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The outbreak was the deadliest June tornado outbreak in the state and one of the largest outbreaks in Arkansas history, with at least 24 significant tornadoes in-state. The deadliest tornado of the outbreak and the deadliest to strike Arkansas on June 5 was a powerful F4 tornado that hit Heber Springs, killing 25 people. Other deadly tornadoes ...
The tornado caught most residents by surprise since most of the warning systems failed and killed at least 34. [3] One more person was killed in neighboring Jackson County. The tornado was the deadliest in Arkansas since an F4 tornado that affected White County on March 21, 1952, killing 50. [4] [5] The same city was hit by another destructive ...
Tornado outbreak of June 5–6, 1916; Tornado outbreak sequence of May 25 – June 1, 1917; Tornado outbreak of April 9, 1919; April 1924 tornado outbreak; Tornado outbreak of May 1927; Tornado outbreak of April 12, 1945; Tornado outbreak of March 26–27, 1950; Tornado outbreak of February 13, 1952; Tornado outbreak of March 21–22, 1952
The first and most destructive of the tornadoes was a violent F4 tornado touched down on the eastern bank of the Red River in Bossier City, Louisiana, at approximately 1:50 a.m. CST. The tornado produced a path up to .5 miles (0.8 km) wide and nearly 4 miles (6.4 km) long through the heart of Bossier City.
[nb 2] The worst of the outbreak was a deadly, devastating and violent (estimated) F4 tornado that tore though Warren, Arkansas. Part of a multi-state family, the tornado killed at least 55 people, [2] a majority of the deaths in the outbreak, and is now tied with the Fort Smith tornado from 1898 as the deadliest in Arkansas history. [3]
The tornado was on the ground for approximately 37 minutes, traveling a total path length of 21.10 mi (33.96 km), and reaching a peak width of 1,500 yd (1,400 m). A total of four people were killed by this tornado and one other person was injured.
Prior to 1950 in the United States, only significant tornadoes are listed for the number of tornadoes in outbreaks. Due to increasing detection, particularly in the U.S., numbers of counted tornadoes have increased markedly in recent decades although the number of actual tornadoes and counted significant tornadoes has not. In older events, the ...
From April 2–3, 1982, a major tornado outbreak resulted in over 60 tornadoes and 30 fatalities, primarily over portions of Northeast Texas and Southwest Arkansas, as well as Southeastern Oklahoma. Three of the tornadoes were rated F4 , and one officially was recorded as an F5 near Broken Bow, Oklahoma , all on April 2.