Tornado, Monroe
- When
- November 10, 5:30 AM CST to 5:35 AM CST
- Where
- Monroe County, Monroe to 6 mi WNW of Monroe
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 4.6 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 34.700, -91.180
Tornado in Arkansas, November 10, 1998
A weak tornado was spawned southwest of Monroe. The tornado moved quickly northeast and destroyed two mobile homes and two sheds.
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.
A weak tornado was spawned southwest of Monroe. The tornado moved quickly northeast and destroyed two mobile homes and two sheds. Five homes and two barns were also damaged. Several power poles and trees were downed. The tornado dissipated just northwest of Monroe.
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 100 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:28 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
- High Wind in Wisconsin, November 10 to 11, 1998
- Tornado in Missouri, November 10, 1998
- High Wind in Kentucky, November 10, 1998
- High Wind in Iowa, November 10, 1998
- High Wind in Wisconsin, November 10, 1998
- High Wind in Wisconsin, November 10, 1998
- Tornado and High Wind in Michigan, November 10 to 11, 1998
- High Wind in Michigan, November 10 to 11, 1998
- High Wind in Iowa, November 10, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, November 10, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, November 10, 1998
- High Wind in Michigan, November 10 to 11, 1998
More
Every storm in Arkansas in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Arkansas, 1998Warnings in Arkansas, November 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: 5670855.