Tornado in Arkansas, February 18, 2000

Name: Tornado in Arkansas, February 18, 2000
Start: 2000-02-18T12:03
End: 2000-02-18T12:15
Location: Arkansas

February 18, 2000 · NWS LZK · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 9
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.

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 45 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:04 UTC.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Saline

When: February 18, 12:03 PM CST to 12:15 PM CST
Where: Saline County, 4 mi WNW of Benton
Rating: F1
Path length: 7.8 mi
Path width: 75 yd
Injuries: 9 direct, 0 indirect
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY
Coordinates: 34.583, -92.650

A weak tornado was spawned in Saline County about 3.6 miles west-northwest of Benton. The tornado moved east into the Benton area, damaging homes and businesses. There were 66 homes with minor damage, 18 homes with major damage and 10 commercial buildings damaged. There were 9 injuries reported, with the injured treated and released from the hospital. The tornado also downed trees and power lines before dissipating 1.2 miles southwest of Bryant.

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

Every storm in Arkansas in 2000 Every state in 2000 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Arkansas, 2000 Warnings in Arkansas, February 2000

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: 5134037.