PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
710 PM CDT FRI OCT 19 2012

...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 10/17/2012 TORNADO EVENT - UPDATE 1...

.UPDATE...

AN EF0 TORNADO WAS CONFIRMED IN LONOKE COUNTY.

.CLARENDON TORNADO...

RATING:                 EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    86-110 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  0.4 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   350 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             OCTOBER 17 2012
START TIME:             740 PM CDT
START LOCATION:         0.41 WSW CLARENDON / MONROE COUNTY / AR
START LAT/LON:          34.6906 / -91.3159

END DATE:               OCTOBER 17 2012
END TIME:               741 PM CDT
END LOCATION:           0.14 S CLARENDON / MONROE COUNTY/ AR
END_LAT/LON:            34.6906 / -91.3091

SURVEY SUMMARY:

DAMAGE INCLUDED...

LARGE TREES...POWER LINES...AND POWER POLES WERE BLOWN DOWN. THE
ENTIRE TOWN WAS WITHOUT POWER AFTER THE TORNADO MOVED THROUGH. A
ROOF WAS BLOWN OFF OF A BARBER SHOP...AND THE METAL FROM THE ROOF
KNOCKED OVER THE FIRE SIREN.

A LARGE CARPORT WAS BLOWN ONTO AN 18-WHEELER. ANOTHER CARPORT WAS
CRUSHED BY A FALLING TREE. A HIGHWAY SIGN WAS BLOWN INTO A VIDEO
STORE/BAIT SHOP...AND ENDED UP LANDING ON THE FLOOR OF THE STORE.
THE SAME STORE HAD THE REAR PORTION OF THE BUILDING BLOWN OFF.

THE CANOPY OF A GAS STATION WAS DAMAGED...THE CANOPY OF A MOTEL WAS
BLOWN AWAY. A BOAT DOCK ON THE WHITE RIVER WAS DESTROYED.

.LONOKE COUNTY TORNADO...

RATING:                 EF-0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    65-75 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  0.07 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   8 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             OCTOBER 17 2012
START TIME:             653 PM CDT
START LOCATION:         1.42 NW SEATON / LONOKE COUNTY / AR
START LAT/LON:          34.6159 / -91.8358

END DATE:               OCTOBER 17 2012
END TIME:               654 PM CDT
END LOCATION:           1.38 NW SEATON / LONOKE COUNTY/ AR
END_LAT/LON:            34.6160 / -91.8345

SURVEY SUMMARY: THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN AN OPEN FARM FIELD...SO
THERE WAS NO DAMAGE. VIDEO EVIDENCE OF THE TORNADO WAS PROVIDED BY A
STORM CHASER.

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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