Tornado, Marion
- When
- September 26, 7:05 AM CST to 7:10 AM CST
- Where
- Marion County, Bull Shoals
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Coordinates
- 36.380, -92.580
Tornado in Arkansas, September 26, 1996
An F1 tornado touched down briefly on the shoreline of Bull Shoals Lake. The tornado struck a marina, destroying much of the boat dock and damaging about 40 boats.
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.
An F1 tornado touched down briefly on the shoreline of Bull Shoals Lake. The tornado struck a marina, destroying much of the boat dock and damaging about 40 boats. Some trees near the marina were also knocked down.
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 120 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:06 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood in Oklahoma, September 26, 1996
- Tornado in Arkansas, September 26, 1996
- Tornado in Arkansas, September 26, 1996
- High Wind in Illinois, September 26, 1996
- Tornado in Missouri, September 26, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, September 26, 1996
- Tornado in Texas, September 26, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, September 26 to 27, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, September 26, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, September 26, 1996
- Flash Flood in Missouri, September 26, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, September 26, 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: 5574692.