Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F4 tornado, Sharp County, Arkansas, December 24, 1982

RatingF4

Deaths0

Injuries11

Length63 mi

Width440 yd

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Map

Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (36.18, -91.62) to the end point (37.08, -90.98), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: December 24, 1982, 5:00 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F4
States: Arkansas, Missouri
Counties: Sharp County, Fulton County, Oregon County, Carter County
Path: 63 miles long, up to 440 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 11 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on December 24, 1982

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
Dec 24, 1982	F3	Arkansas	16.5 mi	150 yd	1	7
Dec 24, 1982	F3	Arkansas	15 mi	300 yd	1	0
Dec 24, 1982	F2	Oklahoma	3 mi	100 yd	0	7
Dec 24, 1982	F2	Missouri	16 mi	100 yd	0	1
Dec 24, 1982	F2	Missouri	17 mi	200 yd	0	4
Dec 24, 1982	F2	Arkansas	0.5 mi	50 yd	0	0
Dec 24, 1982	F2	Missouri	33 mi	300 yd	1	2
Dec 24, 1982	F2	Arkansas	16 mi	200 yd	0	0
Dec 24, 1982	F2	Arkansas	7 mi	250 yd	0	0
Dec 24, 1982	F1	Missouri	1 mi	50 yd	0	0
Dec 24, 1982	F1	Arkansas	1.5 mi	40 yd	0	0
Dec 24, 1982	F1	Oklahoma	0.5 mi	50 yd	0	10
Dec 24, 1982	F1	Mississippi	0.7 mi	67 yd	0	0
Dec 24, 1982	F1	Arkansas	0.5 mi	30 yd	0	0
Dec 24, 1982	F1	Arkansas	8 mi	150 yd	0	0
Dec 24, 1982	F1	Missouri	0.5 mi	50 yd	0	0
Dec 24, 1982	F1	Arkansas	2.5 mi	200 yd	0	0
Dec 24, 1982	F1	Arkansas	0.3 mi	30 yd	0	0
Dec 24, 1982	F1	Arkansas	0.3 mi	100 yd	0	1
Dec 24, 1982	F1	Arkansas	1 mi	100 yd	0	0
Dec 24, 1982	F1	Arkansas	4 mi	50 yd	0	0
Dec 24, 1982	F1	Missouri	0.5 mi	50 yd	0	0
Dec 24, 1982	F0	Arkansas	0.5 mi	60 yd	0	0
Dec 24, 1982	F0	Arkansas	0.4 mi	20 yd	0	0
Dec 24, 1982	F0	Missouri	0.3 mi	50 yd	0	0
Dec 24, 1982	F0	Arkansas	3.5 mi	250 yd	0	0

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