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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
543 PM CDT TUE SEP 9 2025
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 09/05/2025 THUNDERSTORM WIND EVENT
OVERVIEW
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVED ACROSS PORTIONS OF EXTREME
SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS LATE IN THE NIGHT OF SEPTEMBER 5, 2025. ONE OF
THESE STORMS PRODUCED A MICROBURST RESULTING IN A NARROW SWATH OF
WIND DAMAGE IN THE TOWN OF GILLHAM, AR IN SEVIER COUNTY. A SURVEY
TEAM FROM THE NWS OFFICE IN SHREVEPORT ASSESSED THE DAMAGE. THE
RESULTS OF THE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT ARE BELOW.
.THUNDERSTORM WIND EVENT #1: GILLHAM, AR MICROBURST
RATING: TSTM/WIND
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.59 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 55 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 09/05/2025
START TIME: 11:01 PM CDT
START LOCATION: GILLHAM / SEVIER COUNTY / AR
START LAT/LON: 34.1704 / -94.3221
END DATE: 09/05/2025
END TIME: 11:02 PM CDT
END LOCATION: GILLHAM / SEVIER COUNTY / AR
END LAT/LON: 34.1716 / -94.3118
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A MICROBURST PRODUCED A NARROW SWATH OF WIND DAMAGE IN THE TOWN
OF GILLHAM, AR FROM JUST SOUTH OF THE KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN
RAILWAY TO JUST EAST OF US HWY 71. THE DAMAGE CONSISTED ALMOST
ENTIRELY OF UPROOTED HARDWOOD AND SOFTWOOD TREES, ALTHOUGH A FEW
SOFTWOOD TREES WERE ALSO SNAPPED. THE DAMAGE WAS PARTICULARLY
CONCENTRATED JUST NORTH OF AND DOWN A HILL FROM THE GILLHAM
BAPTIST CHURCH. THE DAMAGE PATTERN WAS ALMOST ENTIRELY
UNIDIRECTIONAL, POINTING TO THE NORTHEAST, AND EVEN DIVERGED
SLIGHTLY IN A COUPLE OF PLACES, WHICH STRONGLY INDICATED THIS WAS
STRAIGHT-LINE WIND DAMAGE. A UAS OVERFLIGHT BY WAS CONDUCTED BY
LOCAL OFFICIALS. THE SURVEY TEAM DID NOT SEE THE VIDEO, BUT LOCAL
OFFICIALS CONFIRMED THE UNIDIRECTIONAL DAMAGE PATH. THE TREE
DAMAGE WAS CONSISTENT WITH STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS NEAR 90 MPH.
MANY THANKS GO TO THE SEVIER COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE IN MAPPING DAMAGE AND FOR CONDUCTING THE UAS
OVERFLIGHT.
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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