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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
507 PM CDT WED OCT 10 2018
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 10/09/2018 TORNADO EVENT
A SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPED ALONG THE JOHNSON AND FRANKLIN
COUNTY LINE AND MOVED NORTH-NORTHEAST OVER FAR WESTERN JOHNSON
COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED TWO TORNADOES, ONE JUST SOUTH
OF INTERSTATE 40, WITH ANOTHER DEVELOPING JUST NORTH OF INTERSTATE
40. THE TORNADOES WERE SIMILAR IN STRENGTH, WITH THE ONE SOUTH OF
THE INTERSTATE RATED A STRONG EF-0, AND THE TORNADO SOUTH OF THE
INTERSTATE RATED A WEAK EF-1. THE TORNADO WAS CONFIRMED BY VIDEO
AND GROUND SURVEYS PERFORMED BY JOHNSON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
AND METEOROLOGISTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA, OK.
JOHNSON COUNTY TORNADO 1.
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 85 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.16 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 50.0 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 10/09/2018
START TIME: 03:38 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 3 ENE WIEDERKEHR VILLAGE / JOHNSON COUNTY/ AR
START LAT/LON: 35.4932 / -93.7045
END DATE: 10/09/2018
END TIME: 03:39 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 4 ENE WIEDERKEHR VILLAGE / JOHNSON COUNTY
/ AR
END LAT/LON: 35.4955 / -93.7037
SURVEY SUMMARY:
TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40 WITH TREES UPROOTED
ALONG COUNTY ROAD 3010. ADDITIONAL DAMAGE INCLUDED ONE PIECE OF
ROOFING REMOVED FROM A SHED.
JOHNSON COUNTY TORNADO 2
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 95 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.24 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 250.0 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 10/09/2018
START TIME: 03:42 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 4 ENE WIEDERKEHR VILLAGE / JOHNSON COUNTY
/ AR
START LAT/LON: 35.5037 / -93.7045
END DATE: 10/09/2018
END TIME: 03:45 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 5 NE WIEDERKEHR VILLAGE / JOHNSON COUNTY
/ AR
END LAT/LON: 35.5215 / -93.7019
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THANK YOU TO JOSH JOHNSTON WITH JOHNSON COUNTY OEM AND THE STORM
SURVEY CREW WITH NWS TULSA FOR TAKING THE TIME TO SURVEY AND
DOCUMENT THE DAMAGE.
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 EVENTS AND PUBLICATION IN NWS
STORM DATA.
CAVANAUGH
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