000 NOUS44 KLZK 020135 AAB PNSLZK ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-022000- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 835 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2011 ...A TOTAL OF 13 TORNADOES HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED SO FAR... ...TRACKS 1 THROUGH 10 ARE FROM APRIL 25TH... ...TRACKS 11 THROUGH 13 ARE FROM APRIL 26TH... TORNADO NUMBER 1... THE TORNADO TRAVELED FROM 2.75 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF PEARCY TO 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF ROCKWELL. THE PATH LENGTH WAS 6 MILES AND THE PATH WIDTH WAS 200 YARDS. THE TORNADO WAS RATED AS EF2 ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE. THE TORNADO KNOCKED DOWN OR SNAPPED OFF HUNDREDS OF TREES AND POWER LINES WITH THE HEAVIEST DAMAGE ON OLD DALLAS ROAD...TIMBERLAKE ROAD AND IN THE SMALL COMMUNITY OF SUNSHINE. SEVERAL WELL CONSTRUCTED HOUSES WERE DESTROYED WITH MANY OTHER EXPERIENCING ROOF DAMAGE FROM TORNADO WINDS OR FROM BEING HIT BY FALLING TREES. NUMEROUS OUTBUILDINGS WERE DESTROYED. A TRAVEL TRAILER WAS PUSHED ONTO A CAR. ONLY MINOR INJURIES WERE REPORTED. TORNADO NUMBER 2... THE TORNADO TRAVELED FROM 2.25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CRYSTAL SPRINGS TO 5 MILES WEST OF MOUNTAIN PINE. THE PATH LENGTH WAS 5.05 MILES LONG AND THE PATH WIDTH WAS 300 YARDS. THE TORNADO REMAINED RATED AS AN EF2 ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE. THE TORNADO KNOCKED DOWN OR SNAPPED OFF HUNDREDS OF TREES AND POWER LINES WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE TREE DAMAGE ON BRADY MOUNTAIN ROAD. SEVERAL OUTBUILDINGS WERE DESTROYED AND A LARGE METAL BUILDING THAT ONCE HOUSED A GOLF ACADEMY SUSTAINED SEVERE DAMAGE WITH THE ROOF BEING RIPPED OFF AND METAL GIRDERS BEING TWISTED. A CAMPER WAS ALSO BLOWN INTO A FIELD AND DESTROYED. A POORLY CONSTRUCTED HOME WAS DESTROYED AND SEVERAL OTHER BUILDINGS IN THE SMALL COMMUNITY OF BEAR WERE DAMAGED. ONLY MINOR INJURIES WERE REPORTED. TORNADO NUMBER 3... THE TORNADO TRAVELED FROM 3.3 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF FOUNTAIN LAKE TO 9.8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JESSIEVILLE. THE PATH LENGTH WAS 9.5 MILES LONG AND THE PATH WIDTH WAS 300 YARDS. THE TORNADO WAS RATED AS EF3 ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE. THE TORNADO BLEW DOWN OR SNAPPED OFF HUNDREDS OF TREES AND POWER LINES INCLUDING AT LEAST 500 IN HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE ALONE. SEVERAL OUTBUILDINGS...INCLUDING A WELL CONSTRUCTED BARN WERE DESTROYED. A MOBILE HOME WAS PICKED UP OFF ITS FOUNDATION...BLOWN SEVERAL HUNDRED YARDS INTO TREES AND DESTROYED WITH THE OCCUPANT REQUIRING HOSPITALIZATION. NUMEROUS WELL CONSTRUCTED HOUSES...INCLUDING A TWO STORY HOME WHERE THE TOP STORY WAS RIPPED OFF...WERE BLOWN APART AND DESTROYED WITH NUMEROUS OTHERS HAVING THEIR ROOFS REMOVED. A CHURCH RECEIVED HEAVY DAMAGE AND SEVERAL CARS WERE BLOWN ON TOP OF EACH OTHER. A YOUTH SERVICE WITH 60 CHILDREN WAS BEING CONDUCTED AT THE TIME AND ALL WERE EVACUATED FROM THE CHURCH SAFELY WHEN THE WARNING WAS RECEIVED ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO WITH ONLY ONE MINOR