FYI: Updated reports from the Arkansas tornadoes last Sunday, from the National Weather Service, Little Rock, Ark.
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT…UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
425 PM CST THU JAN 26 2012
…SEVEN TORNADOES CONFIRMED FROM SUNDAYS STORMS…
1. TORNADO #1
STARTING POINT…3.0 MILES WSW OF THORNTON
ENDING POINT…4.9 MILES SW OF RISON
PATH LENGTH…19.2 MILES
RATING…EF2…WINDS OF 111-135 MPH
COUNTIES AFFECTED…CALHOUN…DALLAS…CLEVELAND
REMARKS…
IN CALHOUN COUNTY…DAMAGE WAS MOSTLY LIMITED TO TIMBER.
IN DALLAS COUNTY…THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO HOUSES
NORTHWEST OF FORDYCE…THE COUNTRY CLUB…AND A SET OF
TRANSMISSION TOWERS.
IN CLEVELAND COUNTY…THERE WAS MOSTLY DAMAGE TO TIMBER.
HOWEVER…A CHURCH BUILT IN 1852 IN NORTH KINGSLAND WAS
DESTROYED.
2. TORNADO #2
STARTING POINT…SWEDEN /JEFFERSON COUNTY/
ENDING POINT…3.45 MILES NE OF LODGE CORNER
PATH LENGTH…16.9 MILES
RATING…EF2…WINDS OF 111-135 MPH
COUNTIES AFFECTED…JEFFERSON…ARKANSAS
REMARKS…
IN JEFFERSON COUNTY…NUMEROUS TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN. GRAIN
BINS WERE DESTROYED…AND THERE WAS DAMAGE TO METAL BUILDINGS
AND OVERTURNED FARM MACHINERY.
IN ARKANSAS COUNTY…NUMEROUS TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN…AND TWO
MOBILE HOMES WERE DAMAGED.
3. TORNADO #3
STARTING POINT…5.5 MILES WNW OF DEWITT
ENDING POINT…NEAR CROCKETTS BLUFF
PATH LENGTH…14.4 MILES
RATING…EF2…WINDS OF 111-135 MPH
COUNTIES AFFECTED…ARKANSAS
FOUR STEEL TRANSMISSION TOWERS WERE BLOWN DOWN…AND THERE WAS
DAMAGE TO A FEW FARM OUTBUILDINGS. NUMEROUS TREES WERE BLOWN
DOWN…AND A TRAVEL TRAILER WAS BLOWN OVER. AN ELEVATOR WAS
BLOWN OFF OF GRAIN BINS.
4. TORNADO #4
STARTING POINT…8.2 MILES S OF DEWITT
ENDING POINT…3 MILES SE OF DEWITT
PATH LENGTH…9.4 MILES
RATING…EF1…WIND OF 86-110 MPH
COUNTY AFFECTED…ARKANSAS
TREES…POWER LINES AND POWER POLES WERE BLOWN DOWN. SEVERAL
CARPORTS AND SHEDS WERE BLOWN AWAY. A LARGE LIMB FELL ON THE CAB
OF A PICKUP TRUCK. A HOUSE HAD THE WINDOWS BLOWN OUT AND PIECES
OF WOOD WEDGED INTO THE SIDING. A MOBILE HOME WAS ROLLED OVER
AND DESTROYED…WITH ITS CONTENTS BLOWN INTO A NEARBY FIELD. A
METAL BUILDING WAS DESTROYED…AND THE WALL OF ANOTHER ONE WAS
PUSHED IN. THE ROOF WAS BLOWN OFF OF A TRACTOR SHED.
5. TORNADO #5
STARTING POINT…4 MILES S OF RAGTOWN
ENDING POINT…3.2 MILES E OF RAGTOWN /WFO LZK CWA/
PATH LENGTH…5.8 MILES
RATING…EF1…WIND OF 86-110 MPH
COUNTY AFFECTED…MONROE
TREES AND POWER POLES WERE BLOWN DOWN. AN IRRIGATION PIVOT WAS
FLIPPED OVER. A LARGE STORAGE SHED WAS TOSSED OVER A FARM
BUILDING.
THE SURVEY TEAM NOTED THAT THIS TORNADO CONTINUED TO TRACK INTO
PHILLIPS COUNTY AR…WHICH IS COVERED BY THE NWS OFFICE IN
MEMPHIS TN. THAT PORTION OF THE TORNADO TRACK WILL BE SURVEYED BY
THE MEMPHIS OFFICE IN THE COMING DAYS.
6. TORNADO #6
STARTING POINT…2.7 MILES WSW OF MOSCOW
ENDING POINT…1.2 MILES NE OF MOSCOW
PATH LENGTH…3.8 MILES
RATING…EF1…WIND OF 86-110 MPH
COUNTY AFFECTED…JEFFERSON
A SHED WAS THROWN OVER A FARM SHOP. THE FARM SHOPS ROOF WAS
DAMAGED. AN EMPTY 12000 GALLON FUEL TANK WAS THROWN INTO A
FIELD. AN IRRIGATION PIVOT WAS OVERTURNED AND TORN APART. A FEW
TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN. THE FOUNDATION OF A CONCRETE BLOCK HOUSE
WAS DAMAGED.
7. TORNADO #7
STARTING POINT…2.5 MILES SW OF COY
ENDING POINT…1.7 MILES SW OF COY
PATH LENGTH…3/4 OF A MILE
RATING…EF1…WIND OF 86-110 MPH
COUNTY AFFECTED…LONOKE
AN IRRIGATION PIVOT WAS FLIPPED OVER AND LANDED IN A NEARBY
DITCH. A NUMBER OF TREE LIMBS WERE SNAPPED OFF.
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