Tornado, Van Buren
- When
- March 5, 6:55 PM CST to 7:02 PM CST
- Where
- Van Buren County, Scotland to 6 mi SW of Scotland
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 5.5 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 35.450, -92.700
Tornado in Arkansas, March 5, 1999
A weak tornado was spawned in western Van Buren County. As the tornado moved toward Scotland, it damaged the roof of a home and blew some tin from a nearby chicken house.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
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- 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 western Van Buren County. As the tornado moved toward Scotland, it damaged the roof of a home and blew some tin from a nearby chicken house. Several trees were also blown down. The tornado tracked about 5.5 miles before dissipating.
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 79 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:57 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
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More
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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: 5693167.