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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
943 PM CDT WED APR 3 2024
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 4/1/2024 TORNADO EVENT - UPDATE 1
UPDATE
UPDATED TO INCLUDE PEA RIDGE WIND DAMAGE SUMMARY AND TWO
TORNADOES SURVEYED TODAY NEAR GARFIELD, ARKANSAS
OVERVIEW
DAMAGE FROM LATE APRIL 1ST INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS
OF APRIL 2ND WAS SURVEYED BY OUR OFFICE YESTERDAY AND TODAY. A
SUPERCELL PRODUCED FIVE TORNADOES ACROSS PORTIONS OF OSAGE,
WASHINGTON, AND NOWATA COUNTIES. THOSE TORNADO PATHS WERE SURVEYED
YESTERDAY. A BOWING SEGMENT OF A SQUALL LINE PRODUCED WIND DAMAGE
ACROSS MUCH OF PEA RIDGE, AR, WHICH WAS SURVEYED TODAY. TREES WERE
UPROOTED OR EVEN SNAPPED IN PLACES FROM THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN TOWARD
THE WEST SIDE OF PEA RIDGE NATIONAL MILITARY PARK. THE TREES WERE ALL
BLOWN DOWN TO THE EAST OR EAST-NORTHEAST. TWO TORNADOES DEVELOPED ON
THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS BOWING LINE SEGMENT NEAR GARFIELD. DETAILS
FOR ALL SEVEN TORNADOES THAT WE'VE CONFIRMED IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND
NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS DURING THIS EVENT ARE BELOW.
HOMINY OKLAHOMA TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 100 TO 110 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 7.0 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 600 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/01/2024
START TIME: 07:17 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 4 N HOMINY / OSAGE COUNTY / OK
START LAT/LON: 36.4763 / -96.4089
END DATE: 04/01/2024
END TIME: 07:27 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 2 SE WYNONA / OSAGE COUNTY / OK
END LAT/LON: 36.5295 / -96.3013
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS TORNADO DEVELOPED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 5408 AND
COUNTY ROAD 5257, AND MOVED EAST-NORTHEAST. IT CROSSED HIGHWAY 99,
MOVED NORTHEAST AND DISSIPATED AFTER CROSSING COUNTY ROAD 2701.
NUMEROUS TREES WERE UPROOTED OR SNAPPED, MOST HEAVILY WEST OF HIGHWAY
99, AND NUMEROUS POWER POLES WERE BLOWN DOWN. THIS TORNADO PRODUCED A
TORNADIC DEBRIS SIGNATURE FROM THE KINX WSR-88D.
WYNONA OKLAHOMA TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 100 TO 110 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 5.5 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 1000 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/01/2024
START TIME: 07:28 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 2 ESE WYNONA / OSAGE COUNTY / OK
START LAT/LON: 36.5385 / -96.2887
END DATE: 04/01/2024
END TIME: 07:36 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 2 W BARNSDALL / OSAGE COUNTY / OK
END LAT/LON: 36.5628 / -96.1946
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS TORNADO DEVELOPED EAST OF COUNTY ROAD 2665, ALONG THE 330 ROAD.
IT MOVED EAST-NORTHEAST AND DISSIPATED AFTER CROSSING COUNTY ROAD
2477. THE TORNADO BLEW THE ROOF FROM A GARAGE, UPROOTED OR SNAPPED
TREES, AND BLEW DOWN NUMEROUS POWER POLES. THIS TORNADO PRODUCED A
TORNADIC DEBRIS SIGNATURE FROM THE KINX WSR-88D.
BARNSDALL OKLAHOMA TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 TO 100 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.20 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 550 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/01/2024
START TIME: 07:38 PM CDT
START LOCATION: BARNSDALL / OSAGE COUNTY / OK
START LAT/LON: 36.5583 / -96.1613
END DATE: 04/01/2024
END TIME: 07:41 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 2 ENE BARNSDALL / OSAGE COUNTY / OK
END LAT/LON: 36.5694 / -96.1242
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS TORNADO DEVELOPED JUST EAST OF HIGHWAY 11, OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN
SIDE OF BARNSDALL. IT DAMAGED HOMES, DESTROYED OUTBUILDINGS, AND BLEW
DOWN TREES AND POWER POLES AS IT MOVED EAST-NORTHEAST, DISSIPATING
NORTH OF COUNTY ROAD 2400 AND WEST OF COUNTY ROAD 2335.
