Tornado in Arkansas, May 27, 1997

Name: Tornado in Arkansas, May 27, 1997
Start: 1997-05-27T01:45
End: 1997-05-27T01:50
Location: Arkansas

May 27, 1997 · NWS LZK · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $200,000
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.

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 9 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:42 UTC.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Pulaski

When: May 27, 1:45 AM CST to 1:50 AM CST
Where: Pulaski County, Jacksonville to 4 mi of Jacksonville
Measured: 1
Rating: F1
Path length: 4 mi
Path width: 50 yd
Property damage: $200,000
Coordinates: 34.870, -92.170

An F1 tornado touched down about 4 miles west of Jacksonville. The tornado first damaged the roof of a building 1.5 miles east of Highway 107. Several trees were also blown down in the same area. The tornado lifted several times as it moved eastward towards Highway 167, downing a number of trees and power poles. The tornado then moved into the City of Jacksonville where several buildings sustained roof damage. One store in a local mall suffered heavy structural damage. The tornado later lifted about a half mile east of Highway 167.

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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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: 5603250.