INJURY. MOBILE HOMES WERE BLOWN OFF THEIR FOUNDATIONS AND BLOWN INTO AN ADJACENT FIELD. SEVERAL OTHER MINOR INJURIES WERE REPORTED. TORNADO NUMBER 4.../LITTLE ROCK AFB TORNADO/... THE TORNADO TRAVELED FROM .75 MILES EAST OF GRAVEL RIDGE TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CABOT. THE PATH LENGTH WAS 5 MILES LONG AND THE PATH WIDTH WAS 100 YARDS. THE TORNADO WAS RATED AS EF2 ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE. THE NORTH PULASKI HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM SUFFERED EXTENSIVE ROOF DAMAGE AND SEVERAL BRICK WALLS ON THE BACK END OF THE SCHOOL COLLAPSED. HOWEVER...THE MAJORITY OF THE DAMAGE OCCURRED ON THE LITTLE ROCK AIR FORCE BASE WHERE NUMEROUS TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN OR SNAPPED. NUMEROUS UNITS OF BASE HOUSING WERE FLATTENED AND DESTROYED. NUMEROUS OTHER UNITS RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL ROOF DAMAGE OR IN MANY CASES THE ROOF WAS REMOVED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD PART OF THE ROOF REMOVED WITH 7 LARGE DOORS BLOWN IN. THREE AIRCRAFT WERE DAMAGED. NUMEROUS WINDOWS ON OTHER BUILDINGS WERE BLOWN IN WITH THE COMMISSARY CURRENTLY CLOSED DUE TO ROOF DAMAGE AND WINDOWS BEING BLOWN IN. NUMEROUS CARS WERE TOSSED ABOUT AND DESTROYED. ONLY MINOR INJURIES WERE REPORTED. TORNADO NUMBER 5.../THE VILONIA TORNADO/... THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 3.4 MILES NORTHWEST OF FERNDALE. IT PASSED NORTH OF NATURAL STEPS...THROUGH THE PALARM AREA...SOUTH AND EAST OF MAYFLOWER...THROUGH VILONIA...SOUTH AND EAST OF ROMANCE...AND THROUGH THE GRAVEL HILL COMMUNITY. THE TORNADO LIFTED 1.6 MILES NORTH OF JOY. THE STORM AFFECTED PULASKI...FAULKNER...AND WHITE COUNTIES. THE PATH LENGTH WAS 51.1 MILES...AND THE STORM WAS RATED AN EF2 ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE. TORNADO NUMBER 6... THE TORNADO TRAVELED FROM 2.0 MILES NORTHWEST OF WARD TO 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF BEEBE. THE PATH LENGTH WAS 7.5 MILES AND THE PATH WIDTH WAS 100 YARDS. THE TORNADO WAS RATED AS EF1 ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE. THE TORNADO KNOCKED DOWN OR SNAPPED OFF HUNDREDS OF TREES AND POWER LINES WITH THE HEAVIEST DAMAGE IN THE CITY OF BEEBE. MANY HOUSES EXPERIENCED ROOF DAMAGE...MAINLY FROM FALLING TREES. SEVERAL OUT BUILDINGS HAD THEIR ROOFS REMOVED AND A CAR WAS CRUSHED BY A FALLING TREE. TORNADO NUMBER 7... THE TORNADO TRAVELED FROM 3.5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PERRYVILLE TO 4.3 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF HOUSTON. THE PATH LENGTH WAS 5.2 MILES AND THE PATH WIDTH WAS 200 YARDS. THE TORNADO WAS RATED AS EF1 ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE. THE TORNADO KNOCKED DOWN OR SNAPPED DOZENS OF TREES AND POWER LINES. THE HEAVIEST DAMAGE OCCURRED AT THE HEIFER RANCH WHERE NUMEROUS LARGE TREES WERE KNOCKED DOWN OR SNAPPED OFF. SEVERAL BUILDINGS ON THE RANCH HAD THEIR ROOFS REMOVED AND THROWN INTO ADJACENT FIELDS AND SEVERAL HAY BARNS WERE DESTROYED. SEVERAL HOUSES OUTSIDE THE RANCH HAD ROOF DAMAGE FROM FALLING TREES AND A LARGE BILLBOARD SIGN WAS KNOCKED OVER. TORNADO NUMBER 8... THE TORNADO TRAVELED FROM 1.0 MILE WEST OF