EF1 tornado in Saline County, Arkansas
Tornado April 15, 2011 · Saline County, Arkansas
NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Garland County → Saline County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 250 yards (0.14 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 tornado exited Garland County northwest of the incorporated part of Fountain Lake and moved into Saline County in Hot Springs Village. In the Village, many trees were blown down and a number of these fell on houses. After leaving the Village, the tornado blew the porch off a house and damaged the roof, and blew down hundreds of trees.
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 Hot Springs Village (34.6365, -92.9418).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
8 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 289567. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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