PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
444 PM CDT THU APR 11 2013

...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 04/10/2013 TORNADO AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM EVENT...

.TORNADO #1...THE BOTKINBURG TORNADO...

RATING:                 EF-2
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    111-135 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  17.4 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   400 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               4 AT BOTKINBURG

START DATE:             APR 10 2013
START TIME:             424 PM CDT
START LOCATION:         3.4 SE SCOTLAND /VAN BUREN COUNTY/
START LAT/LON:          35.489 / -92.574

END DATE:               APR 10 2013
END TIME:               450 PM CDT
END LOCATION:           PLANT /VAN BUREN COUNTY/
END LAT/LON:            35.7253 / -92.4743

SURVEY_SUMMARY:
PRELIMINARY INFORMATION INDICATES THAT FIVE HOUSES WERE DESTROYED...
11 WITH MAJOR DAMAGE...AND 22 WITH MINOR DAMAGE. THERE WERE EIGHT
HOUSES AFFECTED /WITH VERY MINOR DAMAGE/. SEVERAL OUTBUILDINGS WERE
DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. MANY OF THE HOUSES WITH DAMAGE HAD ROOFS LIFTED OFF
OR PARTIALLY TORN OFF.

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

.THUNDERSTORM WIND #1...DAMAGE AT WONDERVIEW...

PEAK WIND /E/:          60-70 MPH
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             APR 10 2013
START TIME:             410 PM CDT
START LOCATION:         WONDERVIEW /CONWAY COUNTY/
START LAT/LON:          35.3195 / -92.7287

END DATE:               APR 10 2013
END TIME:               411 PM CDT
END LOCATION:           WONDERVIEW /CONWAY COUNTY/
END LAT/LON:            35.3195 / -92.7287

SUMMARY:
A ROOF WAS BLOWN OFF OF A BARN BY STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS.

.THUNDERSTORM WIND #2...DAMAGE AT GARRETT BRIDGE...

PEAK WIND /E/:          70-80 MPH
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             APR 10 2013
START TIME:             833 PM
START LOCATION:         GARRETT BRIDGE /LINCOLN COUNTY/
START LAT/LON:          33.866 / -91.655

END DATE:               APR 10 2013
END TIME:               834 PM
END LOCATION:           GARRETT BRIDGE /LINCOLN COUNTY/
END LAT/LON:            33.866 / -91.655

SUMMARY:
FIVE MOBILE HOMES WERE DESTROYED...WITH SEVERAL OTHERS SUSTAINING
VARYING DEGREES OF DAMAGE.

NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENTS AND PUBLICATION IN
NWS STORM DATA.

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