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EF2 tornado in Logan County, Arkansas

Tornado May 24, 2011 · Logan County, Arkansas

EF2

Rating

45.7 mi

Whole path

2,200 yd

Path width

Deaths

Injuries

$9.1M

Damage as recorded

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 2,200 yards (1.25 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF2 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF2 is considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, consistent with estimated gusts of 111–135 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 is the fourth segment of a six-segment tornado. (The first, third, and fifth segments occurred in Franklin County in the Tulsa County Warning Area.) The tornado moved out of Franklin County west of Denning and entered Logan County 2.05 miles northwest of Roseville. The tornado clipped a small piece of Logan County, snapping and uprooting trees. The tornado then exited Logan County 2.06 miles north-northwest of Roseville and moved back into Franklin County north-northeast of Denning.

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 Roseville (35.3990, -93.8079).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF3 Johnson County 1 dead EF1 Independence County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 308484. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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