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EF1 tornado in Bradley County, Arkansas

Tornado May 1, 2010 · Bradley County, Arkansas

EF1

Rating

2.8 mi

Whole path

35 yd

Path width

$30K

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Calhoun County → Bradley County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 35 yards (0.02 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

This tornado exited Calhoun County southeast of Artesian and entered Bradley County north-northwest of Moro Bay. Trees were blown down on timber land owned by a large timber company.

The wider storm

Warm and humid conditions prevailed in Arkansas on the 1st. The approach of a cold front triggered the development of thunderstorms. Wind shear, a change in wind speed and direction with height, was not as favorable for the development of tornadoes as it was on April 30th. As a result, the tornadoes that managed to form were weaker and did not stay on the ground as long as they did the day before.

Began near Moro Bay (33.3208, -92.3794).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Woodruff County EF1 Cleveland County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 219263. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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