Tornado in Arkansas, January 11, 1998

Name: Tornado in Arkansas, January 11, 1998
Start: 1998-01-11T17:33
End: 1998-01-11T17:42
Location: Arkansas

January 11, 1998 · NWS SHV · 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 Shreveport radar (KSHV), 65 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:32 UTC.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Miller

When: January 11, 5:33 PM CST to 5:42 PM CST
Where: Miller County, Kiblah to 2 mi SE of Smithville
Rating: F0
Path length: 3.9 mi
Path width: 20 yd
Coordinates: 33.030, -93.900

Remnants of an HP supercell moved eastward as it made a transition into a fast moving squall line. A family of 6 weak tornadoes were produced across 2 states and 5 counties with this system. Damage consisted of numerous snapped and fallen small trees. The damage was in a wooded region away from any population with few structures present.

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, January 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: 5627793.