Tornado, Boone
- When
- July 24, 5:32 PM CST to 5:33 PM CST
- Where
- Boone County, Lead Hill to 4 mi N of Lead Hill
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.4 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Injuries
- 26 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 36.480, -92.900
Tornado in Arkansas, July 24, 1999
A waterspout that developed over Bull Shoals Lake moved southwest into Lead Hill Park in Boone County, or about 4 miles north of Lead Hill. As it moved ashore, its classification changed to a tornado.
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
- 26
- 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 waterspout that developed over Bull Shoals Lake moved southwest into Lead Hill Park in Boone County, or about 4 miles north of Lead Hill. As it moved ashore, its classification changed to a tornado. The tornado was weak, but caused considerable damage to several camping trailers. Trees were also downed or snapped. Twenty six people were injured, with 5 people injured seriously. The tornado tracked roughly four tenths of a mile before dissipating.
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:31 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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 24, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, July 24, 1999
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, July 24, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Wyoming, July 24, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, July 24, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 24, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Virginia, July 24, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 24, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 24, 1999
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 24, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, July 24, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Virginia, July 24, 1999
More
Every storm in Arkansas in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Arkansas, 1999Warnings in Arkansas, July 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: 5710733.