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EF1 tornado in Lonoke County, Arkansas

Tornado October 2, 2014 · Lonoke County, Arkansas

EF1

Rating

12.7 mi

Whole path

300 yd

Path width

$140K

Damage as recorded

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

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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

This tornado exited Pulaski County 2.9 miles east of Wampoo and entered Lonoke County 3.1 miles south of Keo. Much of the tornado's track was across farm fields. However, trees were knocked down in several tree lines. A couple of miles north of England, a farm shop was destroyed, and a second farm shop, tractor shed, and house were damaged.

The wider storm

A cold front rushed across Arkansas, preceded by a line of thunderstorms, during the late afternoon and evening of the 2nd. Very gusty winds occurred with the storms, resulting in numerous reports of wind damage. There were two weak tornadoes, as well.

Began near Keo (34.5556, -92.0302).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Prairie County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 538950. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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