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EF1 tornado in Yell County, Arkansas

Tornado April 14, 2011 · Yell County, Arkansas

EF1
Rating
0.8 mi
Path length
25 yd
Path width
$25K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 25 yards (0.01 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

The tornado destroyed a barn and damaged two pieces of farming equipment. A number of trees were blown down. The damage path was entirely on private property, well away from any public roads.

The wider storm

A cold front and strong area of low pressure aloft approached Arkansas on the 14th. The result was an outbreak of severe weather from the evening of the 14th through the pre-dawn hours of the 15th. Several tornadoes occurred. Additionally, storms developed into line segments which often bowed out, creating damaging thunderstorm winds.

Began near Gilkey (35.0095, -93.3579).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Lonoke CountyEF1 Pulaski County 2 deadEF1 Polk CountyEF1 Garland CountyEF1 Saline CountyEF1 Pulaski CountyEF1 Saline CountyEF1 Yell County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 289565. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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