Arkansas, 1999

Tornado in Arkansas, May 4, 1999

May 4, 1999 · NWS LZK · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A weak tornado touched down briefly in Clark County about 2 miles southeast of Arkadelphia. The tornado caused no damage.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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What happened

The episode as NWS LZK wrote it up.

A weak tornado touched down briefly in Clark County about 2 miles southeast of Arkadelphia. The tornado caused no damage.

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 109 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:14 UTC.

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1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Clark

When
May 4, 5:13 PM CST
Where
Clark County, 2 mi SE of Arkadelphia
Rating
F0
Path length
0.1 mi
Path width
25 yd
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
34.100, -93.050

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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Every storm in Arkansas in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Arkansas, 1999Warnings in Arkansas, May 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: 5696808.