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EF1 tornado in Desha County, Arkansas

Tornado March 13, 2016 · Desha County, Arkansas

EF1

Rating

9.0 mi

Whole path

300 yd

Path width

Injury

$2.5M

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Chicot County → Desha 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 is a continuation of a tornado from Chicot County AR. As the tornado crossed into Desha County, some trees were snapped and uprooted, along with some power lines blown down.

The wider storm

Severe thunderstorms produced very large hail, damaging winds, and tornadoes during the afternoon and evening.

Began near Halley (33.5505, -91.3498).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Scott County EF1 Montgomery County EF0 Jefferson County EF0 Arkansas County EF0 Arkansas County EF0 Pulaski County EF0 Perry County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 624954. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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