Tornado, Jackson
- When
- January 17, 3:28 PM CST to 3:35 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County, Grubbs to 3 mi NE of Grubbs
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 5.7 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 35.620, -91.100
Tornado in Arkansas, January 17, 1999
A weak tornado was spawned in eastern Jackson County about 3 miles southwest of Grubbs. The tornado tracked northeast toward Grubbs and damaged about a dozen houses in and near town.
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 in eastern Jackson County about 3 miles southwest of Grubbs. The tornado tracked northeast toward Grubbs and damaged about a dozen houses in and near town. A mobile home was overturned and destroyed, with debris from the mobile home damaging the house next door. A few barns were also damaged with trees and fences blown down. The tornado dissipated about 3 miles northeast of town.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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
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- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, January 17, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, January 17, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, January 17, 1999
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, January 17, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, January 17, 1999
More
Every storm in Arkansas in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Arkansas, 1999Warnings in Arkansas, January 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: 5684707.