Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F1 tornado, Saline County, Arkansas, December 23, 1982

RatingF1

Deaths0

Injuries0

Length11 mi

Width400 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (34.78, -93.00) to the end point (34.82, -92.78), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: December 23, 1982, 11:30 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F1
States: Arkansas
Counties: Saline County
Path: 11 miles long, up to 400 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 0 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on December 23, 1982

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Injuries
Dec 23, 1982	F3	Arkansas	20 mi	400 yd	29
Dec 23, 1982	F3	Arkansas	14 mi	500 yd	0
Dec 23, 1982	F2	Texas, Arkansas	25 mi	123 yd	0
Dec 23, 1982	F2	Arkansas	4 mi	100 yd	0
Dec 23, 1982	F2	Arkansas	0.5 mi	100 yd	0
Dec 23, 1982	F2	Arkansas	16 mi	77 yd	7
Dec 23, 1982	F2	Arkansas	0.6 mi	80 yd	0
Dec 23, 1982	F2	Oklahoma	3 mi	100 yd	1
Dec 23, 1982	F1	Arkansas	1 mi	150 yd	1
Dec 23, 1982	F1	Arkansas	9.5 mi	150 yd	1
Dec 23, 1982	F1	Missouri	0.5 mi	50 yd	0
Dec 23, 1982	F1	Arkansas	9 mi	250 yd	0
Dec 23, 1982	F1	Oklahoma	0.5 mi	50 yd	0
Dec 23, 1982	F0	Arkansas	0.1 mi	40 yd	0

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