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EF0 tornado in Woodruff County, Arkansas

Tornado May 2, 2008 · Woodruff County, Arkansas

EF0

Rating

2.1 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

$3K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 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

Timber was damaged along the Cache River and other minor waterways. Two metal-roofed structures in the Maberry community had sheets of metal damaged or removed.

The wider storm

A line of thunderstorms pushed into western Arkansas early on the morning of May 2nd. During the morning and afternoon hours, severe thunderstorms developed out ahead of the line and produced tornadoes.

Began near Maberry (35.0120, -91.3395).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF3 Van Buren County 5 dead EF2 Pulaski County 1 dead EF2 Dallas County EF1 Van Buren County EF1 Lonoke County EF1 Pike County EF0 Monroe County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 92450. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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