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EF1 tornado in Stone County, Arkansas

Tornado April 10, 2013 · Stone County, Arkansas

EF1

Rating

4.1 mi

Path length

300 yd

Path width

$200K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 300 yards (0.17 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

An EF1 tornado blew down several hay barns and some unused chicken houses. Numerous trees and some power lines were also blown down.

The wider storm

Severe storms developed ahead of an advancing cold front on the afternoon and evening of the 10th. A few tornadoes occurred, and there were also reports of large hail and damaging winds.

Began near Rushing (35.7494, -92.2844).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Van Buren County EF2 Izard County EF1 Lincoln County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 434171. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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