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EF2 tornado in Logan County, Arkansas

Tornado June 18, 2023 · Logan County, Arkansas

EF2
Rating
5.4 mi
Path length
700 yd
Path width
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 700 yards (0.40 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 began just downstream of Prairie Mountain southwest of Fox Road. Along Fox Road, five of six chicken houses were completely destroyed. Debris from the chicken houses was blown across Fox Road into an adjacent tree line. The tornado continued northeast crossing Highway 288 removing roofing material off of a house and a couple more chicken houses sustained damage. A two car garage was blown off the foundation; no wall attachments were found connected to the slab. The tornado crossed Highway 109 and Hillcrest Lane uprooting trees and removing the roofing material off of an outbuilding while completely flattening another outbuilding. The tornado continued northeast crossing Stoney Point Road, Weiterer Road, Grenwelge Lane, to the intersection of Dublin Road and Highway 197 at the community of Dublin. The tornado uprooted some hardwood trees in this location before lifting. This tornado had maximum estimated winds of 120 mph and was rated an EF-2.

The wider storm

A cold front moving across Oklahoma toward Arkansas interacted with a stalled front across southern Arkansas. Strong to severe storms were triggered along the boundary and the setup along the cold front prompted the development of clusters of thunderstorms which produced damaging winds and multiple tornadoes.

Began near Prairie View (35.3259, -93.5520).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1114967. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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