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   Message 575 of 1,256   
   Daryl Stout to All   
   Storm Damage Survey   
   12 Apr 13 22:36:32   
   
   PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED   
   NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR   
   1004 PM CDT FRI APR 12 2013   
      
   ...CORRECTED COUNTY END POINT FOR MT OLIVE TORNADO...   
      
   ...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 04/10/2013 TORNADO AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM    
   EVENT...   
      
   ...THREE TORNADOES NOW CONFIRMED...   
      
   .UPDATE...   
   AN ADDITIONAL TORNADO...ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORMS ON WEDNESDAY    
   APRIL 10TH...HAS BEEN CONFIRMED IN IZARD COUNTY. THIS BRINGS THE    
   TOTAL FOR THE EVENT TO THREE CONFIRMED TORNADOES.   
      
   SURVEY CREWS WILL ONCE AGAIN GO OUT AGAIN TOMORROW...SATURDAY APRIL    
   13TH...TO SURVEY DAMAGE IN GARRETT BRIDGE IN SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN    
   COUNTY.   
      
   .TORNADO #1...THE BOTKINBURG TORNADO...   
      
   RATING:                 EF-2   
   ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    111-135 MPH   
   PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  17.4 MILES   
   PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   400 YARDS   
   FATALITIES:             0   
   INJURIES:               4 AT BOTKINBURG   
      
   START DATE:             APR 10 2013   
   START TIME:             424 PM CDT   
   START LOCATION:         3.4 SE SCOTLAND /VAN BUREN COUNTY/   
   START LAT/LON:          35.489 / -92.574   
      
   END DATE:               APR 10 2013   
   END TIME:               450 PM CDT   
   END LOCATION:           PLANT /VAN BUREN COUNTY/   
   END LAT/LON:            35.7253 / -92.4743   
      
   SURVEY_SUMMARY:   
   PRELIMINARY INFORMATION INDICATES THAT FIVE HOUSES WERE DESTROYED...   
   11 WITH MAJOR DAMAGE...AND 22 WITH MINOR DAMAGE. THERE WERE EIGHT   
   HOUSES AFFECTED /WITH VERY MINOR DAMAGE/. SEVERAL OUTBUILDINGS WERE    
   DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. MANY OF THE HOUSES WITH DAMAGE HAD ROOFS    
   LIFTED OFF OR PARTIALLY TORN OFF.    
      
   .TORNADO #2...THE RUSHING TORNADO...   
      
   RATING:                 EF-1   
   ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    86-110 MPH   
   PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  4.6 MILES   
   PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   300 YARDS   
   FATALITIES:             0   
   INJURIES:               0   
      
   START DATE:             APR 10 2013   
   START TIME:             551 PM CDT   
   START LOCATION:         0.7 NW RUSHING /STONE COUNTY/   
   START LAT/LON:          35.7409 / -92.2757   
      
   END DATE:               APR 10 2013   
   END TIME:               600 PM CDT   
   END LOCATION:           4.9 N RUSHING /STONE COUNTY/   
   END LAT/LON:            35.8066 / -92.2622   
      
   SURVEY_SUMMARY:   
   A COUPLE OF UNUSED CHICKEN HOUSES AND A HAY BARN WERE BLOWN DOWN.    
   TREES WERE SNAPPED AND BLOWN DOWN...AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN.    
      
   .TORNADO #3...THE MT OLIVE TORNADO...   
      
