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EF1 tornado in Franklin County, Arkansas

Tornado March 18, 2008 · Franklin County, Arkansas

EF1

Rating

7.0 mi

Path length

600 yd

Path width

$75K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 600 yards (0.34 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

A tornado destroyed several large barns, damaged several homes, and blew down trees and power poles.

The wider storm

Isolated severe thunderstorms and thunderstorms with heavy rain, which resulted in flash flooding, occurred on March 18. This event damaged many county roads and bridges across northwestern Arkansas and combined with previous damages, resulted in a Disaster Declaration for Benton, Carroll, Washington, Madison, Crawford, and Franklin Counties.

Began near Peter Pender (35.3334, -93.9792).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 88556. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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