Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F0 tornado, Ouachita County, Arkansas, December 18, 2002

RatingF0

Deaths0

Injuries0

Length1.8 mi

Width30 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (33.62, -92.95) to the end point (33.65, -92.92), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: December 18, 2002, 5:42 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F0
States: Arkansas
Counties: Ouachita County
Path: 1.8 miles long, up to 30 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 0 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on December 18, 2002

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
Dec 18, 2002	F3	Arkansas	9.8 mi	150 yd	1	13
Dec 18, 2002	F2	Louisiana, Arkansas	20.2 mi	110 yd	0	0
Dec 18, 2002	F1	Missouri	1.5 mi	100 yd	0	0
Dec 18, 2002	F1	Missouri	9.5 mi	100 yd	1	7
Dec 18, 2002	F1	Missouri	1 mi	100 yd	0	0
Dec 18, 2002	F1	Missouri	11 mi	100 yd	0	2
Dec 18, 2002	F1	Arkansas	9.1 mi	100 yd	0	0
Dec 18, 2002	F1	Arkansas	9 mi	50 yd	0	0
Dec 18, 2002	F1	Arkansas	5 mi	100 yd	0	0
Dec 18, 2002	F1	Arkansas	4 mi	100 yd	0	0
Dec 18, 2002	F1	Louisiana	2.3 mi	80 yd	0	0
Dec 18, 2002	F1	Arkansas	8.8 mi	100 yd	0	0
Dec 18, 2002	F1	Arkansas	3.1 mi	125 yd	0	0
Dec 18, 2002	F1	Arkansas	0.8 mi	75 yd	0	2
Dec 18, 2002	F0	Kansas	0.5 mi	20 yd	0	0
Dec 18, 2002	F0	Kansas	0.5 mi	20 yd	0	0
Dec 18, 2002	F0	Missouri	0.5 mi	50 yd	0	0
Dec 18, 2002	F0	Missouri	10 mi	100 yd	0	0
Dec 18, 2002	F0	Arkansas	0.1 mi	25 yd	0	0
Dec 18, 2002	F0	Arkansas	4 mi	25 yd	0	0
Dec 18, 2002	F0	Arkansas	0.5 mi	25 yd	0	0
Dec 18, 2002	F0	Arkansas	1 mi	50 yd	0	0
Dec 18, 2002	F0	Arkansas	2.2 mi	30 yd	0	0
Dec 18, 2002	F0	Arkansas	5.5 mi	40 yd	0	0
Dec 18, 2002	F0	Arkansas	1.1 mi	25 yd	0	0
Dec 18, 2002	F0	Arkansas	1 mi	30 yd	0	0
Dec 18, 2002	F0	Arkansas	2 mi	75 yd	0	0
Dec 18, 2002	F0	Arkansas	5.7 mi	30 yd	0	0
Dec 18, 2002	F0	Arkansas	0.2 mi	20 yd	0	0
Dec 18, 2002	F0	Arkansas	5.1 mi	40 yd	0	0
Dec 18, 2002	F0	Arkansas	1.2 mi	25 yd	0	0
Dec 18, 2002	F0	Arkansas	0.3 mi	20 yd	0	0
Dec 18, 2002	F0	Arkansas	0.2 mi	25 yd	0	0
Dec 18, 2002	F0	Arkansas	3 mi	50 yd	0	0
Dec 18, 2002	F0	Arkansas	1.2 mi	40 yd	0	0
Dec 18, 2002	F0	Arkansas	1 mi	25 yd	0	0
Dec 18, 2002	F0	Arkansas	0.5 mi	25 yd	0	0
Dec 18, 2002	F0	Arkansas	0.2 mi	20 yd	0	0

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