Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F2 tornado, Van Buren County, Arkansas, June 28, 1979

RatingF2

Deaths0

Injuries0

Length11 mi

Width50 yd

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Map

Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (35.62, -92.58) to the end point (35.47, -92.52), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: June 28, 1979, 6:45 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F2
States: Arkansas
Counties: Van Buren County
Path: 11 miles long, up to 50 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 0 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on June 28, 1979

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
Jun 28, 1979	F4	Iowa	14.9 mi	33 yd	3	26
Jun 28, 1979	F3	Iowa	15.9 mi	300 yd	2	34
Jun 28, 1979	F2	Iowa	7.2 mi	350 yd	0	10
Jun 28, 1979	F2	Iowa	1 mi	177 yd	0	0
Jun 28, 1979	F2	Arkansas	0.8 mi	77 yd	0	0
Jun 28, 1979	F1	North Dakota	3.3 mi	100 yd	0	0
Jun 28, 1979	F1	Minnesota	2.5 mi	30 yd	0	0
Jun 28, 1979	F1	Minnesota	5.4 mi	10 yd	0	0
Jun 28, 1979	F1	Minnesota	0.5 mi	100 yd	0	1
Jun 28, 1979	F1	Minnesota	9.2 mi	100 yd	0	0
Jun 28, 1979	F1	Minnesota	9 mi	567 yd	0	0
Jun 28, 1979	F1	Minnesota	4.1 mi	30 yd	0	0
Jun 28, 1979	F1	Minnesota	0.2 mi	30 yd	0	0
Jun 28, 1979	F1	Minnesota	0.3 mi	200 yd	0	0
Jun 28, 1979	F1	Iowa	2.3 mi	40 yd	0	0
Jun 28, 1979	F1	Minnesota	5.6 mi	30 yd	0	0
Jun 28, 1979	F1	Minnesota	2.3 mi	60 yd	0	0
Jun 28, 1979	F1	Minnesota	0.1 mi	17 yd	0	0
Jun 28, 1979	F1	Minnesota	5.6 mi	20 yd	0	0
Jun 28, 1979	F1	Iowa	3.6 mi	33 yd	0	0
Jun 28, 1979	F1	Iowa	20.3 mi	300 yd	0	0
Jun 28, 1979	F1	Colorado	1 mi	50 yd	0	0
Jun 28, 1979	F1	Wyoming	2 mi	300 yd	0	0
Jun 28, 1979	F1	Wyoming	1 mi	200 yd	0	0
Jun 28, 1979	F1	Minnesota	0.2 mi	33 yd	0	0
Jun 28, 1979	F1	Colorado	0.5 mi	27 yd	0	0
Jun 28, 1979	F1	Iowa	12.9 mi	40 yd	0	0
Jun 28, 1979	F1	Colorado	0.5 mi	27 yd	0	0
Jun 28, 1979	F0	North Dakota	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Jun 28, 1979	F0	Minnesota	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Jun 28, 1979	F0	Colorado	0.3 mi	27 yd	0	0
Jun 28, 1979	F0	Iowa	0.5 mi	30 yd	0	0
Jun 28, 1979	F0	Iowa	0.5 mi	40 yd	0	0
Jun 28, 1979	F0	Wyoming	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Jun 28, 1979	F0	Wyoming	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Jun 28, 1979	F0	Wyoming	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Jun 28, 1979	F0	Minnesota	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0

Nearby

Tornado history nearby

Van Buren County

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