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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
800 PM CDT MON MAY 5 2003
...STORM SURVEY CONDUCTED IN FAULKNER...LONOKE AND WHITE COUNTIES...
A STORM SURVEY TEAM FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK
CONDUCTED STORM SURVEYS TODAY IN PARTS OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS. THE
SURVEYS FOLLOWED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED ACROSS THE AREA
SUNDAY EVENING MAY 4TH.
A LONG TORNADO TRACK WAS IDENTIFIED.
THE TORNADO TRACKED FROM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SALTILLO...IN FAULKNER
COUNTY. THIS POINT IS LOCATED IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE CAMP
ROBINSON WILDLIFE AREA. THE TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND FOR 34.8 MILES
BEFORE LIFTING 5 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF SEARCY...IN WHITE COUNTY.
THE TORNADO WAS RATED AS F3 ON THE FUJITA SCALE OF TORNADO INTENSITY
CLASSIFICATION. THE HIGHEST WINDS WERE LIKELY AROUND 160 MPH. THE
MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED FROM NEAR OTTO...IN FAULKNER
COUNTY...TO JUST NORTHEAST OF ANTIOCH...IN WHITE COUNTY.
DAMAGE CONSISTED OF SOME HOMES AND OTHER BUILDINGS DESTROYED WITH A
NUMBER OF OTHER BUILDINGS SUFFERING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. HUNDREDS OF
LARGE TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN. A NUMBER OF VEHICLES WERE ALSO DAMAGED
OR DESTROYED. NUMEROUS POWER LINES AND POWER POLES WERE TORN DOWN
ALONG THE TRACK OF THE TORNADO.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WHO PERFORMED THE SURVEY
WERE NEWTON SKILES AND CHUCK RICKARD...BOTH SENIOR FORECASTERS.
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