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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1030 AM CDT MON APR 22 2013

...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 04/18/13 TORNADO EVENT...

.UPDATE...ADDED MADISON PARISH AND SOUTHERN CHICOT COUNTY TORNADOES.

.CROSSETT TORNADO...

RATING: EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:4 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:150 YARDS
FATALITIES:0
INJURIES:0

START DATE:             4/18/2013
START TIME:             308 PM CDT
START LOCATION:         6 S CROSSETT

END DATE:               4/18/2013
END TIME:               314 PM CDT
END LOCATION:           4 SE CROSSETT

SURVEY SUMMARY:
TORNADO STARTED ALONG CR 229 ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTH OF CROSSETT. IT
MOVED EAST NORTHEAST TO NORTHEAST, CROSSING HWY 133 NEAR THE
INTERSECTION WITH CR5. SEVERAL LARGE TREES WERE DOWNED ACROSS HWY
133 AT THIS POINT. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST, AND REACHED ITS
MAXIMUM INTENSITY NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF CR 5E AND CR4. HERE A
NUMBER OF HARDWOOD AND SOFTWOOD TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. THE
TORNADO TURNED MORE NORTH NORTHEAST AND APPEARED TO DISSIPATE AS IT
WAS CROSSING ARKANSAS TRACE ROAD ABOUT FOUR MILES SOUTHEAST OF
CROSSETT.


.SOUTHERN CHICOT TORNADO...

RATING: EF-0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:75 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:0.4 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:50 YARDS
FATALITIES:0
INJURIES:0

START DATE:             4/18/2013
START TIME:             438 PM CDT
START LOCATION:         4 SE EUDORA

END DATE:               4/18/2013
END TIME:               439 PM CDT
END LOCATION:           4 SE EUDORA

SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN AN OPEN FIELD SE OF EUDORA ALONG
HIGHWAY 65. A PICTURE WAS TAKEN (BY A TRAINED SPOTTER) AS THE TORNADO
KICKED UP DUST AS IT MOVED IN A ENE DIRECTION. A CONDENSATION FUNNEL
WAS VISIBLE AND HAD DISTINCT ROTATION BASED OFF THE REPORT. NO DAMAGED
OCCURRED.


.SONDHEIMER TORNADO...

RATING: EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:95 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:2.5 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:75 YARDS
FATALITIES:0
INJURIES:0

START DATE:             4/18/2013
START TIME:             519 PM CDT
START LOCATION:         2 NW SONDHEIMER

END DATE:               4/18/2013
END TIME:               523 PM CDT
END LOCATION:           2 NNE SONDHEIMER

SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE TORNADO APPEARS TO HAVE STARTED IN AN OPEN FIELD JUST WEST OF US
HIGHWAY 65 ABOUT 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE SONDHEIMER COMMUNITY. AS IT
CROSSED HIGHWAY 65 NEAR THE INTERSECTION WITH HENDERSON LOOP ROAD, IT
DESTROYED A LARGE FARM OUTBUILDING, DOWNED A COUPLE OF POWER POLES,
AND CAUSED SOME MINOR DAMAGE TO SOME NEARBY STRUCTURES. THE TORNADO
CONTINUED EAST NORTHEAST ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF HENDERSON LOOP ROAD,
AND SNAPPED A LARGE TREE AND CAUSED SHINGLE DAMAGE TO TWO HOMES NEAR
THE INTERSECTION WITH SAND FIELD ROAD. THE TORNADO THEN TURNED A BIT
MORE TOWARD THE NORTH ALONG THAT ROAD, CAUSING SOME MINOR TREE DAMAGE
BEFORE DISSIPATING.



.MADISON PARISH TORNADO...

RATING: EF-0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:75 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:0.4 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:50 YARDS
FATALITIES:0
INJURIES:0

START DATE:             4/18/2013
START TIME:             523 PM CDT
START LOCATION:         5 N TALLULAH

END DATE:               4/18/2013
END TIME:               524 PM CDT
END LOCATION:           5 N TALLULAH

SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN AN OPEN FIELD ALONG AND JUST TO THE
NORTH OF WILLOW BAYOU ROAD. A PICTURE WAS TAKEN AS THE TORNADO KICKED
UP DUST AS IT MOVED IN A ENE DIRECTION. NO DAMAGED OCCURRED.


EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES
TORNADOES INTO THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES.

EF0...WEAK......65 TO 85 MPH
EF1...WEAK......86 TO 110 MPH
EF2...STRONG....111 TO 135 MPH
EF3...STRONG....136 TO 165 MPH
EF4...VIOLENT...166 TO 200 MPH
EF5...VIOLENT...>200 MPH

NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN
NWS STORM DATA.

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