Arkansas, 1999

Tornado in Arkansas, December 4, 1999

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 Little Rock radar (KLZK), 91 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:27 UTC.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Yell

When
December 4, 5:30 PM CST
Where
Yell County, Ola to 1 mi NE of Centerville
Rating
F1
Path length
8.7 mi
Path width
75 yd
Reported by
NWS STORM SURVEY
Coordinates
35.030, -93.230

A weak tornado was spawned in Yell County. The tornado developed just northwest of Ola and damaged a couple of old chicken houses and flattened an old barn. A few houses suffered some roof damage, with damage to a few outbuildings as well. One house suffered more extensive damage with a broken front porch window, a damaged front porch, and several trees blown onto a metal fence. A few dozen trees, power lines and power poles were also downed before the tornado dissipated about 2 miles northeast of Centerville.

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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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: 5721046.