PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1004 PM CDT FRI APR 12 2013

...CORRECTED COUNTY END POINT FOR MT OLIVE TORNADO...

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

...THREE TORNADOES NOW CONFIRMED...

.UPDATE...
AN ADDITIONAL TORNADO...ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORMS ON WEDNESDAY 
APRIL 10TH...HAS BEEN CONFIRMED IN IZARD COUNTY. THIS BRINGS THE 
TOTAL FOR THE EVENT TO THREE CONFIRMED TORNADOES.

SURVEY CREWS WILL ONCE AGAIN GO OUT AGAIN TOMORROW...SATURDAY APRIL 
13TH...TO SURVEY DAMAGE IN GARRETT BRIDGE IN SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN 
COUNTY.

.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. 

.TORNADO #2...THE RUSHING TORNADO...

RATING:                 EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    86-110 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  4.6 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   300 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             APR 10 2013
START TIME:             551 PM CDT
START LOCATION:         0.7 NW RUSHING /STONE COUNTY/
START LAT/LON:          35.7409 / -92.2757

END DATE:               APR 10 2013
END TIME:               600 PM CDT
END LOCATION:           4.9 N RUSHING /STONE COUNTY/
END LAT/LON:            35.8066 / -92.2622

SURVEY_SUMMARY:
A COUPLE OF UNUSED CHICKEN HOUSES AND A HAY BARN WERE BLOWN DOWN. 
TREES WERE SNAPPED AND BLOWN DOWN...AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN. 

.TORNADO #3...THE MT OLIVE TORNADO...

RATING:                 EF-2
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    111-135 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  1.7 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   100 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             APR 10 2013
START TIME:             544 PM CDT
START LOCATION:         0.4 NW MT OLIVE /IZARD COUNTY/
START LAT/LON:          36.0054 / -92.0971

END DATE:               APR 10 2013
END TIME:               546 PM CDT
END LOCATION:           2.0 NNW MT OLIVE /STONE COUNTY/
END LAT/LON:            36.0283 / -92.0857

SURVEY_SUMMARY:
TORNADO DAMAGE WAS NOTED ALONG AND CLOSE TO THE WHITE RIVER NEAR MT 
OLIVE. THE ROOF OF A LOG HOUSE WAS REMOVED...AND THE HOUSE SHIFTED 
OFF THE FOUNDATION. NUMEROUS OTHER HOUSES SUSTAINED AT LEAST MINOR 
DAMAGE...INCLUDING A TREE DOWN ON ONE...A COVERED PORCH TORN FROM 
ANOTHER...AND SEVERAL WITH SHINGLE DAMAGE. ALSO...A BOAT DOCK ALONG 
THE RIVER WAS TURNED OVER AND DESTROYED. NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED 
OR UPROOTED ALONG THE PATH.

.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. 

.THUNDERSTORM WIND #3..DAMAGE AT HORSESHOE BEND...

PEAK WIND /E/:          90-100 MPH
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               1

START DATE:             APR 10 2013
START TIME:             650 PM
START LOCATION:         HORSESHOE BEND /IZARD COUNTY/ 
START LAT/LON:          36.2043/ -91.7424

END DATE:               APR 10 2013
END TIME:               655 PM 
END LOCATION:           HORESEHOE BEND /IZARD COUNTY/ 
END LAT/LON:            36.2203/ -91.7136

SUMMARY:
MOST OF THE DAMAGE WAS CLOSE TO THE SHORE LINE ON CROWN LAKE...BUT 
SEVERAL HOUSES ALSO SUSTAINED DAMAGE ON NEARBY DIAMOND LAKE. IN 
ALL...41 HOUSES WERE DAMAGED...WITH 3 OF THOSE BEING DESTROYED AND 8 
SUSTAINING MAJOR DAMAGE. THE REMAINING 30 HOMES HAD LESSER AMOUNTS 
OF DAMAGE. ONE INDIVIDUAL WAS INJURED AFTER A BRICK WALL COLLAPSED 
INWARDLY. 


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. 

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