PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT   
   NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR   
   105 PM CST MON DEC 10 2012   
      
   ...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 12/9/12 THUNDERSTORM WIND EVENT   
      
   .REFERENCE THUNDERSTORM WIND 1...   
      
   PEAK WIND /ESTIMATED:70-80 MPH   
   PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:1.1 MILES   
   PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:60 YARDS   
   FATALITIES:             0   
   INJURIES:1   
      
   START DATE:DECEMBER 9...2012   
   START TIME:12:55 PM CST   
   START LOCATION:5.1 W VIOLA /FULTON COUNTY/ AR   
   START LAT/LON:36.3930 / -92.0739   
      
   END DATE:DECEMBER 9...2012   
   END TIME:12:58 PM CST   
   END LOCATION:4 W VIOLA /FULTON COUNTY/ AR   
   END LAT/LON:36.3978 / -92.0542   
      
   SURVEY SUMMARY: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS SURVEYED   
   THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE...OTHERWISE KNOWN AS A DOWNBURST...THAT   
   OCCURRED WEST OF VIOLA ARKANSAS. THE DAMAGE WAS CONCENTRATED TO   
   AN AREA ABOUT 60 YARDS WIDE. MAXIMUM DOWNBURST WINDS...BASED ON   
   VARIOUS BUILDING AND BARN DAMAGE...WAS ESTIMATED BETWEEN 70 AND   
   80 MPH. THERE WAS MAJOR DAMAGE TO 3 MOBILE HOMES...ONE DUPLEX...   
   3 BARNS...AND 4 OUTBUILDINGS. THE WORST DAMAGE OCCURRED TO A   
   DUPLEX WHICH HAD THE ROOF TORN OFF. THE DUPLEX WAS LOCATED ON TOP   
   OF A HILL AND IT APPEARED THAT THE WIND GOT UNDERNEATH THE ROOF   
   OVERHANG AND LIFTED IT OFF. THREE FAMILIES WERE DISPLACED BUT ARE   
   STAYING ELSEWHERE WITH FAMILY MEMBERS. THERE WAS ONE MINOR INJURY.   
      
   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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