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Ärende: Preliminary Nov. 27 Tornado Data
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
623 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...PRELIMINARY DATA BASED ON STORM DAMAGE SEEN TODAY...

TODAY...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK IDENTIFIED 
ANOTHER 4 TORNADO TRACKS IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS FROM THE STORMS 
SUNDAY EVENING.

...PIKE AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES...
THE FIRST TORNADO TRACKED FROM 3 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF KIRBY TO 2 
MILES NORTH OF WELSH. THE PATH LENGTH OF THE TORNADO WAS 17 MILES. 
THE TORNADO WAS RATED AS F1 ON THE FUJITA SCALE...WITH WINDS 
ESTIMATED AT 100 MPH.

THE MAIN DAMAGE WITH THIS TORNADO WAS NUMEROUS TREES DOWN. A ROOF OF 
A BARN WAS REMOVED 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF KIRBY...AND THERE WAS 
PARTIAL ROOF DAMAGE TO A CHICKEN HOUSE. ANOTHER CHICKEN HOUSE WAS 
DESTROYED 2 MILES SOUTH OF GLENWOOD...AND THERE WAS PARTIAL ROOF 
DAMAGE TO A MOBILE HOME. THREE MILES NORTHEAST OF GLENWOOD THERE 
WERE MANY TREES DOWN...WITH AT LEAST 100 TREES DOWN AT COUNTRY CLUB 
GOLF COURSE.

...MONTGOMERY AND GARLAND COUNTIES...
THE SECOND TORNADO TRACKED FROM 4 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF WELSH TO 
2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CRYSTAL SPRINGS. THE PATH LENGTH OF THE TORNADO 
WAS 8 MILES. THE TORNADO WAS RATED AS F1 ON THE FUJITA SCALE...WITH 
WINDS ESTIMATED AT 80 MPH. DUE TO COMPLEX TERRAIN...THE TORNADO 
STRUGGLED TO REMAIN ON THE GROUND.

THE MAIN DAMAGE INCLUDED A HAY BARN BEING DESTROYED. TREES WERE 
UPROOTED OR SNAPPED...WITH SOME DOWNED POWER LINES.

...HOT SPRING AND GARLAND COUNTIES...
A THIRD TORNADO TRACKED FROM 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BONNERDALE TO 3 
MILES SOUTHEAST OF MOUNTAIN PINE. THE PATH LENGTH OF THE TORNADO WAS 
18 MILES. THE TORNADO WAS RATED AS F2 ON THE FUJITA SCALE...WITH 
WINDS ESTIMATED AT 125 MPH.

DAMAGE INCLUDED A MOBILE HOME DESTROYED 2 MILES SOUTH OF 
PEARCY...WITH THE MOBILE HOME ROLLING INTO A TREE. A BRICK HOUSE WAS 
HEAVILY DAMAGED 2 MILES NORTH OF HEMPWALLACE. TREES WERE UPROOTED OR 
SNAPPED...WITH POWER LINES DOWN...ALONG WITH ROOF DAMAGE TO OTHER 
STRUCTURES.

...GARLAND COUNTY...
THERE IS EVIDENCE OF ANOTHER TORNADO IN GARLAND COUNTY...BUT 
DARKNESS FELL BEFORE THE INVESTIGATION COULD BE COMPLETED. THIS 
PRELIMINARY TRACK STARTED 2.5 MILES NORTH OF BEAR...NEAR THE BRADY 
MOUNTAIN RESORT. SURVEY TEAMS WILL RETURN TO THIS TRACK LATER TO 
FINISH THE INVESTIGATION.

THE STORM SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED BY JOHN LEWIS AND CHUCK 
RICKARD...SENIOR FORECASTERS...AND PAUL INIGUEZ...METEOROLOGIST 
INTERN...ALL FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK.

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