PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT   
   NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR   
   255 AM CST SUN DEC 22 2013   
      
   ...NWS DAMAGE SURVEYS FOR THE DECEMBER 20TH AND 21ST SEVERE   
   WEATHER EVENT...   
      
   ...ONE TORNADO CONFIRMED SO FAR...   
      
   .TORNADO #1...THE REDFIELD TORNADO...   
      
   RATING:                 EF-1   
   ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    86-110 MPH   
   PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  1.5 MILES   
   PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   150 YARDS   
   FATALITIES:             0   
   INJURIES:               0   
      
   START DATE:             DEC 20 2013   
   START TIME:             633 PM CST   
   START LOCATION:         1.0 SSW REDFIELD /JEFFERSON COUNTY/   
   START LAT/LON:          34.431 / -92.188   
      
   END DATE:               DEC 20 2013   
   END TIME:               635 PM CST   
   END LOCATION:           1.1 ESE REDFIELD /JEFFERSON COUNTY/   
   END LAT/LON:            34.441 / -92.165   
      
   SURVEY_SUMMARY:   
   NUMEROUS TREES WERE UPROOTED OR SNAPPED...WITH POWER LINES DOWNED   
   IN PLACES. A FEW HOMES HAD ROOF DAMAGE...AND WERE COVERED WITH   
   TARPS. THE CORNER OF ONE ROOF WAS REMOVED...WITH SOME DAMAGE   
   INSIDE THE HOUSE. A TRAMPOLINE AND SWING SET WERE THROWN ALOFT   
   AND WRAPPED AROUND TREES. SEVERAL SHEDS WERE DESTROYED.   
      
   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. ANOTHER SURVEY IS PLANNED SUNDAY /DECEMBER   
   22ND/ ACROSS DREW AND DESHA COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS.   
      
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