Elaine, AR to Lula, MS EF-0 Tornado
Tornado Track Map:
Survey Results:
...PRELIMINARY EF-0 TORNADO IN PHILLIPS CO. ARKANSAS AND COAHOMA...TUNICA COUNTIES IN MISSISSIPPI...
* COUNTIES: PHILLIPS COUNTY ARKANSAS...COAHOMA AND TUNICA COUNTIES IN MISSISSIPPI.
* LOCATION: 1 MILE NORTH OF ELAINE ARKANSAS ALONG HIGHWAY 44...TO ONE MILE EAST OF HIGHWAY 61 NEAR LULA MISSISSIPPI.
* TIME: 615 PM ON APRIL 26TH
* BEGINNING POINT: 34.33479, -90.84075
* ENDING POINT: 34.46386, -90.379571
* RATING: EF-0
* ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 75 MPH
* PATH LENGTH: 21.5 MILES
* MAXIMUM WIDTH: 200 YARDS
* FATALITIES: 0
* INJURIES: 0
* SUMMARY OF DAMAGES: DAMAGE WAS MOST FELT IN THE TOWNS OF FRIARS POINT AND COAHOMA MISSISSIPPI WHERE ROOFS OF HOMES WERE DAMAGED AND ONE HOME WAS MOVED OFF ITS BLOCK FOUNDATION. CHURCH SUFFERED ROOF DAMAGE A FEW MILES SOUTH OF LULA MISSISSIPPI. OTHER DAMAGE OCCURRED WHEN A COMMERCIAL METAL STORAGE BUILDING NEAR FRIARS POINT HAD A LARGE SECTION OF THE ROOF PEELED OFF. TOPPLED OVER PIVOT IRRIGATION SYSTEMS...NUMEROUS TREES EITHER UPROOTED OR WITH SNAPPED LIMBS... SCATTERED TELEPHONE POLES DOWN...AND A FEW DAMAGED ADVERTISEMENT AND ROAD SIGNS.