PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
255 AM CST SUN DEC 22 2013

...NWS DAMAGE SURVEYS FOR THE DECEMBER 20TH AND 21ST SEVERE
WEATHER EVENT...

...ONE TORNADO CONFIRMED SO FAR...

.TORNADO #1...THE REDFIELD TORNADO...

RATING:                 EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    86-110 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  1.5 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   150 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             DEC 20 2013
START TIME:             633 PM CST
START LOCATION:         1.0 SSW REDFIELD /JEFFERSON COUNTY/
START LAT/LON:          34.431 / -92.188

END DATE:               DEC 20 2013
END TIME:               635 PM CST
END LOCATION:           1.1 ESE REDFIELD /JEFFERSON COUNTY/
END LAT/LON:            34.441 / -92.165

SURVEY_SUMMARY:
NUMEROUS TREES WERE UPROOTED OR SNAPPED...WITH POWER LINES DOWNED
IN PLACES. A FEW HOMES HAD ROOF DAMAGE...AND WERE COVERED WITH
TARPS. THE CORNER OF ONE ROOF WAS REMOVED...WITH SOME DAMAGE
INSIDE THE HOUSE. A TRAMPOLINE AND SWING SET WERE THROWN ALOFT
AND WRAPPED AROUND TREES. SEVERAL SHEDS WERE DESTROYED.

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. ANOTHER SURVEY IS PLANNED SUNDAY /DECEMBER
22ND/ ACROSS DREW AND DESHA COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS.

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