PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT   
   NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR   
   710 PM CDT FRI OCT 19 2012   
      
   ...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 10/17/2012 TORNADO EVENT - UPDATE 1...   
      
   .UPDATE...   
      
   AN EF0 TORNADO WAS CONFIRMED IN LONOKE COUNTY.   
      
   .CLARENDON TORNADO...   
      
   RATING:                 EF-1   
   ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    86-110 MPH   
   PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  0.4 MILES   
   PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   350 YARDS   
   FATALITIES:             0   
   INJURIES:               0   
      
   START DATE:             OCTOBER 17 2012   
   START TIME:             740 PM CDT   
   START LOCATION:         0.41 WSW CLARENDON / MONROE COUNTY / AR   
   START LAT/LON:          34.6906 / -91.3159   
      
   END DATE:               OCTOBER 17 2012   
   END TIME:               741 PM CDT   
   END LOCATION:           0.14 S CLARENDON / MONROE COUNTY/ AR   
   END_LAT/LON:            34.6906 / -91.3091   
      
   SURVEY SUMMARY:   
      
   DAMAGE INCLUDED...   
      
   LARGE TREES...POWER LINES...AND POWER POLES WERE BLOWN DOWN. THE   
   ENTIRE TOWN WAS WITHOUT POWER AFTER THE TORNADO MOVED THROUGH. A   
   ROOF WAS BLOWN OFF OF A BARBER SHOP...AND THE METAL FROM THE ROOF   
   KNOCKED OVER THE FIRE SIREN.   
      
   A LARGE CARPORT WAS BLOWN ONTO AN 18-WHEELER. ANOTHER CARPORT WAS   
   CRUSHED BY A FALLING TREE. A HIGHWAY SIGN WAS BLOWN INTO A VIDEO   
   STORE/BAIT SHOP...AND ENDED UP LANDING ON THE FLOOR OF THE STORE.   
   THE SAME STORE HAD THE REAR PORTION OF THE BUILDING BLOWN OFF.   
      
   THE CANOPY OF A GAS STATION WAS DAMAGED...THE CANOPY OF A MOTEL WAS   
   BLOWN AWAY. A BOAT DOCK ON THE WHITE RIVER WAS DESTROYED.   
      
   .LONOKE COUNTY TORNADO...   
      
   RATING:                 EF-0   
   ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    65-75 MPH   
   PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  0.07 MILES   
   PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   8 YARDS   
   FATALITIES:             0   
   INJURIES:               0   
      
   START DATE:             OCTOBER 17 2012   
   START TIME:             653 PM CDT   
   START LOCATION:         1.42 NW SEATON / LONOKE COUNTY / AR   
   START LAT/LON:          34.6159 / -91.8358   
      
   END DATE:               OCTOBER 17 2012   
   END TIME:               654 PM CDT   
   END LOCATION:           1.38 NW SEATON / LONOKE COUNTY/ AR   
   END_LAT/LON:            34.6160 / -91.8345   
      
   SURVEY SUMMARY: THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN AN OPEN FARM FIELD...SO   
   THERE WAS NO DAMAGE. VIDEO EVIDENCE OF THE TORNADO WAS PROVIDED BY A   
   STORM CHASER.   
      
   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 200 MPH   
   EF5...VIOLENT...>200 MPH   
      
   NOTE:   
   THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO   
   CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN   
   NWS STORM DATA.   
      
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