Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F3 tornado, White County, Arkansas, January 21, 1999

RatingF3

Deaths0

Injuries2

Length19 mi

Width700 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (35.43, -91.73) to the end point (35.63, -91.50), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: January 21, 1999, 4:38 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F3
States: Arkansas
Counties: White County, Independence County
Path: 19 miles long, up to 700 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 2 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on January 21, 1999

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
Jan 21, 1999	F4	Arkansas	16 mi	400 yd	0	0
Jan 21, 1999	F3	Arkansas	11 mi	500 yd	0	0
Jan 21, 1999	F3	Arkansas	16 mi	200 yd	0	9
Jan 21, 1999	F3	Arkansas	31 mi	n/a	0	0
Jan 21, 1999	F3	Arkansas	11 mi	400 yd	0	0
Jan 21, 1999	F3	Arkansas	39 mi	417 yd	0	0
Jan 21, 1999	F3	Arkansas	39 mi	417 yd	3	72
Jan 21, 1999	F3	Arkansas	8 mi	1,000 yd	2	29
Jan 21, 1999	F3	Louisiana	22 mi	n/a	0	0
Jan 21, 1999	F2	Arkansas	8 mi	250 yd	0	7
Jan 21, 1999	F2	Arkansas	16 mi	n/a	2	2
Jan 21, 1999	F2	Arkansas	20 mi	500 yd	0	3
Jan 21, 1999	F2	Arkansas	10 mi	300 yd	0	0
Jan 21, 1999	F2	Arkansas	7 mi	250 yd	0	0
Jan 21, 1999	F2	Arkansas	11 mi	350 yd	1	3
Jan 21, 1999	F2	Illinois	8 mi	300 yd	0	0
Jan 21, 1999	F2	Arkansas	15 mi	400 yd	0	6
Jan 21, 1999	F2	Arkansas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Jan 21, 1999	F2	Arkansas	7 mi	100 yd	0	0
Jan 21, 1999	F2	Arkansas	7 mi	400 yd	0	0
Jan 21, 1999	F2	Louisiana	2 mi	400 yd	0	1
Jan 21, 1999	F2	Arkansas	21.1 mi	50 yd	0	0
Jan 21, 1999	F2	Mississippi	15 mi	100 yd	0	0
Jan 21, 1999	F1	Mississippi	2 mi	100 yd	0	0
Jan 21, 1999	F1	Arkansas	11.1 mi	n/a	0	0
Jan 21, 1999	F1	Mississippi	2 mi	n/a	0	0
Jan 21, 1999	F1	Arkansas	7 mi	100 yd	0	0
Jan 21, 1999	F1	Arkansas	4 mi	50 yd	0	0
Jan 21, 1999	F1	Arkansas	16 mi	n/a	0	0
Jan 21, 1999	F1	Arkansas	14 mi	200 yd	0	4
Jan 21, 1999	F1	Arkansas	16 mi	n/a	0	0
Jan 21, 1999	F1	Arkansas	2 mi	100 yd	0	0
Jan 21, 1999	F1	Arkansas	4 mi	100 yd	0	0
Jan 21, 1999	F1	Arkansas	1 mi	100 yd	0	0
Jan 21, 1999	F1	Missouri	0.8 mi	40 yd	0	0
Jan 21, 1999	F1	Arkansas	1 mi	n/a	0	0
Jan 21, 1999	F1	Arkansas	1 mi	n/a	0	0
Jan 21, 1999	F1	Arkansas	10 mi	117 yd	0	0
Jan 21, 1999	F1	Louisiana, Arkansas	27 mi	200 yd	0	0
Jan 21, 1999	F1	Arkansas	2 mi	200 yd	0	1
Jan 21, 1999	F1	Arkansas	9 mi	100 yd	0	3
Jan 21, 1999	F1	Louisiana	1 mi	50 yd	0	0
Jan 21, 1999	F1	Missouri	1.7 mi	n/a	0	0
Jan 21, 1999	F1	Louisiana, Mississippi	16 mi	50 yd	0	0
Jan 21, 1999	F1	Mississippi	3 mi	50 yd	0	0
Jan 21, 1999	F1	Missouri	0.5 mi	80 yd	0	0
Jan 21, 1999	F1	Missouri	0.5 mi	30 yd	0	0
Jan 21, 1999	F0	Arkansas	4 mi	n/a	0	0
Jan 21, 1999	F0	Arkansas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Jan 21, 1999	F0	Arkansas	12 mi	50 yd	0	0
Jan 21, 1999	F0	Missouri	0.8 mi	40 yd	0	0
Jan 21, 1999	F0	Arkansas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Jan 21, 1999	F0	Arkansas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Jan 21, 1999	F0	Missouri	0.3 mi	30 yd	0	0
Jan 21, 1999	F0	Missouri	0.3 mi	30 yd	0	0
Jan 21, 1999	F0	Missouri	0.2 mi	30 yd	0	0
Jan 21, 1999	F0	Arkansas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Jan 21, 1999	F0	Missouri	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Jan 21, 1999	F0	Arkansas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Jan 21, 1999	F0	Arkansas	4 mi	n/a	0	0

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