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EF1 tornado in Saline County, Arkansas

Tornado April 15, 2011 · Saline County, Arkansas

EF1

Rating

3.0 mi

Path length

250 yd

Path width

$40K

Damage as recorded

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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 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

Numerous large trees were uprooted or snapped. A barn was destroyed, and the barn's roof was thrown more than 100 yards. Several houses were missing shingles, and one of the houses was missing nearly 50% of its shingles.

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 Traskwood (34.4510, -92.6176).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Lonoke County EF1 Pulaski County 2 dead EF1 Polk County EF1 Yell County EF1 Garland County EF1 Saline County EF1 Pulaski County EF1 Yell County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 290112. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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