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EF1 tornado in Drew County, Arkansas

Tornado February 24, 2007 · Drew County, Arkansas

EF1
Rating
0.9 mi
Path length
50 yd
Path width
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 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

A weak tornado touched down briefly in Drew County, southwest of the community of Selma. The only damage noted along the path of the tornado was a few dozen trees that were snapped off or uprooted.

The wider storm

Severe thunderstorms affected parts of Central and Southeast Arkansas during the afternoon of the 24th. Several isolated supercells moved across the region and produced tornadoes.

Began near Selma (33.6225, -91.6086).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF3 Drew CountyEF2 Drew CountyEF2 Bradley CountyEF1 Desha County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 18589. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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