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

.UPDATE...

DETAILS ON THE TORNADO THAT PASSED NEAR HALLEY IN DESHA COUNTY ON 
DECEMBER 21ST HAVE BEEN ADDED.

.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.

.TORNADO #2..THE HALLEY TORNADO...

RATING:                 EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    86-110 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  5.0 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   440 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             DEC 21 2013
START TIME:             453 PM CST
START LOCATION:         .3 MILE SOUTHEAST OF HALLEY /DESHA COUNTY/ 
START LAT/LON:          33.5261 / -91.3267

END DATE:               DEC 21 2013
END TIME:               458 PM CST
END LOCATION:           5.1 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF HALLEY /DESHA    
                        COUNTY/ 
END LAT/LON:            33.5516 / -91.2447

SURVEY_SUMMARY:
THIS TORNADO MOVED OUT OF CHICOT COUNTY AND ENTERED DESHA COUNTY. 
THE STATISTICS AND DAMAGE DETAILS IN THIS STATEMENT ARE FOR DESHA 
COUNTY ONLY. 

ONE MOBILE HOME WAS KNOCKED OFF ITS FOUNDATION...HAD ITS PORCH TORN 
OFF...AND HAD A LARGE METAL INTERMODAL SHIPPING CONTAINER IN THE 
BACK YARD OVERTURN AND CRASH INTO THE REAR OF THE MOBILE 
HOME...SMASHING IN THE KITCHEN WALL. A HOUSE HAD ITS PORCH TORN 
OFF...ROOF DAMAGE...A HOLE PUNCHED IN A WALL...AND BROKEN WINDOWS. 
ANOTHER HOUSE HAD A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF ROOFING MATERIAL TORN 
OFF. AT ANOTHER HOUSE...THE ATTACHED CARPORT WAS TORN OFF AND THROWN 
ONTO THE ROOF OF THE HOUSE. SEVERAL STORAGE SHEDS WERE DESTROYED... 
LARGE TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN...AND SEVERAL POWER POLES WERE SNAPPED 
OFF.

THE TORNADO EXITED DESHA COUNTY AND MOVED BACK INTO CHICOT COUNTY 
NEAR THE YELLOW BEND PORT. THEREAFTER...THE TORNADO CROSSED THE 
MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND ENTERED BOLIVAR COUNTY MISSISSIPPI.

ALTHOUGH THE DAMAGE IN CHICOT AND DESHA COUNTIES WAS RATED EF1...THE 
DAMAGE IN BOLIVAR COUNTY REACHED EF2. THUS...THE OVERALL RATING FOR 
THIS TORNADO IS EF2. THE TOTAL PATH LENGTH OF THE TORNADO WAS 41 
MILES...WHICH INCLUDED 8.3 MILES IN ARKANSAS AND 32.7 MILES IN 
MISSISSIPPI.

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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...NWS JACKSON MS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 12/21/13 TORNADO EVENT...

...TORNADO PATH ACROSS CHICOT AND BOLIVAR COUNTIES...

.CHICOT COUNTY PORTION OF TORNADO...

RATING:                 EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    110 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  2.4 MILES AND .8 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   1/4 MILE
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               2

START DATE:             12/21/2013
START TIME:             451 PM
START LOCATION:         5 ESE DERMOTT
START LAT/LON:          33.5099/-91.3621

END DATE:               12/21/2013
END TIME:               459 PM
END LOCATION:           9 W LAMONT MS
END_LAT/LON:            33.5588/-91.2309

NUMEROUS POWER POLES SNAPPED...TWO EIGHTEEN WHEELERS FLIPPED OVER
CAUSING 2 MINOR INJURIES. DAMAGE OCCURRED TO SEVERAL HOMES AND
FARM BUILDINGS AND HEAVY ROOF DAMAGE OCCURRED TO THE YELLOW BEND
PORT FACILITY. THIS TORNADO WAS INITIALLY IN CHICOT CO...MOVED
INTO DESHA CO AND THEN BACK INTO CHICOT CO. THE TORNADO THEN
CROSSED THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER INTO BOLIVAR CO MS. THE TORNADO
WAS RATED EF1 IN CHICOT CO...BUT OVERALL RATING OF EF2 DUE TO
HEAVIER DAMAGE IN MS.

.BOLIVAR COUNTY PORTION OF TORNADO...

RATING:                 EF-2
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    115 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  32.7 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   1/4 MILE
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             12/21/2013
START TIME:             459 PM
START LOCATION:         9 W LAMONT
START LAT/LON:          33.5588/-91.2309

END DATE:               12/21/2013
END TIME:               528 PM
END LOCATION:           5 NNW CLEVELAND
*END_LAT/LON:           33.8067/-90.7528

THIS TORNADO CONTINUED FROM CHICOT CO ARKANSAS INTO BOLIVAR CO.
NUMEROUS POWER POLES WERE SNAPPED...A WELL BUILT TRACTOR SHED WAS
DESTROYED AND SEVERAL FARM BUILDINGS WERE DAMAGED. THE TORNADO WAS
RATED EF2 WITH MAX WINDS OF 115 MPH. THE TOTAL TORNADO PATH LENGTH
IN CHICOT...DESHA AND BOLIVAR COUNTIES WAS 41 MILES.

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.

$$

BK/SW


...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN DAMAGE SURVEY FOR THE 12/21/13 
TORNADO EVENT...

TORNADO NEAR HUGHES ARKANSAS...

RATING: EF2
PEAK WIND /ESTIMATED/:130 MPH
PEAK LENGTH /STATUTE/: 15.6 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 300 YARDS
FATALITIES: 1
INJURIES: 3

START DATE: 12/21/13
START TIME: 0320 PM CST
START LOCATION: 6 MILES SOUTHWEST/HUGHES/ARKANSAS
START LAT/LON: 34.907/-90.559

END DATE: 12/21/13
END TIME: 0329 PM CST
END LOCATION: 1 MILE NORTHWEST OF TARSUS
END LAT/LON: 35.099/-90.415

SURVEY SUMMARY:
NEAR HUGHES 3 MOBILE HOMES WERE DESTROYED. ROOF DAMAGE OCCURRED TO
TWO HOMES AND A BARN WAS DAMAGED. A NUMBER OF IRRIGATION PIVOTS
WERE OVERTURNED. NEAR WILDWOOD A METAL SHED WAS DESTROYED. POWER
LINES WERE ALSO DAMAGED ALONG THE PATH.


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