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EF1 tornado in Sharp County, Arkansas

Tornado April 10, 2008 · Sharp County, Arkansas

EF1

Rating

1.0 mi

Path length

200 yd

Path width

$10K

Damage as recorded

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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

A shed and a camping trailer were destroyed, and a number of trees were blown down.

The wider storm

Early on the 10th, there was widespread heavy rain in northern and western Arkansas. A weather system in Texas dragged a cold front toward the region, with a severe weather outbreak across Arkansas.

Began near Sitka (36.2744, -91.3347).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Grant County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 96300. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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