PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
240 PM CDT SAT APR 13 2013

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

...FOUR TORNADOES NOW CONFIRMED...

.UPDATE...

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

.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.

.TORNADO #4...THE GARRETT BRIDGE TORNADO...

RATING: EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 100-110 MPH
PATH LENGTH/STATUTE/: 6.7 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 400 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0

START DATE:             APR 10 2013
START TIME:             826 PM CDT
START LOCATION:         3.4 SSW GARRETT BRIDGE /LINCOLN COUNTY/
START LAT/LON:          33.8242 / -91.6849

END DATE:               APR 10 2013
END TIME:               833 PM CDT
END LOCATION:           3.3 NE GARRETT BRIDGE /LINCOLN COUNTY/
END LAT/LON:            33.9016 / -91.6140

SURVEY_SUMMARY:
TWO MOBILE HOMES WERE DESTROYED...ONE OF WHICH WAS SMASHED AGAINST
A TREE. A CHURCH HAD ROOF DAMAGE...ALLOWING WATER TO POUR INSIDE.
WINDOWS AND DOORS OF THIS CHURCH WERE ALSO BROKEN. A LARGE SHED COLLAPSED
ONTO LARGE FARM MACHINERY. TWO GRAIN BINS WERE DENTED. WALLS OF A
HOUSE WERE CRACKED. NUMEROUS HOUSES AND MOBILE HOMES RECEIVED ROOF
DAMAGE...WITH SOME TREES ALSO FALLING ONTO HOMES. SHEDS AND
OUTBUILDINGS WERE DESTROYED OR OVERTURNED. A WALL OF A FOUR-CAR
GARAGE WAS BLOWN IN. NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED OR
UPROOTED...INCLUDING SOME CYPRESS AND TUPELO TREES ALONG BAYOU
BARTHOLOMEW.

.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 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:           HORSESHOE 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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