PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
236 PM CDT FRI APR 19 2013

...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 04/18/13 TORNADO EVENT...

.UPDATE...ADDED CROSSETT TORNADO INFORMATION

.CROSSETT TORNADO...

RATING: EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:4 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:150 YARDS
FATALITIES:0
INJURIES:0

START DATE:             4/18/2013
START TIME:             308 PM CDT
START LOCATION:         6 S CROSSETT

END DATE:               4/18/2013
END TIME:               314 PM CDT
END LOCATION:           4 SE CROSSETT

SURVEY SUMMARY:
TORNADO STARTED ALONG CR 229 ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTH OF CROSSETT. IT
MOVED EAST NORTHEAST TO NORTHEAST, CROSSING HWY 133 NEAR THE
INTERSECTION WITH CR5. SEVERAL LARGE TREES WERE DOWNED ACROSS HWY
133 AT THIS POINT. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST, AND REACHED ITS
MAXIMUM INTENSITY NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF CR 5E AND CR4. HERE A
NUMBER OF HARDWOOD AND SOFTWOOD TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. THE
TORNADO TURNED MORE NORTH NORTHEAST AND APPEARED TO DISSIPATE AS IT
WAS CROSSING ARKANSAS TRACE ROAD ABOUT FOUR MILES SOUTHEAST OF
CROSSETT.

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.

$$

SW/AG


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