EF0 tornado in Pulaski County, Arkansas
Tornado April 30, 2010 · Pulaski County, Arkansas
NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Pulaski County → Lonoke County → White County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 150 yards (0.09 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.
What the National Weather Service wrote
This was the third of five tornadoes spawned by the same supercell thunderstorm. Industrial buildings in the Little Rock River Port had damage to sheet metal on their sides and roofs. The roof of one home was damaged, as were some farm outbuildings. Trees and power lines were blown down. The tornado exited Pulaski County south-southeast of Jacksonville and entered Lonoke County north of Kerr.
The wider storm
Moisture from the Gulf of Mexico surged into Arkansas at the end of April, so conditions in the state became warm and humid. On the 30th, a strong area of low pressure aloft approached from the west, resulting in the development of thunderstorms. Wind shear, a change in wind direction and speed with height, was present. This created a favorable environment for the formation of tornadoes.
Began near College Station (34.6930, -92.1878).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
9 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 219957. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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