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December tornadoes are rare in Arkansas

December tornadoes are rare in Arkansas
TORNADOES WE'VE SEEN IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER OVER THE LAST 70 YEARS. WELL, WE CERTAINLY CAN SEE SEVERE WEATHER IN THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER DECEMBER THIS TIME OF YEAR. OF WE JUST HAD THAT OUTBREAK OF TORNADOES IN THE SOUTHEAST EARLIER THIS WEEK. THAT DEADLY OUTBREAK. WE HAD OUR OWN OUTBREAK OF SEVERE WEATHER AND TORNADOES IN EARLY NOVEMBER. SO WE CAN GET TORNADOES IN NOVEMBER, OBVIOUSLY. IN TERMS OF HOW MANY WE'VE SEEN BETWEEN 1950 2021. DOESN'T INCLUDE ALL THE ONES WE HAD THIS, WE HAD 20 DURING THAT 71 YEAR PERIOD IN THE 40/29 VIEWING AREA. 11 OF WHICH WERE E-F2 OR STRONGER. STRONGEST OF WHICH WAS IN 1983. YOU CAN SEE THE CONCENTRATION OF TORNADOES ACROSS THE AREA. A FEW IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS IN THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER. MORE IN THE ROVER VALLEY. WE TEND TO HAVE MORE WARMTH AND MOISTURE THERE. A LITTLE BIT MORE POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOES IN THE COLDER SEASON. IN DECEMBER WE'VE SEEN EVEN FEWER. LIKE EVEN COLDER USUALLY ONLY 13 BETWEEN 1915, 2021. SEVERAL WHICH ARE STRONGER CINCINNATI IN 2010 NEW YEAR'S EVE 2010 AND THAT KILLED FOUR INJURED 10 THAT WAS A VERY BAD TORNADO END OF DECEMBER. TERRIBLE MOVE THROUGH 12 YEARS AGO NOW AND SO WE WILL HAVE TO WATCH IT LOOKS PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT COLDER AND MAYBE. YOU CAN FIND ME HERE EWVER
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December tornadoes are rare in Arkansas
The strongest December tornado in Arkansas came on New Year's Eve 2010. An EF-3 tornado killed 10 people in Benton, Washington and Adair counties.December tornadoes are rare in Arkansas, but they do happen.There were only 13 tornadoes in the area between 1950 and 2021.The strong December tornado was the EF-3 that hit Benton, Washington, and Adair counties on New Year's Eve 2010. Much of the damage was centered in the town of Cincinnati.That tornado killed four people and injured 10.

The strongest December tornado in Arkansas came on New Year's Eve 2010. An EF-3 tornado killed 10 people in Benton, Washington and Adair counties.

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December tornadoes are rare in Arkansas, but they do happen.

There were only 13 tornadoes in the area between 1950 and 2021.

The strong December tornado was the EF-3 that hit Benton, Washington, and Adair counties on New Year's Eve 2010. Much of the damage was centered in the town of Cincinnati.

That tornado killed four people and injured 10.