Sunday January 22nd Tornadoes

The National Weather Service in Little Rock is still in the process of surveying storm

damage from last week's tornadoes. The purple lines on the graphics below represent approximate 

paths of the tornadoes.

Here are the results so far:

1. TORNADO #1
    STARTING POINT...3.0 MILES WSW OF THORNTON
    ENDING POINT...4.9 MILES SW OF RISON
    PATH LENGTH...19.2 MILES
    RATING...EF2...WINDS OF 111-135 MPH
    COUNTIES AFFECTED...CALHOUN...DALLAS...CLEVELAND
    REMARKS...

    IN CALHOUN COUNTY...DAMAGE WAS MOSTLY LIMITED TO TIMBER.

    IN DALLAS COUNTY...THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO HOUSES
    NORTHWEST OF FORDYCE...THE COUNTRY CLUB...AND A SET OF
    TRANSMISSION TOWERS.

    IN CLEVELAND COUNTY...THERE WAS MOSTLY DAMAGE TO TIMBER.
    HOWEVER...A CHURCH BUILT IN 1852 IN NORTH KINGSLAND WAS
    DESTROYED.

2. TORNADO #2
    STARTING POINT...SWEDEN /JEFFERSON COUNTY/
    ENDING POINT...3.45 MILES NE OF LODGE CORNER
    PATH LENGTH...16.9 MILES
    RATING...EF2...WINDS OF 111-135 MPH
    COUNTIES AFFECTED...JEFFERSON...ARKANSAS
    REMARKS...

    IN JEFFERSON COUNTY...NUMEROUS TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN. GRAIN
    BINS WERE DESTROYED...AND THERE WAS DAMAGE TO METAL BUILDINGS
    AND OVERTURNED FARM MACHINERY.

    IN ARKANSAS COUNTY...NUMEROUS TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN...AND TWO
    MOBILE HOMES WERE DAMAGED.

3. TORNADO #3
    STARTING POINT...5.5 MILES WNW OF DEWITT
    ENDING POINT...NEAR CROCKETTS BLUFF
    PATH LENGTH...14.4 MILES
    RATING...EF2...WINDS OF 111-135 MPH
    COUNTIES AFFECTED...ARKANSAS

    FOUR STEEL TRANSMISSION TOWERS WERE BLOWN DOWN...AND THERE WAS
    DAMAGE TO A FEW FARM OUTBUILDINGS. NUMEROUS TREES WERE BLOWN
    DOWN...AND A TRAVEL TRAILER WAS BLOWN OVER. AN ELEVATOR WAS
    BLOWN OFF OF GRAIN BINS.

4. TORNADO #4
    STARTING POINT...8.2 MILES S OF DEWITT
    ENDING POINT...3 MILES SE OF DEWITT
    PATH LENGTH...9.4 MILES
    RATING...EF1...WIND OF 86-110 MPH
    COUNTY AFFECTED...ARKANSAS

    TREES...POWER LINES AND POWER POLES WERE BLOWN DOWN. SEVERAL
    CARPORTS AND SHEDS WERE BLOWN AWAY. A LARGE LIMB FELL ON THE CAB
    OF A PICKUP TRUCK. A HOUSE HAD THE WINDOWS BLOWN OUT AND PIECES
    OF WOOD WEDGED INTO THE SIDING. A MOBILE HOME WAS ROLLED OVER
    AND DESTROYED...WITH ITS CONTENTS BLOWN INTO A NEARBY FIELD. A
    METAL BUILDING WAS DESTROYED...AND THE WALL OF ANOTHER ONE WAS
    PUSHED IN. THE ROOF WAS BLOWN OFF OF A TRACTOR SHED.

5. TORNADO #5
    STARTING POINT...4 MILES S OF RAGTOWN
    ENDING POINT...3.2 MILES E OF RAGTOWN /WFO LZK CWA/
    PATH LENGTH...5.8 MILES
    RATING...EF1...WIND OF 86-110 MPH
    COUNTY AFFECTED...MONROE

    TREES AND POWER POLES WERE BLOWN DOWN. AN IRRIGATION PIVOT WAS
    FLIPPED OVER. A LARGE STORAGE SHED WAS TOSSED OVER A FARM
    BUILDING.

    THE SURVEY TEAM NOTED THAT THIS TORNADO CONTINUED TO TRACK INTO
    PHILLIPS COUNTY AR...WHICH IS COVERED BY THE NWS OFFICE IN
    MEMPHIS TN. THAT PORTION OF THE TORNADO TRACK WILL BE SURVEYED BY
    THE MEMPHIS OFFICE IN THE COMING DAYS.