Tornado, Johnson
- When
- September 15, 5:50 PM CST to 5:51 PM CST
- Where
- Johnson County, Hagarville
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Coordinates
- 35.520, -93.170
Tornado in Arkansas, September 15, 1996
A small F0 tornado touched down briefly in an open area near Hagarville. Damage consisted of only a few trees being blown down.
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
- None recorded
- 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.
A small F0 tornado touched down briefly in an open area near Hagarville. Damage consisted of only a few trees being blown down.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Tornado in Arkansas, September 15, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, September 15, 1996
- Flash Flood in Texas, September 15, 1996
- Flood in North Carolina, September 15 to 23, 1996
- Tornado in Texas, September 15, 1996
- Tornado in Arkansas, September 15, 1996
- Tornado in Texas, September 15, 1996
- Flash Flood in Texas, September 15, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, September 15, 1996
More
Every storm in Arkansas in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Arkansas, 1996Warnings in Arkansas, September 1996
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: 5574711.