NWS confirmed 2 tornadoes in central Arkansas Thursday night: TORNADO #1...SOUTH PULASKI/LONOKE COUNTY TORNADO RATING: EF-1 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 85-95 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 12.6 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 300 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: OCT 02 2014 START TIME: 824 PM CDT START LOCATION: 7.5 SE WRIGHTSVILLE AR /PULASKI COUNTY/ START LAT/LON: 34.5317 / -92.1162 END DATE: OCT 02 2014 END TIME: 834 PM CDT END LOCATION: 4.5 ENE ENGLAND AR /LONOKE COUNTY/ END_LAT/LON: 34.5781 / -91.9007 SURVEY_SUMMARY: AT WAMPOO...A HOUSE HAD MANY SHINGLES REMOVED FROM THE ROOF...PART OF THE SIDING REMOVED...AND THE GARAGE DOOR WAS DAMAGED. IN THE SAME AREA...DITCHES WERE LITTERED WITH THOUSANDS OF CORN HUSKS THAT HAD BEEN BLOWN OFF FARM FIELDS. JUST NORTH OF ENGLAND...A LARGE METAL TRACTOR SHED HAD PART OF ITS ROOF REMOVED...ONE FARM SHOP WAS DESTROYED...AND ANOTHER WAS BADLY DAMAGED. TREE LIMBS WERE SNAPPED OFF ALONG THE ENTIRE PATH OF THE TORNADO. TORNADO #2...SOUTHERN PRAIRIE COUNTY TORNADO RATING: EF-1 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 80-90 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 4.1 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 200 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: OCT 02 2014 START TIME: 855 PM CDT START LOCATION: 3.2 NE FAIRMOUNT AR /PRAIRIE COUNTY/ START LAT/LON: 34.6272 / -91.5553 END DATE: OCT 02 2014 END TIME: 900 PM CDT END LOCATION: 5.8 SE SLOVAK AR /PRAIRIE COUNTY/ END LAT/LON: 34.6344 / -91.4841 SURVEY_SUMMARY: MOST OF THE TRACK OF THIS TORNADO WAS ACROSS FARM FIELD. POWER POLES WERE KNOCKED DOWN OR BROKEN OFF AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS. EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES. EF0...WEAK......65 TO 85 MPH EF1...WEAK......86 TO 110 MPH EF2...STRONG....111 TO 135 MPH EF3...STRONG....136 TO 165 MPH EF4...VIOLENT...166 TO 200MPH EF5...VIOLENT...>200MPH #arwx
Posted on: Sun, 05 Oct 2014 03:20:09 +0000
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