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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
217 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2025
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 04/30/2025 WIND DAMAGE EVENT
NWS SURVEY TEAM FOUND WIND DAMAGE FROM THE LATE APRIL SEVERE
WEATHER EVENT.
NLR/SHERWOOD WIND
RATING: TSTM/WIND
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 80 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 4.5 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 800 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/30/2025
START TIME: 05:46 PM CDT
START LOCATION: NORTH LITTLE ROCK / PULASKI COUNTY / AR
START LAT/LON: 34.7916 / -92.2624
END DATE: 04/30/2025
END TIME: 05:54 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 1 SE SHERWOOD / PULASKI COUNTY / AR
END LAT/LON: 34.8238 / -92.1945
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED FIRST NEAR NORTH CYPRESS
STREET AND CONTINUED TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST TOWARDS MCCAIN BLVD
BEFORE CROSSING N HILLS BLVD. THIS WIND DAMAGE CONTINUED INTO THE
CREEKWOOD COMMUNITY AND PASSED OVER WILDWOOD AVENUE AND COUNTRY
CLUB ROAD. TREE DAMAGE WAS ALSO FOUND OVER COOLHURST AVENUE AND
EVENTUALLY CAME TO AN END NEAR CORNERSTONE BIBLE FELLOWSHIP
CHURCH. UPROOTED TREES AND SNAPPED BRANCHES WERE THE ONLY DAMAGE
SEEN. A COUPLE OF HOMES WITHIN THESE NORTH LITTLE ROCK AND SHERWOOD
COMMUNITIES DID SEE DAMAGE BUT ONLY DUE TO TREE BRANCHES OR TREES
FALLING ON THEM. GIVEN DAMAGE OBSERVED DURING THE SURVEY, IT
APPEARS THUNDERSTORM WINDS WERE LIKELY ENHANCED BY A MESO-VORTEX.
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 EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN
NWS STORM DATA.
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