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EF1 tornado in Poinsett County, Arkansas

Tornado October 21, 2019 · Poinsett County, Arkansas

EF1

Rating

1.1 mi

Path length

125 yd

Path width

Injuries

$350K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 125 yards (0.07 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 was a short track tornado that touched down in the southwest part of Tyronza and tracked northeast. There was straight line wind damage surrounding the tornado. Primarily damage to a convenience store and elementary school. Several outbuildings were destroyed and numerous trees down.

The wider storm

A cold front moved through during the early morning of October 21st and interacted with an unstable airmass in place over the Delta region. A line of showers and thunderstorms developed along the front. Several of the storms were severe with damaging winds and a few weak tornadoes.

Began near Tyronza (35.4827, -90.3644).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF0 Tipton County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 861744. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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