1898 Fort Smith, Arkansas tornado

Fort Smith, Arkansas tornado

Destroyed homes in Fort Smith
Type Tornado outbreak
Duration January 11–12, 1898
Tornadoes confirmed ≥2
Max rating1 possibly F4 tornado
Duration of tornado outbreak2 >1 hour
Damage $450,000 (1898 USD)[1]
Casualties 55 fatalities, 113 injuries

1Most severe tornado damage; see Fujita scale

2Time from first tornado to last tornado

The 1898 Fort Smith, Arkansas tornado was a tornado which struck the city of Fort Smith, Arkansas during the night of January 11, 1898. It touched down about 100 miles to the southwest, and struck the city around midnight, killing 55 people and injuring 113. The twister nearly destroyed the city's newly constructed Fort Smith High School that opened in fall 1897.

It is tied for the deadliest tornado ever to strike the state of Arkansas.[2] Another tornado was also reported around 11pm that night in Alma, Arkansas.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/mwr/026/mwr-026-01-0018.pdf
  2. ↑ http://www.tornadoproject.com/alltorns/worstts.htm
Deadliest tornadoes by state
State† Location Date Deaths
Alabama Many towns April 27, 2011 72
Arizona San Xavier Mission Indian Village August 27, 1964 2
Arkansas Fort Smith
Warren		 January 11, 1898
January 3, 1949		 55
Colorado Thurman August 10, 1924 10
Connecticut Wallingford August 9, 1878 34
Delaware Hartly July 21, 1983 2
Florida Kissimmee February 22, 1998 25
Georgia Gainesville April 6, 1936 203
Idaho Ruebens June 7, 1936 2
Illinois Many towns March 18, 1925 613
Indiana Many towns March 18, 1925 71
Iowa Dewitt/Camanche June 3, 1860 92
Kansas Udall May 25, 1955 82
Kentucky Louisville March 27, 1890 76
Louisiana Gilliam May 13, 1908 49
Maine Caribou August 11, 1954 1*
Maryland La Plata November 9, 1926 16
Massachusetts Worcester June 9, 1953 94
Michigan Flint June 8, 1953 115
Minnesota St. Cloud/Sauk Rapids April 14, 1886 72
Mississippi Natchez May 7, 1840 317
Missouri Joplin May 22, 2011 158
Montana Reserve July 26, 2010 2*
Nebraska Omaha March 23, 1913 101
New Hampshire Corydon September 9, 1821 6
New Jersey New Brunswick June 19, 1835 5
New Mexico Clovis March 23, 2007 2*
New York Smithfield July 8, 2014 4
North Carolina Philadelphia February 19, 1884 23
North Dakota Fargo June 20, 1957 10
Ohio Lorain/Sandusky June 28, 1924 85
Oklahoma Woodward April 9, 1947 113
Oregon Long Creek June 3, 1894 3*
Pennsylvania Many towns June 23, 1944 26
South Carolina Aiken/Timmonsville April 30, 1924 53
South Dakota Wilmot June 17, 1944 8
Tennessee Henderson March 21, 1952 38
Texas Goliad
Waco		 May 18, 1902
May 11, 1953		 114
Utah Salt Lake City August 11, 1999 1*
Virginia Scott County May 2, 1929 13
Washington Vancouver April 5, 1972 6
West Virginia Many towns June 23, 1944 100
Wisconsin New Richmond June 12, 1899 117
Wyoming Wright August 12, 2005 2*
Source: Tornado Project
*Most recent tornado with this number of deaths.
† Alaska, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Rhode Island and Vermont are excluded from this list because they have no recorded tornadic deaths.


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