PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT   
   NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS   
   236 PM CDT FRI APR 19 2013   
      
   ...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 04/18/13 TORNADO EVENT...   
      
   .UPDATE...ADDED CROSSETT TORNADO INFORMATION   
      
   .CROSSETT TORNADO...   
      
   RATING: EF-1   
   ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:90 MPH   
   PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:4 MILES   
   PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:150 YARDS   
   FATALITIES:0   
   INJURIES:0   
      
   START DATE:             4/18/2013   
   START TIME:             308 PM CDT   
   START LOCATION:         6 S CROSSETT   
      
   END DATE:               4/18/2013   
   END TIME:               314 PM CDT   
   END LOCATION:           4 SE CROSSETT   
      
   SURVEY SUMMARY:   
   TORNADO STARTED ALONG CR 229 ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTH OF CROSSETT. IT   
   MOVED EAST NORTHEAST TO NORTHEAST, CROSSING HWY 133 NEAR THE   
   INTERSECTION WITH CR5. SEVERAL LARGE TREES WERE DOWNED ACROSS HWY   
   133 AT THIS POINT. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST, AND REACHED ITS   
   MAXIMUM INTENSITY NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF CR 5E AND CR4. HERE A   
   NUMBER OF HARDWOOD AND SOFTWOOD TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. THE   
   TORNADO TURNED MORE NORTH NORTHEAST AND APPEARED TO DISSIPATE AS IT   
   WAS CROSSING ARKANSAS TRACE ROAD ABOUT FOUR MILES SOUTHEAST OF   
   CROSSETT.   
      
   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 200 MPH   
   EF5...VIOLENT...>200 MPH   
      
   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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