Brian Emfinger
EF4
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After watching S AR (NWS Little Rock has confirmed a EF2 tornado in Cleveland County) , N LA, and GA have all the fun the storms that had been moving across N OK finally started to intensify in NE OK. I headed out around 9pm and headed to near Mountainburg, AR. I sat there for a while and watched the shelf cloud approach. After the shelf cloud passed over it started hailing (nickel) so I headed south then east back to Ozark where I got some lightning.
Here is the Little Rock PNS on the tornado:
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
435 PM CST FRI MAR 14 2008
...TORNADO CONFIRMED IN CLEVELAND COUNTY...
SEVERE WEATHER WAS FAIRLY WIDESPREAD ACROSS ARKANSAS THURSDAY
EVENING INTO FRIDAY MORNING. MOST OF THE STORMS PRODUCED PENNY TO
QUARTER SIZE HAIL...WITH UP TO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL. HOWEVER...THERE
WAS ONE TORNADO SPAWNED IN CLEVELAND COUNTY.
THE TORNADO TRACKED FROM 5.4 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF NEW EDINBURG TO
1 MILE NORTHEAST OF RYE. THE TRACK LENGTH WAS 9.4 MILES...AND THE
TORNADO WAS RATED EF2 ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE. THE TORNADO
OCCURRED SHORTLY BEFORE 3 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING.
THE TORNADO DESTROYED AN UNOCCUPIED HOUSE...WITH ROOFS MOSTLY
REMOVED FROM TWO OTHER HOMES. A TREE FELL ON AND DESTROYED AN
UNOCCUPIED HOUSE TRAILER...WITH TREES ON AT LEAST TWO VEHICLES.
SEVERAL CHICKEN HOUSES WERE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED...WITH BARNS AND
OUTBUILDINGS DAMAGED AS WELL. HUNDREDS OF TREES WERE DOWNED.
THE DAMAGE SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED BY JOHN ROBINSON...WARNING
COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST...AND RENEE FAIR...METEOROLOGIST IN
CHARGE...BOTH FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK.
After watching S AR (NWS Little Rock has confirmed a EF2 tornado in Cleveland County) , N LA, and GA have all the fun the storms that had been moving across N OK finally started to intensify in NE OK. I headed out around 9pm and headed to near Mountainburg, AR. I sat there for a while and watched the shelf cloud approach. After the shelf cloud passed over it started hailing (nickel) so I headed south then east back to Ozark where I got some lightning.
Here is the Little Rock PNS on the tornado:
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
435 PM CST FRI MAR 14 2008
...TORNADO CONFIRMED IN CLEVELAND COUNTY...
SEVERE WEATHER WAS FAIRLY WIDESPREAD ACROSS ARKANSAS THURSDAY
EVENING INTO FRIDAY MORNING. MOST OF THE STORMS PRODUCED PENNY TO
QUARTER SIZE HAIL...WITH UP TO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL. HOWEVER...THERE
WAS ONE TORNADO SPAWNED IN CLEVELAND COUNTY.
THE TORNADO TRACKED FROM 5.4 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF NEW EDINBURG TO
1 MILE NORTHEAST OF RYE. THE TRACK LENGTH WAS 9.4 MILES...AND THE
TORNADO WAS RATED EF2 ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE. THE TORNADO
OCCURRED SHORTLY BEFORE 3 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING.
THE TORNADO DESTROYED AN UNOCCUPIED HOUSE...WITH ROOFS MOSTLY
REMOVED FROM TWO OTHER HOMES. A TREE FELL ON AND DESTROYED AN
UNOCCUPIED HOUSE TRAILER...WITH TREES ON AT LEAST TWO VEHICLES.
SEVERAL CHICKEN HOUSES WERE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED...WITH BARNS AND
OUTBUILDINGS DAMAGED AS WELL. HUNDREDS OF TREES WERE DOWNED.
THE DAMAGE SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED BY JOHN ROBINSON...WARNING
COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST...AND RENEE FAIR...METEOROLOGIST IN
CHARGE...BOTH FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK.
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