PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT   
   NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN   
   230 PM CDT FRI NOV 01 2013   
      
   ...PRELIMINARY EF-1 TORNADO IN CRAIGHEAD COUNTY ARKANSAS...   
      
   * COUNTY/COUNTIES: CRAIGHEAD   
      
   * LOCATION/TIME OF EVENT: TOWN OF CARAWAY, APPROX 7:40PM CDT   
      
   * BEGINNING POINT: LAT 36.4529 LON -90.1927   
      
   * ENDING POINT:    LAT 36.4544 LON -90.1855   
      
   * RATING: EF1   
      
   * ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 - 100 MPH   
      
   * PATH LENGTH: .7 MILES   
      
   * MAXIMUM WIDTH: 300 YARDS   
      
   * FATALITIES: 0   
      
   * INJURIES: 0   
      
   * SUMMARY OF DAMAGES: THE LIGHTNINGLESS STORM STRENGTHENED JUST TO   
   THE SOUTHWEST OF THE TOWN OF CARAWAY IN CRAIGHEAD COUNTY ARKANSAS.   
   STRAIGHTLINE WIND DAMAGE WITH WINDS ESTIMATED AT 60-80 MPH WAS FOUND   
   WEST SOUTHWEST OF CARAWAY AND ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHWESTERN PORTIONS   
   OF THE TOWN. THE TORNADO DEVELOPED AND TOUCHED DOWN JUST SOUTHWEST   
   OF THE BUSINESS DISTRICT IN CARAWAY AND DID SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURAL   
   DAMAGE TO THE ROOFS OF MANY HOMES...BUSINESSES...AND CHURCHES AS   
   WELL AS UPROOTING DOZENS OF TRESS. EVIDENCE OF INFLOW INTO THE   
   CIRCULATION CENTER WAS FOUND THROUGHOUT THE TOWN VIA DOWNED TREES   
   STRONGLY INDICATING THE PRESENCE OF A TORNADIC EVENT. THE TORNADO   
   WAS MOVING AT A RATE OF SPEED CLOSE TO 40-45 MPH THROUGH THE TOWN   
   AND LIFTED NEAR THE FAR NORTHEASTERN EDGE OF TOWN. EYEWITNESSES   
   REPORTED SEEING THE TORNADO MOVE INTO THE TOWN AS THEY SHELTERED   
   CHILDREN AND ADULTS INTO VARIOUS STORM SHELTERS FROM HALLOWEEN   
   FESTIVITIES AND BONFIRES.   
      
   $$   
      
   SCHOTT   
      
      
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