Tornadoes in Arkansas, November 15, 1955

Name: Tornadoes in Arkansas, November 15, 1955
Start: 1955-11-15T12:00
End: 1955-11-15T19:30
Location: Arkansas

November 15, 1955 · 9 events in 6 counties and zones

9 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
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The toll

Deaths: 1
Injuries: 14
Property damage: $1.5 million
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 9

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

9 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Madison

When: November 15, 12:00 PM CST
Where: Madison County
Rating: F1
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $250
Coordinates: 35.900, -93.670

Tornado, Cleburne

When: November 15, 3:17 PM CST
Where: Cleburne County
Rating: F3
Path length: 14.3 mi
Path width: 133 yd
Injuries: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 35.480, -92.030

Tornado, Perry

When: November 15, 3:26 PM CST
Where: Perry County
Rating: F2
Path length: 1.5 mi
Path width: 73 yd
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 35.030, -93.050

Tornado, Independence

When: November 15, 3:30 PM CST
Where: Independence County
Rating: F3
Path length: 3.3 mi
Path width: 133 yd
Deaths: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 3 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 35.570, -91.800

Tornado, Independence

When: November 15, 3:35 PM CST
Where: Independence County
Rating: F3
Path length: 7.2 mi
Path width: 133 yd
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 35.600, -91.750

Tornado, Independence

When: November 15, 3:40 PM CST
Where: Independence County
Rating: F3
Path length: 11.7 mi
Path width: 133 yd
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 35.670, -91.650

Tornado, Cleburne

When: November 15, 5:00 PM CST
Where: Cleburne County
Rating: F3
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 35.430, -92.080

Tornado, Lawrence

When: November 15, 6:05 PM CST
Where: Lawrence County
Rating: F3
Path length: 3.8 mi
Path width: 880 yd
Injuries: 9 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 35.900, -91.080

Tornado, Washington

When: November 15, 7:30 PM CST
Where: Washington County
Rating: F2
Path length: 15 mi
Path width: 220 yd
Injuries: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 36.050, -94.000

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

Event	Date	Age	Sex	Where	Kind
Tornado, Independence	1955-11-15				Direct

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.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Arkansas in 1955 Every state in 1955 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Arkansas, 1955

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: 9983067, 9983068, 9983069, 9983070, 9983071, 9983072, 9983073, 9983074, 9983075.