Public Information Statement
Issued by NWS Wichita, KS

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
600 AM CST SAT MAR 8 2014

...ON THIS DATE IN WEATHER HISTORY...

IN 1909...7 TORNADOES TORE THROUGH THE SOUTHERN HALF OF
ARKANSAS.  THE WORST OF THE TWISTERS...AN F4 POSSESSING A
PATH 15 MILES LONG AND NEARLY THREE FOURTHS OF A MILE
WIDE...ROARED ACROSS MONROE AND ST.  FRANCIS COUNTIES IN
SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS.  THIS TORNADO KILLED 49...INJURED
AROUND 600...DESTROYED AROUND 800 BUILDINGS...AND CAUSED
AROUND $600,000 DAMAGE.  THE TWISTER ROARED DIRECTLY
THROUGH BRINKLEY...WHERE 42 OF THE 49 FATALITIES
OCCURRED.

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