Tornado, Dallas
- When
- May 27, 2:15 PM CST to 2:40 PM CST
- Where
- Dallas County, Dalark to 1 mi SE of Tulip
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 15 mi
- Path width
- 440 yd
- Property damage
- $130,000
- Coordinates
- 34.020, -92.900
Tornado in Arkansas, May 27, 1996
The Clark County tornado moved into Dallas County about a mile south-southwest of Dalark at 315 pm CDT. The storm travelled east-northeastward and struck the town of Manning around 330 pm CDT.
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
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $130,000
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS LZK wrote it up.
The Clark County tornado moved into Dallas County about a mile south-southwest of Dalark at 315 pm CDT. The storm travelled east-northeastward and struck the town of Manning around 330 pm CDT. 16 homes in Manning were either damaged or destroyed, half of which were mobile homes. The storm continued moving northeastward and lifted 2 miles southeast of Tulip around 340 pm CDT. Damage along the remainder of the storm's path consisted of downed trees and power lines. Initial estimates place the amount of damage at around $130,000.
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 108 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:15 UTC.
Event by event
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
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The same day elsewhere
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- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 27, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Tennessee, May 27, 1996
- Flood in Nebraska, May 27 to 29, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, May 27, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, May 27, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 27, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 27, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 27, 1996
- Tornado in Iowa, May 27, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 27, 1996
More
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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: 5554187.