PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT   
   NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR   
   225 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2012   
      
   ...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 10/17/2012 TORNADO EVENT...   
      
   .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.   
      
   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   
      
   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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