What the record says
On 21 January 1999, a tornado touched down near Beebe, Arkansas. The Storm Prediction Center records its path as 8 miles long and up to 1,000 yards wide, rated F3 on the Fujita (F) scale. It killed 2 people and injured 29.
- F3Fujita rating
- 2deaths
- 29injuries
- 8 mipath length
- 1,000 ydmaximum width
It has its own page because it was rated 3 and killed at least one person.
This page gives the official record's figures. Numbers of deaths and injuries are sometimes revised after a survey, and they cannot convey what the day was like for the people who lived through it.
Counties it crossed
The start point was at 35.05, -91.92 and the end point at 35.13, -91.80 (latitude, longitude).
How to read this path
The Storm Prediction Center records most tornadoes as a straight line from the point where they touched down to the point where they lifted. The real path usually curved and was not the same width all the way along. The width given is the widest part. Older records are less precise, and the record starts in 1950.
Source: the NOAA Storm Prediction Center database, public domain.
Other notable tornadoes in Arkansas
- Searcy, Arkansas tornado21 March 1952, F4, 50 deaths, 325 injuries, 14.6 miles long
- Jonesboro, Arkansas tornado15 May 1968, F4, 35 deaths, 364 injuries, 20.9 miles long
- Cotton Plant, Arkansas tornado21 March 1952, F4, 29 deaths, 180 injuries, 13.1 miles long
- Maumelle, Arkansas tornado27 April 2014, EF4, 16 deaths, 193 injuries, 41.1 miles long
- Greenwood, Arkansas tornado19 April 1968, F4, 14 deaths, 270 injuries, 2 miles long
- Casa, Arkansas tornado5 February 2008, EF4, 13 deaths, 139 injuries, 121.8 miles long
Other notable tornadoes of 1999
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma tornado3 May 1999, F5, 36 deaths, 583 injuries, 37 miles long
- Shreveport, Louisiana tornado3 April 1999, F4, 7 deaths, 102 injuries, 19.3 miles long
- Wichita, Kansas tornado3 May 1999, F4, 6 deaths, 150 injuries, 24 miles long
- Jackson, Tennessee tornado17 January 1999, F4, 6 deaths, 106 injuries, 16 miles long
- Mason, Ohio tornado9 April 1999, F4, 4 deaths, 65 injuries, 10 miles long
All tornadoes of 1999 · Arkansas tornado history · All notable tornadoes