…RECORD LONG TORNADO TRACK CONFIRMED IN ARKANSAS…

DAMAGE THAT OCCURRED IN A LARGE SWATH FROM ATKINS…TO
CLINTON…MOUNTAIN VIEW AND HIGHLAND ON FEBRUARY 5TH WAS THE RESULT
OF ONE TORNADO.

THE TORNADO TRACKED FROM 5 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF CENTERVILLE IN
YELL COUNTY TO 3.2 MILES NORTHEAST OF HIGHLAND IN SHARP COUNTY. THE
TRACK LENGTH WAS 123 MILES…WHICH IS THE LONGEST TORNADO TRACK
SINCE 1950. THE TORNADO HAS BEEN RATED EF4 ON THE EHANCED FUJITA
SCALE…WITH WINDS BETWEEN 166 AND 200 MPH. THE DAMAGE PATH REACHED
A HALF MILE TO A MILE WIDE AT TIMES.

…THE TOP 5 TRACK LENGTHS SINCE 1950…

1. 02/05/2008 (123 MILES)
2. 02/20/1951 (112 MILES)
3. 04/30/1954 (92.4 MILES)
4. 03/20/1955 (89.4 MILES)
5. 12/24/1982 (63 MILES)

As for the largest (longest) tornado path in history, that goes back to 1925…

The Great Tri-State Tornado of Wednesday, March 18, 1925, crossed from south eastern Missouri, through southern Illinois, then into southwestern Indiana, and was the deadliest tornado in U.S. history. With 695 confirmed fatalities, the tornado killed more than twice as many as the second deadliest, the 1840 Great Natchez Tornado. The continuous ≥219 mile (≥352 km) track left by the tornado was the longest ever recorded in the world. Historians would recognize it as an example of the maximum issued rating of an F5 on the Fujita scale.