Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F2 tornado, Franklin County, Arkansas, April 21, 1996

RatingF2

Deaths0

Injuries2

Length3 mi

Width400 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (35.62, -94.03) to the end point (35.65, -94.00), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: April 21, 1996, 10:55 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F2
States: Arkansas
Counties: Franklin County
Path: 3 miles long, up to 400 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 2 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on April 21, 1996

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
Apr 21, 1996	F3	Arkansas, Oklahoma	10.1 mi	1,050 yd	2	89
Apr 21, 1996	F3	Arkansas	15 mi	1,050 yd	2	6
Apr 21, 1996	F1	Oklahoma	0.5 mi	50 yd	0	0
Apr 21, 1996	F1	Oklahoma	4.5 mi	150 yd	0	0
Apr 21, 1996	F1	Oklahoma	0.5 mi	100 yd	0	0
Apr 21, 1996	F1	Oklahoma	3 mi	150 yd	0	0
Apr 21, 1996	F1	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	25 yd	0	0
Apr 21, 1996	F1	Oklahoma	5 mi	100 yd	0	0
Apr 21, 1996	F1	Oklahoma	1 mi	75 yd	0	0
Apr 21, 1996	F0	Oklahoma	2 mi	100 yd	0	0
Apr 21, 1996	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	25 yd	0	0
Apr 21, 1996	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	25 yd	0	0
Apr 21, 1996	F0	Oklahoma	2.5 mi	500 yd	0	0
Apr 21, 1996	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	25 yd	0	0
Apr 21, 1996	F0	Oklahoma	1 mi	100 yd	0	0
Apr 21, 1996	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	25 yd	0	0
Apr 21, 1996	F0	Oklahoma	0.5 mi	50 yd	0	0
Apr 21, 1996	F0	Oklahoma	0.5 mi	50 yd	0	0
Apr 21, 1996	F0	Texas	0.1 mi	20 yd	0	0
Apr 21, 1996	F0	Texas	0.1 mi	20 yd	0	0
Apr 21, 1996	F0	Texas	2 mi	30 yd	0	0
Apr 21, 1996	F0	Texas	2 mi	30 yd	0	0
Apr 21, 1996	F0	Oklahoma	3 mi	100 yd	0	9
Apr 21, 1996	F0	Texas	0.1 mi	20 yd	0	0
Apr 21, 1996	F0	Texas	1 mi	25 yd	0	0
Apr 21, 1996	F0	Texas	0.1 mi	20 yd	0	0
Apr 21, 1996	F0	Texas	1 mi	20 yd	0	0
Apr 21, 1996	F0	Texas	2 mi	30 yd	0	0
Apr 21, 1996	F0	Missouri	2 mi	70 yd	0	0
Apr 21, 1996	F0	Texas	2 mi	30 yd	0	0

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