Tornado, Washington
- When
- June 11, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 29.6 mi
- Path width
- 250 yd
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 44 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 35.930, -94.520
Tornadoes in Arkansas, June 11, 1970
2 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 1
- Injuries
- 44
- Property damage
- $5.0 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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
2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Benton
- When
- June 11, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Benton County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 15.2 mi
- Path width
- 250 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 36.200, -94.100
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, Washington | 1970-06-11 | 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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, June 11, 1970
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 11, 1970
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, June 11, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 11, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Maine, June 11, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, June 11, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 11, 1970
- Damaging Wind in New York, June 11, 1970
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, June 11, 1970
- Hail in Utah, June 11, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, June 11, 1970
- Tornado in North Dakota, June 11, 1970
More
Every storm in Arkansas in 1970Every state in 1970This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Arkansas, 1970
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: 9981033, 9981034.