979

RatingF1

Deaths0

Injuries0

Length8.7 mi

Width150 yd

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Map

Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (35.78, -92.30) to the end point (35.87, -92.18), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: April 11, 1979, 8:42 AM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F1
States: Arkansas
Counties: Stone County
Path: 8.7 miles long, up to 150 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 0 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on April 11, 1979

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
Apr 11, 1979	F3	Missouri	35.4 mi	400 yd	0	9
Apr 11, 1979	F2	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Apr 11, 1979	F2	Arkansas	5.4 mi	200 yd	0	0
Apr 11, 1979	F2	Arkansas	11.1 mi	200 yd	0	4
Apr 11, 1979	F2	Texas	13.3 mi	150 yd	0	0
Apr 11, 1979	F2	Texas	8.3 mi	150 yd	0	0
Apr 11, 1979	F2	Oklahoma, Arkansas	42 mi	440 yd	0	20
Apr 11, 1979	F2	Arkansas	0.5 mi	200 yd	0	0
Apr 11, 1979	F2	Arkansas	3 mi	440 yd	0	0
Apr 11, 1979	F2	Arkansas	40.3 mi	250 yd	0	0
Apr 11, 1979	F2	Arkansas	10.4 mi	200 yd	0	0
Apr 11, 1979	F2	Arkansas	2 mi	200 yd	0	0
Apr 11, 1979	F2	Arkansas	3.6 mi	100 yd	0	0
Apr 11, 1979	F2	Missouri	20.1 mi	100 yd	0	9
Apr 11, 1979	F2	Kentucky	36 mi	200 yd	0	5
Apr 11, 1979	F2	Indiana	10 mi	10 yd	1	2
Apr 11, 1979	F1	Oklahoma	3 mi	50 yd	0	0
Apr 11, 1979	F1	Texas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Apr 11, 1979	F1	Texas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Apr 11, 1979	F1	Louisiana	2 mi	100 yd	0	0
Apr 11, 1979	F1	Kansas	0.1 mi	33 yd	0	0
Apr 11, 1979	F1	Missouri	2.7 mi	100 yd	0	2
Apr 11, 1979	F1	Arkansas	0.5 mi	100 yd	0	0
Apr 11, 1979	F1	Arkansas	6.5 mi	100 yd	0	0
Apr 11, 1979	F1	Kansas	4.1 mi	30 yd	0	1
Apr 11, 1979	F1	Missouri	8.5 mi	100 yd	0	0
Apr 11, 1979	F1	Nebraska	0.5 mi	10 yd	0	0
Apr 11, 1979	F1	Mississippi	0.5 mi	100 yd	0	0
Apr 11, 1979	F1	Alabama	0.5 mi	20 yd	0	1
Apr 11, 1979	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Apr 11, 1979	F0	Missouri	0.1 mi	50 yd	0	0
Apr 11, 1979	F0	Idaho	1 mi	17 yd	0	0
Apr 11, 1979	F0	Tennessee	0.3 mi	33 yd	0	0

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