WOOSTER TO 1.0 MILE NORTH OF WOOSTER. THE PATH LENGTH WAS 1.1 MILES AND THE PATH WIDTH WAS 50 YARDS. THE TORNADO WAS RATED AS EF1 ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE. THE TORNADO KNOCKED DOWN OR SNAPPED NUMEROUS TREES AND A FEW POWER LINES. ONE HOUSE HAD A GUTTER RIPPED OFF AND AN EAVE DAMAGED FROM A FALLING TREE. SEVERAL OTHER HOMES HAD ROOF DAMAGE FROM FALLING TREES. TORNADO NUMBER 9... THE TORNADO TRAVELED FROM 1.7 MILES NORTHWEST OF BIG FORK TO 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PINE RIDGE. THE PATH LENGTH WAS 6.0 MILES AND THE PATH WIDTH WAS 50 YARDS. THE TORNADO WAS RATED AS EF1 ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE. THE TORNADO KNOCKED DOWN OR SNAPPED OFF NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES. TORNADO NUMBER 10... THE TORNADO TRAVELED FROM 3.4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GLENWOOD TO 4.7 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF PEARCY. THE PATH LENGTH WAS 11.4 MILES. THE TORNADO WAS RATED EF1 ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE. THIS TORNADO AFFECTED PIKE...MONTGOMERY...HOT SPRING...AND GARLAND COUNTIES. IT PASSED THROUGH PARTS OF BONNERDALE. MOST OF THE DAMAGE CONSISTED OF TREES BEING KNOCKED DOWN...BUT SOME BARNS AND OUTBUILDINGS SUFFERED DAMAGE. TORNADO NUMBER 11... THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED IN LONOKE COUNTY. THE TORNADO TRAVELED FROM 2.3 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF COY TO 2.25 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF HUMNOKE. THE PATH LENGTH WAS 8.3 MILES. THE TORNADO WAS RATED AS EF1 ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE. THE TORNADO DESTROYED 2 GRAIN BINS AND DAMAGED OTHERS. POWER POLES AND TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN. DAMAGE EXCEEDED ONE MILLION DOLLARS. TORNADO NUMBER 12... THE TORNADO TRAVELED FROM 0.4 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF WICKES TO 0.4 MILES EAST OF WICKES. THE PATH LENGTH WAS 0.8 MILES. THE TORNADO WAS RATED AN EF1 ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE. THE STORM SURVEY CONDUCTED THIS AFTERNOON REVEALED SEVERAL TREES DOWN ACROSS THE PATH. THERE WERE SEVERAL HOUSES AND MOBILE HOMES WITH ROOF DAMAGE AND SOME OF THE STRUCTURES HAS THE ROOF PARTIALLY REMOVED. ONE HOUSE HAD A PORCH REMOVED BY THE TORNADO. TORNADO NUMBER 13... THE TORNADO TRACKED FROM 1.9 MILES NORTHEAST OF NAYLOR TO 1.1 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JOY. THE PATH LENGTH WAS 12.8 MILES. THIS TORNADO AFFECTED FAULKNER AND WHITE COUNTIES. MUCH OF THE TRACK WAS VERY CLOSE TO THAT OF THE VILONIA TORNADO THE NIGHT BEFORE. IN FACT...THE MIDDLE PART OF THIS TORNADOES PATH CROSSED THROUGH THE PATH OF THE VILONIA TORNADO. FOR THE MOST PART...THE DAMAGE CONSISTED OF TREES BEING BLOWN DOWN. THE STORM SURVEYS WERE CONDUCTED BY JOE GOUDSWARD...SENIOR FORECASTER...ALLEN ADKINS...ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN...WILLIE GILMORE ...FORECASTER...JOHN ROBINSON...WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST ...AND RENEE FAIR...METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE... ALL FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK. $$ 56/57/51/227/28