Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F1 tornado, Columbia County, Arkansas, May 18, 1981
RatingF1
Deaths0
Injuries1
Length19 mi
Width440 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (33.03, -93.08) to the end point (33.10, -92.77), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- May 18, 1981, 3:00 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F1
- States
- Arkansas
- Counties
- Columbia County, Union County
- Path
- 19 miles long, up to 440 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 1 injuries
Other tornadoes on May 18, 1981
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 1981 | F2 | Texas | 1 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 18, 1981 | F2 | Texas | 7.1 mi | 150 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 18, 1981 | F2 | Mississippi | 7.1 mi | 300 yd | 0 | 1 |
| May 18, 1981 | F2 | Kentucky | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 18, 1981 | F1 | Texas | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 18, 1981 | F1 | Alabama | 0.1 mi | 17 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 18, 1981 | F0 | Arkansas | 0.1 mi | 27 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 18, 1981 | F0 | Missouri | 0.5 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.