Tornado in Arkansas, December 4, 1999

Name: Tornado in Arkansas, December 4, 1999
Start: 1999-12-04T14:50
End: 1999-12-04T14:51
Location: Arkansas

December 4, 1999 · 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 Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 80 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:51 UTC.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Polk

When: December 4, 2:50 PM CST to 2:51 PM CST
Where: Polk County, Mena
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.5 mi
Path width: 40 yd
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY
Coordinates: 34.580, -94.230

A weak tornado was spawned in Mena of Polk County. Mostly minor damage occurred around U.S. Highway 71 and Morrow Street, including some roof damage at a strip shopping center and at a couple of restaurants. An industrial plant also suffered some roof damage, with two empty truck trailers blown over in the parking lot. The tornado was on the ground for a half mile before dissipating.

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

Every storm in Arkansas in 1999 Every state in 1999 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Arkansas, 1999 Warnings in Arkansas, December 1999

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: 5721039.