Tornado in Arkansas, April 21, 1996

Deaths

2

Injuries

6

Property damage

$1.0 million

Crop damage

None recorded

Events

1

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.

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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.

• Tornadoes in Arkansas, April 21, 19962 deaths · 89 injured · $300 million · F3 · 2 events
• Tornado in Arkansas, April 21, 19962 injured · $500,000 · F2 · 1 event
• Tornado in Oklahoma, April 21, 19969 injured · $750,000 · F0 · 1 event
• Hail in Kansas, April 21, 1996$1.0 million · 2.75 in hail · 1 event
• Tornado in Oklahoma, April 21, 1996$280,000 · F1 · 1 event
• Hail in Texas, April 21, 1996$500,000 · 4.5 in hail · 1 event
• Tornado in Oklahoma, April 21, 1996$150,000 · F1 · 1 event
• Hail in Texas, April 21, 1996$380,000 · 1.75 in hail · 1 event
• Tornado in Oklahoma, April 21, 1996$100,000 · F1 · 1 event
• Hail in Texas, April 21, 1996$300,000 · 4.5 in hail · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Texas, April 21, 19961 injured · $200,000 · 1 event
• Tornado in Oklahoma, April 21, 1996$50,000 · F1 · 1 event

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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: 5562706.