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EF1 tornado in Conway County, Arkansas

Tornado June 12, 2009 · Conway County, Arkansas

EF1

Rating

2.4 mi

Path length

500 yd

Path width

$200K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 500 yards (0.28 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 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

Trees were blown down or snapped off, shingle damage occurred to several houses, and power lines were blown down.

The wider storm

A fast-moving line of thunderstorms, known as a derecho, rushed across Arkansas on the afternoon of the 12th. Widespread wind damage and one tornado resulted.

Began near Possum Trot (35.2700, -92.7190).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 164461. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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