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EF2 tornado in Saline County, Arkansas

Tornado November 4, 2022 · Saline County, Arkansas

EF2
Rating
1.6 mi
Path length
200 yd
Path width
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 200 yards (0.11 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF2 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF2 is considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, consistent with estimated gusts of 111–135 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

This tornado started on Cardinal Circle southeast of Sardis, uprooting or snapping trees as it moved northeast over West Fairview Road and Long Drive. The worst damage was noted along Pruett Road, where several homes were damaged, some which lost their roofs. The tornado continued northeast over East Sardis Road, damaging more trees. The tornado lifted near the intersection of East Sardis Road and Stan Cove.

The wider storm

A cold front approached Arkansas from the west late Friday night into Saturday morning. Strong to severe thunderstorms developed along and ahead of this front,

with damaging winds and tornadoes observed across the state. This thunderstorm activity grew upscale from singular supercells into a linear QLCS line over the eastern half of Arkansas.

Began near Sardis (34.5138, -92.4014).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

7 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF2 Pike CountyEF1 Polk CountyEF1 Logan CountyEF1 Yell CountyEF1 Yell CountyEF1 Clark CountyEF1 Hot Spring County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1064125. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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