PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT   
   NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR   
   444 PM CDT THU APR 11 2013   
      
   ...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 04/10/2013 TORNADO AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM EVENT...   
      
   .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.   
      
   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   
      
   .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.   
      
   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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