...NWS LITTLE ROCK AR DAMAGE SURVEYS FOR THE DECEMBER 20TH AND 21ST    
   SEVERE WEATHER EVENT...   
      
   .UPDATE...   
      
   DETAILS ON THE TORNADO THAT PASSED NEAR HALLEY IN DESHA COUNTY ON    
   DECEMBER 21ST HAVE BEEN ADDED.   
      
   .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.   
      
   .TORNADO #2..THE HALLEY TORNADO...   
      
   RATING:                 EF-1   
   ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    86-110 MPH   
   PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  5.0 MILES   
   PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   440 YARDS   
   FATALITIES:             0   
   INJURIES:               0   
      
   START DATE:             DEC 21 2013   
   START TIME:             453 PM CST   
   START LOCATION:         .3 MILE SOUTHEAST OF HALLEY /DESHA COUNTY/    
   START LAT/LON:          33.5261 / -91.3267   
      
   END DATE:               DEC 21 2013   
   END TIME:               458 PM CST   
   END LOCATION:           5.1 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF HALLEY /DESHA       
                           COUNTY/    
   END LAT/LON:            33.5516 / -91.2447   
      
   SURVEY_SUMMARY:   
   THIS TORNADO MOVED OUT OF CHICOT COUNTY AND ENTERED DESHA COUNTY.    
   THE STATISTICS AND DAMAGE DETAILS IN THIS STATEMENT ARE FOR DESHA    
   COUNTY ONLY.    
      
   ONE MOBILE HOME WAS KNOCKED OFF ITS FOUNDATION...HAD ITS PORCH TORN    
   OFF...AND HAD A LARGE METAL INTERMODAL SHIPPING CONTAINER IN THE    
   BACK YARD OVERTURN AND CRASH INTO THE REAR OF THE MOBILE    
   HOME...SMASHING IN THE KITCHEN WALL. A HOUSE HAD ITS PORCH TORN    
   OFF...ROOF DAMAGE...A HOLE PUNCHED IN A WALL...AND BROKEN WINDOWS.    
   ANOTHER HOUSE HAD A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF ROOFING MATERIAL TORN    
   OFF. AT ANOTHER HOUSE...THE ATTACHED CARPORT WAS TORN OFF AND THROWN    
   ONTO THE ROOF OF THE HOUSE. SEVERAL STORAGE SHEDS WERE DESTROYED...    
   LARGE TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN...AND SEVERAL POWER POLES WERE SNAPPED    
   OFF.   
      
   THE TORNADO EXITED DESHA COUNTY AND MOVED BACK INTO CHICOT COUNTY    
   NEAR THE YELLOW BEND PORT. THEREAFTER...THE TORNADO CROSSED THE    
   MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND ENTERED BOLIVAR COUNTY MISSISSIPPI.   
      
   ALTHOUGH THE DAMAGE IN CHICOT AND DESHA COUNTIES WAS RATED EF1...THE    
   DAMAGE IN BOLIVAR COUNTY REACHED EF2. THUS...THE OVERALL RATING FOR    
   THIS TORNADO IS EF2. THE TOTAL PATH LENGTH OF THE TORNADO WAS 41    
   MILES...WHICH INCLUDED 8.3 MILES IN ARKANSAS AND 32.7 MILES IN    
   MISSISSIPPI.   
      
   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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   ...NWS JACKSON MS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 12/21/13 TORNADO EVENT...   
      
   ...TORNADO PATH ACROSS CHICOT AND BOLIVAR COUNTIES...   
      
   .CHICOT COUNTY PORTION OF TORNADO...   
      
   RATING:                 EF-1   
   ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    110 MPH   
   PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  2.4 MILES AND .8 MILES   
   PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   1/4 MILE   
   FATALITIES:             0   
   INJURIES:               2   
      
   START DATE:             12/21/2013   
   START TIME:             451 PM   
   START LOCATION:         5 ESE DERMOTT   
   START LAT/LON:          33.5099/-91.3621   
      
   END DATE:               12/21/2013   
   END TIME:               459 PM   
   END LOCATION:           9 W LAMONT MS   
   END_LAT/LON:            33.5588/-91.2309   
      
   NUMEROUS POWER POLES SNAPPED...TWO EIGHTEEN WHEELERS FLIPPED OVER   
   CAUSING 2 MINOR INJURIES. DAMAGE OCCURRED TO SEVERAL HOMES AND   
   FARM BUILDINGS AND HEAVY ROOF DAMAGE OCCURRED TO THE YELLOW BEND   
   PORT FACILITY. THIS TORNADO WAS INITIALLY IN CHICOT CO...MOVED   
   INTO DESHA CO AND THEN BACK INTO CHICOT CO. THE TORNADO THEN   
   CROSSED THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER INTO BOLIVAR CO MS. THE TORNADO   
   WAS RATED EF1 IN CHICOT CO...BUT OVERALL RATING OF EF2 DUE TO   
   HEAVIER DAMAGE IN MS.   
      
   .BOLIVAR COUNTY PORTION OF TORNADO...   
      
   RATING:                 EF-2   
   ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    115 MPH   
   PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  32.7 MILES   
   PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   1/4 MILE   
   FATALITIES:             0   
   INJURIES:               0   
      
   START DATE:             12/21/2013   
   START TIME:             459 PM   
   START LOCATION:         9 W LAMONT   
   START LAT/LON:          33.5588/-91.2309   
      
   END DATE:               12/21/2013   
   END TIME:               528 PM   
   END LOCATION:           5 NNW CLEVELAND   
   *END_LAT/LON:           33.8067/-90.7528   
      
   THIS TORNADO CONTINUED FROM CHICOT CO ARKANSAS INTO BOLIVAR CO.   
   NUMEROUS POWER POLES WERE SNAPPED...A WELL BUILT TRACTOR SHED WAS   
   DESTROYED AND SEVERAL FARM BUILDINGS WERE DAMAGED. THE TORNADO WAS   
   RATED EF2 WITH MAX WINDS OF 115 MPH. THE TOTAL TORNADO PATH LENGTH   
   IN CHICOT...DESHA AND BOLIVAR COUNTIES WAS 41 MILES.   
      
   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.   
      
   $$   
      
   BK/SW   
      
      
   ...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN DAMAGE SURVEY FOR THE 12/21/13    
   TORNADO EVENT...   
      
   TORNADO NEAR HUGHES ARKANSAS...   
      
   RATING: EF2   
   PEAK WIND /ESTIMATED/:130 MPH   
   PEAK LENGTH /STATUTE/: 15.6 MILES   
   PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 300 YARDS   
   FATALITIES: 1   
   INJURIES: 3   
      
   START DATE: 12/21/13   
   START TIME: 0320 PM CST   
   START LOCATION: 6 MILES SOUTHWEST/HUGHES/ARKANSAS   
   START LAT/LON: 34.907/-90.559   
      
   END DATE: 12/21/13   
   END TIME: 0329 PM CST   
   END LOCATION: 1 MILE NORTHWEST OF TARSUS   
   END LAT/LON: 35.099/-90.415   
      
   SURVEY SUMMARY:   
   NEAR HUGHES 3 MOBILE HOMES WERE DESTROYED. ROOF DAMAGE OCCURRED TO   
   TWO HOMES AND A BARN WAS DAMAGED. A NUMBER OF IRRIGATION PIVOTS   
   WERE OVERTURNED. NEAR WILDWOOD A METAL SHED WAS DESTROYED. POWER   
   LINES WERE ALSO DAMAGED ALONG THE PATH.   
      
      
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