Tornado, Jackson
- When
- June 23, 5:15 PM CST to 5:21 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County, Amagon to 2 mi NE of Amagon
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 3.5 mi
- Path width
- 75 yd
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 35.530, -91.120
Tornado in Arkansas, June 23, 1999
9 miles south of Amagon. The tornado moved northeast and damaged a couple of homes and a trailer.
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 southern Jackson County about 1.9 miles south of Amagon. The tornado moved northeast and damaged a couple of homes and a trailer. A metal shop was also destroyed. Several trees were downed or snapped as well. The tornado moved about 3.5 miles before dissipating.
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
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Missouri, June 23, 1999
- High Surf in California, June 23, 1999
- Flooding in Kansas, June 23, 1999
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 23, 1999
- Flooding in Iowa, June 23 to 24, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in Oklahoma, June 23, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 23, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 23, 1999
- Flooding in Missouri, June 23 to 26, 1999
- Hail in Kansas, June 23, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, June 23, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, June 23, 1999
More
Every storm in Arkansas in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Arkansas, 1999Warnings in Arkansas, June 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: 5709838.