Tornado in Arkansas, April 15, 1998

Name: Tornado in Arkansas, April 15, 1998
Start: 1998-04-15T20:45
End: 1998-04-15T20:46
Location: Arkansas

April 15, 1998 · 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: 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.

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 85 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:46 UTC.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Van Buren

When: April 15, 8:45 PM CST to 8:46 PM CST
Where: Van Buren County, Clinton to 1 mi NE of Clinton
Rating: F0
Path length: 2 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Coordinates: 35.580, -92.480

An F0 tornado touched downed about one half mile west of Clinton on Highway 16. A tree fell on a house with some roof damage noted. More trees were knocked down about 100 yards farther east, with some shingle damage to an outbuilding. About a mile northeast of the initial damage, a tree fell across a power line and blocked Highway 16. About a mile farther northeast, a large tree limb was found in the driveway of a home, with tree tops removed near the home. The damage was consistent with an F0 rating.

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

Every storm in Arkansas in 1998 Every state in 1998 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Arkansas, 1998 Warnings in Arkansas, April 1998

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: 5640973.