Tornado, Saline
- When
- September 26, 2:45 PM CST to 2:50 PM CST
- Where
- Saline County, Traskwood to 2 mi N of Traskwood
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Coordinates
- 34.450, -92.680
Tornado in Arkansas, September 26, 1996
The Hot Spring County tornado moved into Saline County 1 1/2 miles west of Traskwood at 345 pm CDT. The tornado continued moving northeastward before lifting about 1 mile north of Traskwood.
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
- $100,000
- 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 Hot Spring County tornado moved into Saline County 1 1/2 miles west of Traskwood at 345 pm CDT. The tornado continued moving northeastward before lifting about 1 mile north of Traskwood. Several buildings sustained damage and a number of trees were also knocked down. Damage along the track of the tornado was consistent with an F2 rating.
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
- Flash Flood in Oklahoma, September 26, 1996
- Tornado in Arkansas, September 26, 1996
- High Wind in Illinois, September 26, 1996
- Tornado in Missouri, September 26, 1996
- Tornado in Arkansas, 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: 5574715.