Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F1 tornado, Washington County, Arkansas, October 16, 1984
RatingF1
Deaths0
Injuries0
Length10 mi
Width200 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (35.98, -94.48) to the end point (36.10, -94.33), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- October 16, 1984, 3:30 AM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F1
- States
- Arkansas
- Counties
- Washington County
- Path
- 10 miles long, up to 200 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 0 injuries
Other tornadoes on October 16, 1984
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 16, 1984 | F2 | Arkansas | 22 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 3 |
| Oct 16, 1984 | F2 | Oklahoma | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 16, 1984 | F2 | Wisconsin | 17 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 3 |
| Oct 16, 1984 | F1 | Missouri | 4 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 16, 1984 | F1 | Arkansas | 15 mi | 200 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 16, 1984 | F1 | Missouri | 6 mi | 200 yd | 0 | 2 |
| Oct 16, 1984 | F1 | Missouri | 0.5 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 16, 1984 | F1 | Missouri | 1 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 16, 1984 | F1 | Missouri | 5 mi | 200 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 16, 1984 | F1 | Missouri | 1 mi | 77 yd | 0 | 3 |
| Oct 16, 1984 | F1 | Iowa | 1 mi | 27 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 16, 1984 | F1 | Tennessee | 0.5 mi | 50 yd | 1 | 2 |
| Oct 16, 1984 | F1 | Wisconsin | 0.5 mi | 20 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 16, 1984 | F0 | Kansas | 6 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.