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EF1 tornado in Jackson County, Arkansas

Tornado June 6, 2014 · Jackson County, Arkansas

EF1

Rating

2.0 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

$40K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 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 badly damaged an old aircraft hangar, and destroyed a 40 ft. by 50 ft. shop building, scattering debris out across farm fields for more than a quarter mile. Several power poles were blown down.

The wider storm

A cold front wavered in Arkansas for several days from the 5th through the 9th. On several occasions, upper level low pressure systems moved through, sparking thunderstorms in the vicinity of the front. Some severe storms erupted each day, mainly producing damaging winds. However, there were a couple of weak tornadoes on the 6th.

Began near Mc Fadden (35.4034, -91.1282).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF1 Independence County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 510886. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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