Arkansas, 1999Tornadoes in Arkansas, January 21, 1999
January 21, 1999 · NWS SHV · 3 events in 2 counties and zones
3 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
Tornado, Lafayette
- When
- January 21, 3:10 PM CST to 3:33 PM CST
- Where
- Lafayette County, Bradley to 6 mi SE of Lerch
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 8.8 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 33.180, -93.630
The tornado tracked through wooded area causing no damage other than nuisance road blockages from fallen trees.
Tornado, Columbia
- When
- January 21, 3:33 PM CST to 3:38 PM CST
- Where
- Columbia County, Cornelius to 2 mi NE of Cornelius
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1.2 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 33.230, -93.480
The tornado tracked through wooded area causing no damage other than nuisance road blockages from fallen trees.
Tornado, Lafayette
- When
- January 21, 3:38 PM CST to 3:41 PM CST
- Where
- Lafayette County, Lerch to 2 mi NE of Lerch
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1.1 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 33.250, -93.480
The tornado tracked through wooded area causing no damage other than nuisance road blockages from fallen trees.
- 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.
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 21, 19993 deaths · 72 injured · F3 · 1 event
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 21, 19992 deaths · 29 injured · F3 · 1 event
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Arkansas, January 21 to 22, 199910 injured · $9.8 million · F4 · 36 events
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 21, 19992 deaths · 2 injured · F2 · 1 event
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, January 21 to 22, 19992 deaths · 1 injured · 7 events
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Indiana, January 21 to 23, 19992 deaths · 1.75 in hail · 6 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, January 21, 1999$760,000 · F3 · 13 events
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 21, 19991 death · 2 injured · F2 · 1 event
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, January 21 to 22, 19991 death · $290,000 · 4 events
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 21, 19992 injured · F3 · 1 event
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 21, 1999F3 · 1 event
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 21, 1999F3 · 1 event
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5681856, 5681857, 5681858.