   RATING:                 EF-2   
   ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    111-135 MPH   
   PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  1.7 MILES   
   PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   100 YARDS   
   FATALITIES:             0   
   INJURIES:               0   
      
   START DATE:             APR 10 2013   
   START TIME:             544 PM CDT   
   START LOCATION:         0.4 NW MT OLIVE /IZARD COUNTY/   
   START LAT/LON:          36.0054 / -92.0971   
      
   END DATE:               APR 10 2013   
   END TIME:               546 PM CDT   
   END LOCATION:           2.0 NNW MT OLIVE /STONE COUNTY/   
   END LAT/LON:            36.0283 / -92.0857   
      
   SURVEY_SUMMARY:   
   TORNADO DAMAGE WAS NOTED ALONG AND CLOSE TO THE WHITE RIVER NEAR MT    
   OLIVE. THE ROOF OF A LOG HOUSE WAS REMOVED...AND THE HOUSE SHIFTED    
   OFF THE FOUNDATION. NUMEROUS OTHER HOUSES SUSTAINED AT LEAST MINOR    
   DAMAGE...INCLUDING A TREE DOWN ON ONE...A COVERED PORCH TORN FROM    
   ANOTHER...AND SEVERAL WITH SHINGLE DAMAGE. ALSO...A BOAT DOCK ALONG    
   THE RIVER WAS TURNED OVER AND DESTROYED. NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED    
   OR UPROOTED ALONG THE PATH.   
      
   .THUNDERSTORM WIND #1...DAMAGE AT WONDERVIEW...   
      
   PEAK WIND /E/:          60-70 MPH   
   FATALITIES:             0   
   INJURIES:               0   
      
   START DATE:             APR 10 2013   
   START TIME:             410 PM CDT   
   START LOCATION:         WONDERVIEW /CONWAY COUNTY/   
   START LAT/LON:          35.3195 / -92.7287   
      
   END DATE:               APR 10 2013   
   END TIME:               411 PM CDT    
   END LOCATION:           WONDERVIEW /CONWAY COUNTY/    
   END LAT/LON:            35.3195 / -92.7287   
      
   SUMMARY:   
   A ROOF WAS BLOWN OFF OF A BARN BY STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS.    
      
   .THUNDERSTORM WIND #2...DAMAGE AT GARRETT BRIDGE...   
      
   PEAK WIND /E/:          70-80 MPH   
   FATALITIES:             0   
   INJURIES:               0   
      
   START DATE:             APR 10 2013   
   START TIME:             833 PM   
   START LOCATION:         GARRETT BRIDGE /LINCOLN COUNTY/    
   START LAT/LON:          33.866 / -91.655   
      
   END DATE:               APR 10 2013   
   END TIME:               834 PM    
   END LOCATION:           GARRETT BRIDGE /LINCOLN COUNTY/    
   END LAT/LON:            33.866 / -91.655   
      
   SUMMARY:   
   FIVE MOBILE HOMES WERE DESTROYED...WITH SEVERAL OTHERS SUSTAINING    
   VARYING DEGREES OF DAMAGE.    
      
   .THUNDERSTORM WIND #3..DAMAGE AT HORSESHOE BEND...   
      
   PEAK WIND /E/:          90-100 MPH   
   FATALITIES:             0   
   INJURIES:               1   
      
   START DATE:             APR 10 2013   
   START TIME:             650 PM   
   START LOCATION:         HORSESHOE BEND /IZARD COUNTY/    
   START LAT/LON:          36.2043/ -91.7424   
      
   END DATE:               APR 10 2013   
   END TIME:               655 PM    
   END LOCATION:           HORESEHOE BEND /IZARD COUNTY/    
   END LAT/LON:            36.2203/ -91.7136   
      
   SUMMARY:   
   MOST OF THE DAMAGE WAS CLOSE TO THE SHORE LINE ON CROWN LAKE...BUT    
   SEVERAL HOUSES ALSO SUSTAINED DAMAGE ON NEARBY DIAMOND LAKE. IN    
   ALL...41 HOUSES WERE DAMAGED...WITH 3 OF THOSE BEING DESTROYED AND 8    
   SUSTAINING MAJOR DAMAGE. THE REMAINING 30 HOMES HAD LESSER AMOUNTS    
   OF DAMAGE. ONE INDIVIDUAL WAS INJURED AFTER A BRICK WALL COLLAPSED    
   INWARDLY.    
      
      
   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 EVENTS AND PUBLICATION IN   
   NWS STORM DATA.    
      
   $$   
      
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