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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
610 PM CDT THU APR 21 2011
...TEN TORNADOES CONFIRMED FROM THE STORMS OF APRIL 14-15 IN THE
LITTLE ROCK COUNTY WARNING AREA...
1107 PM TORNADO 1 SW MENA 34.57N 94.25W
04/14/2011 F1 POLK AR NWS STORM SURVEY
A TORNADO DESTROYED A WAREHOUSE USED BY A SNACK FOOD
COMPANY. NUMEROUS TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN...AND ONE OF THE
TREES FELL ON A HOUSE. A BARN WAS DAMAGED AS WELL. THE
TORNADO WAS EF1...AND TRACKED ONLY HALF OF A MILE BEFORE
DISSIPATING 1.4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MENA.
1112 PM TORNADO 3 SSE DANVILLE 35.01N 93.37W
04/14/2011 F1 YELL AR NWS STORM SURVEY
AN EF1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 3.7 MILES SE OF DANVILLE AND
TRAVELLED EIGHT TENTHS OF A MILE BEFORE LIFTING 3.6 MILES
SE OF DANVILLE. A BARN WAS DESTROYED AND TWO PIECES OF
FARMING EQUIPMENT WERE DAMAGED. SEVERAL TREES WERE BLOWN
DOWN. THE DAMAGE PATH WAS LOCATED ENTIRELY ON PRIVATE
PROPERTY.
1135 PM TORNADO 1 WNW CHICKALAH 35.17N 93.31W
04/14/2011 F1 YELL AR NWS STORM SURVEY
AN EF1 TORNADO TRACKED FROM 1WNW OF CHICKALAH TO SULPHUR
SPRINGS...WITH A PATH LENGTH OF 1.8 MILES. A MOBILE HOME WAS
DESTROYED...AND NUMEROUS TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN.
0113 AM TORNADO 2 N FOUNTAIN LAKE 34.60N 93.00W
04/15/2011 F1 GARLAND AR NWS STORM SURVEY
AN EF1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 2.9 MILES NORTH OF FOUNTAIN
LAKE IN GARLAND COUNTY. IT TRACKED 7.2 MILES
NORTHEASTWARD AND LIFTED 9.2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PARON IN
SALINE COUNTY. HUNDREDS OF TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN...AND
SOME OF THEM LANDED ON HOUSES. ONE HOUSE HAD ITS PORCH
AND PART OF ITS ROOF BLOWN OFF. THERE WERE A COUPLE OF
BARNS WITH ROOF DAMAGE...AND SEVERAL OUTBUILDINGS WERE
DAMAGED.
0138 AM TORNADO 2 E TRASKWOOD 34.45N 92.63W
04/15/2011 F1 SALINE AR NWS STORM SURVEY
AN EF1 TORNADO TRACKED FROM 2 MILES EAST OF TRASKWOOD TO
1.5 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF TULL...WITH A PATH LENGTH OF
3 MILES. THE PATH WIDTH WAS 250 YARDS. NUMEROUS LARGE
TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED...AND A BARN WAS
DESTROYED...WITH THE BARN ROOF THROWN OVER A HUNDRED
YARDS. SEVERAL HOMES WERE MISSING SHINGLES WITH ONE HOME
MISSING NEARLY 50 PERCENT OF THE SHINGLES.
0147 AM TORNADO 5 SW SARDIS 34.48N 92.46W
04/15/2011 F1 SALINE AR NWS STORM SURVEY
AN EF1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 5 MI SW OF SARDIS IN SALINE
COUNTY TO 3 MI SSE OF WRIGHTSVILLE IN PULASKI COUNTY
WITH A PATH LENGTH OF 16.6 MI. NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER
LINES WERE DOWNED. DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED TO A MOBILE HOME
THAT LOST ITS ROOF AND PORCH. SEVERAL HOUSES HAD ROOF
DAMAGE FROM FALLING TREES. ROOF AND CHIMNEY OF A HOUSE WAS
DAMAGED...COINCIDENTALLY THIS SAME HOUSE ON U.S. HIGHWAY
167 WAS HIT BY A TORNADO ABOUT 30 YEARS AGO. THE ROOF
WAS TAKEN OFF OF A COUNTRY CLUB.
0157 AM TORNADO 4 NNW GEYER SPRINGS 34.75N 92.38W
04/15/2011 F1 PULASKI AR NWS STORM SURVEY
*** 2 FATAL *** TORNADO TRACKED FROM JUST SOUTHWEST OF
INTERSECTION OF WEST MARKHAM STREET AND JOHN BARROW ROAD
TO THE SHERRILL HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD...ENDING ABOVE
REBSAMEN PARK. THIS TORNADO OCCURED ENTIRELY WITHIN THE
CITY LIMITS OF LITTLE ROCK. WHILE THERE WAS SHINGLE DAMAGE
...MUCH OF THE DAMAGE CONSISTED OF TREES FALLING ONTO
HOUSES...VEHICLES AND POWER LINES. THIS TORNADO WAS RATED
AN EF1...WITH A PATH LENGTH OF 3.9 MILES.
0200 AM TORNADO 3 SW SWEET HOME 34.65N 92.25W
04/15/2011 F1 PULASKI AR NWS STORM SURVEY
AN EF1 TORNADO TRACKED FROM 3.5 SOUTHWEST OF SWEET HOME
AND 2.2 E OF COLLEGE STATION...WITH A PATH LENGTH OF
6.6 MILES. TREES AND POWER POLES WERE DOWNED...WITH
AN INDUSTRIAL BUILDING DESTROYED. A ROOF OFF OF ANOTHER
INDUSTRIAL BUILDING WAS DAMAGED.
0209 AM TORNADO 7 SSW SCOTT 34.61N 92.15W
04/15/2011 F1 PULASKI AR NWS STORM SURVEY
*** 1 INJ *** AN EF1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 7.4 MI SSW OF
SCOTT IN PULASKI CO. AND LIFTED 2.3 MI NW OF KEO IN
LONOKE CO. WITH A PATH LENGTH OF 6.9 MI. NUMEROUS TREES
WERE BLOWN DOWN AND A TRAILER OF A 18-WHEELER WAS ALSO
BLOWN OVER. A COTTON GIN WAS DESTROYED...WITH A 150 YR
OLD PECAN ORCHARD RECEIVING SEVERE DAMAGE...NEARLY DESTROYED.
AN OCCUPANT OF A MOBILE HOME RECEIVED CRITICAL INJURIES
WHEN THEIR MOBILE HOME WAS DESTROYED. SEVERAL OTHER MOBILE
HOMES WERE DAMAGED WITH ONE KNOCKED OFF ITS FOUNDATION.
0217 AM TORNADO 3 SSW PETTUS 34.61N 91.94W
04/15/2011 F2 LONOKE AR NWS STORM SURVEY
A TORNADO DAMAGED OR DESTROYED 50 LARGE STEEL POWER
TRANSMITTER TOWERS...WITH POWER LINES...POWER POLES AND
TREES DOWNED AS WELL. THE TORNADO WAS RATED EF2...AND HAD
A PATH WIDTH OF 200 YARDS. THE TORNADO TRACKED 7 MILES
BEFORE DISSIPATING 6.3 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF LONOKE.
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