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EF1 tornado in Pike County, Arkansas

Tornado May 2, 2008 · Pike County, Arkansas

EF1
Rating
8.2 mi
Path length
200 yd
Path width
$100K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 200 yards (0.11 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

One chicken house was badly damaged, and an old, unused chicken house collapsed. Much of the tin roof was taken off of an old barn. Dozens of trees were blown down.

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 Billstown (33.9905, -93.6297).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF3 Van Buren County 5 deadEF2 Pulaski County 1 deadEF2 Dallas CountyEF1 Van Buren CountyEF1 Lonoke CountyEF0 Woodruff CountyEF0 Monroe County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 92461. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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