OCHELATA OKLAHOMA TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 95 TO 105 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 4.9 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 550 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/01/2024
START TIME: 07:49 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 3 NW OCHELATA / OSAGE COUNTY / OK
START LAT/LON: 36.6335 / -96.0079
END DATE: 04/01/2024
END TIME: 07:56 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 4 NE OCHELATA / WASHINGTON COUNTY / OK
END LAT/LON: 36.6436 / -95.9205
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS TORNADO DEVELOPED JUST WEST OF THE OSAGE/WASHINGTON COUNTY LINE,
BETWEEN THE 2700 ROAD AND THE 2600 ROAD. IT MOVED JUST NORTH OF EAST,
AND DISSIPATED EAST OF HIGHWAY 75 AND SOUTH OF THE 2500 ROAD. THE
TORNADO DAMAGED OUTBUILDINGS, UPROOTED TREES, AND BLEW DOWN POWER
POLES.
DELAWARE OKLAHOMA TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 TO 100 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 4.2 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 600 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 1
START DATE: 04/01/2024
START TIME: 08:13 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 2 WNW DELAWARE / NOWATA COUNTY / OK
START LAT/LON: 36.7883 / -95.6713
END DATE: 04/01/2024
END TIME: 08:19 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 3 NE DELAWARE / NOWATA COUNTY / OK
END LAT/LON: 36.8026 / -95.5974
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS TORNADO DEVELOPED JUST NORTH OF THE 1600 ROAD AND WEST OF THE
4120 ROAD. IT MOVED EAST-NORTHEAST ACROSS THE 4130 ROAD, HIGHWAY 169,
AND THE 4150 ROAD. IT DISSIPATED OVER OPEN COUNTRY NORTH OF THE 150
ROAD AND WEST OF THE 4160 ROAD. TREES WERE UPROOTED, LARGE TREE LIMBS
WERE SNAPPED, OUTBUILDINGS WERE DAMAGED, AND POWER POLES WERE BLOWN
DOWN WITHIN THE TORNADO PATH.
GARFIELD ARKANSAS TORNADO 1
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 TO 100 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.8 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 550 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/02/2024
START TIME: 12:33 AM CDT
START LOCATION: 2 WNW HILL TOP / BENTON COUNTY / AR
START LAT/LON: 36.4561 / -94.0265
END DATE: 04/02/2024
END TIME: 12:37 AM CDT
END LOCATION: 2 NNW GARFIELD / BENTON COUNTY / AR
END LAT/LON: 36.4737 / -93.9818
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS TORNADO DEVELOPED OVER THE NORTHEASTERN SIDE OF PEA RIDGE
NATIONAL MILITARY PARK, NORTHWEST OF ELKHORN TAVERN. IT MOVED EAST-
NORTHEAST UPROOTING NUMEROUS TREES ON N OLD WIRE ROAD, AND LIMEKILN
ROAD. THE TORNADO DISSIPATED EAST OF LIMEKILN ROAD.
GARFIELD ARKANSAS TORNADO 2
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 TO 100 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.4 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 300 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/02/2024
START TIME: 12:35 AM CDT
START LOCATION: HILL TOP / BENTON COUNTY / AR
START LAT/LON: 36.449 / -94.0057
END DATE: 04/02/2024
END TIME: 12:38 AM CDT
END LOCATION: 1 NE GARFIELD / BENTON COUNTY / AR
END LAT/LON: 36.4548 / -93.9635
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS TORNADO DEVELOPED NORTH OF HIGHWAY 62 OVER THE FAR SOUTHEASTERN
PORTION OF PEA RIDGE NATIONAL MILITARY PARK. IT MOVED EAST DAMAGING
THE ROOF OF TWO HOMES, DESTROYING AN OUTBUILDING, AND UPROOTING TREES
ON ALVIN SEAMSTER ROAD. TREE DAMAGE WAS NOTED AS FAR EAST AS
PINEBROOKE ROAD, AND THE TORNADO DISSIPATED BEFORE REACHING HIGHWAY
62.
EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:
EF0.....65 TO 85 MPH
EF1.....86 TO 110 MPH
EF2.....111 TO 135 MPH
EF3.....136 TO 165 MPH
EF4.....166 TO 200 MPH
EF5.....>200 MPH
NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENTS AND PUBLICATION IN NWS
STORM DATA.
EJC/SRC/WHM
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