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EF1 tornado in Pope County, Arkansas

Tornado May 24, 2011 · Pope County, Arkansas

EF1

Rating

29.0 mi

Whole path

350 yd

Path width

Death

Injuries

$13.0M

Damage as recorded

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 350 yards (0.20 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 moved out of Johnson County south-southeast of Dillen and entered Pope County south-southwest of Bertha. The track of the tornado in Pope County was within the Ozark National Forest, where many trees were blown down.

The wider storm

Thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front to the west of Arkansas on the evening of the 24th, entered western Arkansas during the late evening hours, and continued into the wee hours of the 25th. Severe weather, including two killer tornadoes, occurred in western Arkansas. After a lull in activity during the morning of the 25th, some severe weather redeveloped farther to the east in the state during the afternoon.

Began near Bertha (35.6607, -93.1655).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF4 Franklin County 4 dead EF1 Independence County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 308465. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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