Tornado in Arkansas, February 13, 2000

Name: Tornado in Arkansas, February 13, 2000
Start: 2000-02-13T16:52
End: 2000-02-13T16:55
Location: Arkansas

February 13, 2000 · NWS LZK · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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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.

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1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Faulkner

When: February 13, 4:52 PM CST to 4:55 PM CST
Where: Faulkner County, 2 mi NW of Mayflower
Rating: F0
Path length: 2.2 mi
Path width: 40 yd
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY
Coordinates: 34.967, -92.450

A weak tornado was spawned in southern Faulkner County about 1.5 miles northwest of Mayflower. The tornado moved east, causing mostly minor damage. A couple of ornamental columns in front of a home were torn loose, with one of the columns falling into a window. Two highway signs were tipped over backwards as well. At Paradise Landing, the front windows of a store were blown in, much of the roof from a boat dock was removed, and several nearby boat houses were damaged. Also, several trees and power lines were blown down. The tornado dissipated about 2 miles northeast of Mayflower.

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.

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The same day elsewhere

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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: 5135202.