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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
...DAMAGE SURVEYS ARE ONGOING ACROSS ARKANSAS...
SEVERAL STRONG LONG TRACK TORNADOES WERE SPAWNED DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING OF FRIDAY...APRIL 30TH. THE TORNADOES WERE
MAINLY IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS.
AT LEAST TEN TORNADOES HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED IN THE LITTLE ROCK COUNTY
WARNING AREA. ALL OF THESE TORNADO TRACKS HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY
SURVEYED.
1. TORNADO #1
COUNTIES AFFECTED: CONWAY...VAN BUREN
CLASSIFICATION: EF3...136-165 MPH
STARTING POINT: 3 MILES ENE OF JERUSALEM
ENDING POINT: 3.2 MILES NW OF CLINTON
PATH LENGTH: 20.3 MILES
NOTES: THIS TORNADO HIT THE SCOTLAND
COMMUNITY...9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
CLINTON
2. TORNADO #2
COUNTIES AFFECTED: VAN BUREN...STONE
CLASSIFICATION: EF1...86-110 MPH
STARTING POINT: 5.6 MILES NW OF SHIRLEY
ENDING POINT: 1 NE OF FOX
PATH LENGTH: 8.7 MILES
NOTES: THIS TORNADO WAS SPAWNED BY THE SAME
STORM THAT PRODUCED THE SCOTLAND TORNADO
3. TORNADO #3
COUNTIES AFFECTED: CONWAY...VAN BUREN
CLASSIFICATION: EF2...111-135 MPH
STARTING POINT: 4.7 MILES WSW OF CENTER RIDGE
ENDING POINT: 3.8 MILES WSW OF BEE BRANCH
PATH LENGTH: 11.7 MILES
4. TORNADO #4
COUNTIES AFFECTED: SALINE...PULASKI
CLASSIFICATION: EF2...111-135 MPH
STARTING POINT: 7.4 MILES SSW OF EAST END
ENDING POINT: 2.4 MILES S OF SWEET HOME
PATH LENGTH: 17.1 MILES
5. TORNADO #5
COUNTIES AFFECTED: PULASKI...LONOKE...WHITE
CLASSIFICATION: EF2...111-135 MPH
STARTING POINT: 2.4 MILES E OF SWEET HOME
ENDING POINT: 1.5 MILES SSW OF MCRAE
PATH LENGTH: 35 MILES
NOTES: THIS TORNADO WAS PRODUCED BY THE SAME
STORM THAT SPAWNED THE EAST END TORNADO
6. TORNADO #6
COUNTIES AFFECTED: WHITE
CLASSIFICATION: EF1...86-110 MPH
STARTING POINT: 1.5 MILES SSW OF KENSETT
ENDING POINT: 1.5 MILES E OF KENSETT
PATH LENGTH: 2.8 MILES
NOTES: THIS TORNADO WAS PRODUCED BY THE SAME
STORM THAT SPAWNED THE EAST END TORNADO
7. TORNADO #7
COUNTIES AFFECTED: JACKSON
CLASSIFICATION: EF3...136-165 MPH
STARTING POINT: 2.2 MILES WNW OF WELDON
ENDING POINT: 4 MILES E OF AUVERGNE
PATH LENGTH: 7.5 MILES
NOTES: THIS TORNADO WAS PRODUCED BY THE SAME
STORM THAT SPAWNED THE EAST END TORNADO.
A CHURCH WAS DESTROYED...AS WELL AS A
POWER STATION
8. TORNADO #8
COUNTIES AFFECTED: GRANT
CLASSIFICATION: EF1...86-110 MPH
STARTING POINT: 3.3 MILES SSW OF BELFAST
ENDING POINT: 1 MILE WNW OF BELFAST
PATH LENGTH: 2.8 MILES
NOTES: THIS TORNADO WAS PRODUCED BY THE SAME
STORM THAT SPAWNED THE EAST END TORNADO.
THERE WAS ROOF DAMAGE TO A HOME AND A CHURCH
AND HALF OF A BARN ROOF WAS REMOVED. THERE
WERE ALSO NUMEROUS TREES BLOWN DOWN
9. TORNADO #9
COUNTIES AFFECTED: MARION
CLASSIFICATION: EF1...86-110 MPH
STARTING POINT: 0.2 MILES WSW OF PRICE PLACE
ENDING POINT: 2.7 MILES ENE OF PRICE PLACE
PATH LENGTH: 2.9 MILES
NOTES: THERE WAS ROOF AND SIDING DAMAGE TO SIX HOMES
AND NUMEROUS TREES WERE UPROOTED OR SNAPPED
10. TORNADO #10
COUNTIES AFFECTED: DALLAS
CLASSIFICATION: EF1...86-110 MPH
STARTING POINT: 0.8 MILES WSW OF CARTHAGE
ENDING POINT: 1.1 MILES NNE OF CARTHAGE
PATH LENGTH: 1.8 MILES
NOTES: A MOBILE HOME WAS BLOWN OFF ITS FOUNDATION AND
PART OF THE ROOF REMOVED. IN ADDITION...THE
MOBILE HOME HAD LIMBS THROUGH THE ROOF AND
ITS WINDOWS BLOWN OUT. NUMEROUS TREES...POWER
LINES...AND POWER POLES WERE BLOWN DOWN
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