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Monette, AR EF-0 Tornado

  

Tornado Track Map:

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Survey Results:

 

...PRELIMINARY EF-0 TORNADO IN CRAIGHEAD CO. ARKANSAS...

* COUNTIES: CRAIGHEAD COUNTY ARKANSAS.

* LOCATION: 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF BLACK OAK ALONG COUNTY ROAD
  513...TO 1 SOUTHWEST OF MONETTE ALONG COUNTY ROAD 506.

* TIME: 317 PM ON WEDNESDAY APRIL 27 2011

* BEGINNING POINT: 35.86913, -90.37336

* ENDING POINT: 35.87442, -90.36501

* RATING: EF-0

* ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 75 MPH

* PATH LENGTH: 0.6 MILES

* MAXIMUM WIDTH: 75 YARDS

* FATALITIES: 0

* INJURIES: 0

* SUMMARY OF DAMAGES: DAMAGED/FLIPPED FARM IRRIGATION PIVOT...TWO
  TELEPHONE POLES AND A FEW BROKEN TREE LIMBS.

 

Radar Images: 

Brief tornado southwest of Monette, AR at 3:17 pm. Brief tornado southwest of Monette, AR at 3:17 pm.