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EF1 tornado in Prairie County, Arkansas

Tornado October 2, 2014 · Prairie County, Arkansas

EF1

Rating

4.1 mi

Path length

200 yd

Path width

$20K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 200 yards (0.11 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

Most of the tornado's track was across farm fields. A number of power poles were knocked down or broken off.

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 (sgt)stuttgart Municipal Airport (34.6272, -91.5553).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Pulaski County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 538952. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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