Tornado, Stone
- When
- March 14, 12:30 AM CST
- Where
- Stone County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 36.2 mi
- Path width
- 333 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 35.880, -92.230
Tornadoes in Arkansas, March 14, 1953
4 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 7
- Property damage
- $505,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
4 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Logan
- When
- March 14, 12:30 AM CST
- Where
- Logan County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 40.1 mi
- Path width
- 880 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 35.220, -93.950
Tornado, Yell
- When
- March 14, 1:30 AM CST
- Where
- Yell County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 2.7 mi
- Path width
- 880 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 35.280, -93.280
Tornado, Pope
- When
- March 14, 1:35 AM CST
- Where
- Pope County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 9.5 mi
- Path width
- 880 yd
- Injuries
- 7 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 35.320, -93.250
What these are
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 9983040, 9983041, 9983042, 9983043.