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EF1 tornado in Pulaski County, Arkansas

Tornado April 3, 2008 · Pulaski County, Arkansas

EF1
Rating
2.1 mi
Path length
100 yd
Path width
$25K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 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 formed in a remote area on the east side of Little Rock Air Force Base. It tracked north of the equestrian area on the base, and continued on to U.S. Highway 67/167. Most of the damage was limited to trees being blown down, but a large billboard on the highway was also knocked down.

The wider storm

The event began with a warm front moving north from the Gulf Coast region on the 3rd. The front was followed by above normal temperatures and abundant moisture. There was plenty of fuel for developing thunderstorms. A large area of showers and thunderstorms developed near the stalled front in northern and western Arkansas during the evening of the 3rd.

During the early morning hours of the 4th, it became a heavy rain event.

Began near Toneyville (34.9038, -92.1129).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Saline CountyEF2 Saline CountyEF2 Pulaski CountyEF2 Lonoke CountyEF1 Saline CountyEF1 Pulaski CountyEF1 Pulaski CountyEF1 Lonoke CountyEF1 White CountyEF1 Hot Spring CountyEF1 Garland County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 92050. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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