PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...UPDATED   
   NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR   
   240 PM CDT SAT APR 13 2013   
      
   ...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR THE 04/10/2013 TORNADO AND SEVERE   
   THUNDERSTORM EVENT...   
      
   ...FOUR TORNADOES NOW CONFIRMED...   
      
   .UPDATE...   
      
   AN ADDITIONAL TORNADO...ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORMS ON WEDNESDAY   
   APRIL 10TH...HAS BEEN CONFIRMED IN LINCOLN COUNTY. THIS BRINGS THE   
   TOTAL FOR THE EVENT TO FOUR CONFIRMED TORNADOES.   
      
   .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.   
      
   .TORNADO #4...THE GARRETT BRIDGE TORNADO...   
      
   RATING: EF-1   
   ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 100-110 MPH   
   PATH LENGTH/STATUTE/: 6.7 MILES   
   PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 400 YARDS   
   FATALITIES: 0   
   INJURIES: 0   
      
   START DATE:             APR 10 2013   
   START TIME:             826 PM CDT   
   START LOCATION:         3.4 SSW GARRETT BRIDGE /LINCOLN COUNTY/   
   START LAT/LON:          33.8242 / -91.6849   
      
   END DATE:               APR 10 2013   
   END TIME:               833 PM CDT   
   END LOCATION:           3.3 NE GARRETT BRIDGE /LINCOLN COUNTY/   
   END LAT/LON:            33.9016 / -91.6140   
      
   SURVEY_SUMMARY:   
   TWO MOBILE HOMES WERE DESTROYED...ONE OF WHICH WAS SMASHED AGAINST   
   A TREE. A CHURCH HAD ROOF DAMAGE...ALLOWING WATER TO POUR INSIDE.   
   WINDOWS AND DOORS OF THIS CHURCH WERE ALSO BROKEN. A LARGE SHED COLLAPSED   
   ONTO LARGE FARM MACHINERY. TWO GRAIN BINS WERE DENTED. WALLS OF A   
   HOUSE WERE CRACKED. NUMEROUS HOUSES AND MOBILE HOMES RECEIVED ROOF   
   DAMAGE...WITH SOME TREES ALSO FALLING ONTO HOMES. SHEDS AND   
   OUTBUILDINGS WERE DESTROYED OR OVERTURNED. A WALL OF A FOUR-CAR   
   GARAGE WAS BLOWN IN. NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED OR   
   UPROOTED...INCLUDING SOME CYPRESS AND TUPELO TREES ALONG BAYOU   
   BARTHOLOMEW.   
      
   .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 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:           HORSESHOE 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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