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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
420 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2005

...STORM SURVEYS COMPLETED FROM STORMS ON SUNDAY...

TODAY...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK COMPLETED
SURVEYS ON 2 TORNADO TRACKS FROM STORMS ON SUNDAY EVENING.

...CONWAY COUNTY...
THE FIRST TORNADO TRACKED FROM 2.5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
MORRILTON...MOVED NORTHEAST THROUGH PLUMBERVILLE...AND ENDED 1 MILE
EAST OF SPRINGFIELD. THE PATH LENGTH WAS 15 MILES. THE TORNADO WAS
RATED AS F3 ON THE FUJITA SCALE...WITH WINDS ESTIMATED AT 170 MPH.

DAMAGE INCLUDED CARS ON INTERSTATE 40 OVERTURNED. A LUMBER COMPANY
WAS BADLY DAMAGED. A LARGE BARN WAS DESTROYED...WITH FOUR BASS BOATS
AND THREE VEHICLES INSIDE. SEVERAL MOBILE HOMES WERE OVERTURNED...
AND SEVERAL BUSINESSES WERE DESTROYED. SEVERAL HOUSES WERE DESTROYED
AND DOZENS OF OTHERS WERE DAMAGED. SEVERAL CARS WERE BLOWN 150 TO
200 YARDS...WITH NUMEROUS OTHER VEHICLES DAMAGED. A FIRE STATION WAS
ALSO DAMAGED. NUMEROUS BARNS AND OUTBUILDINGS WERE DAMAGED...WITH
SEVERAL CHICKEN HOUSES ALSO DAMAGED. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF TREES
DOWN...WITH MANY POWER LINES AND SOME POWER POLES DOWN.

...PERRY AND CONWAY COUNTIES...
THE SECOND TORNADO TRACKED FROM 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THORNBURG...
WHICH IS IN THE OUACHITA NATIONAL FOREST...TO 1.5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
OPPELO. THE PATH LENGTH WAS 21 MILES. THE TORNADO WAS RATED AS F3 ON
THE FUJITA SCALE...WITH WINDS ESTIMATED AT 160 MPH.

THERE WERE ELEVEN LARGE STEEL TOWERS ON A 500 KILOVOLT POWER LINE
THAT WERE BLOWN DOWN OR TWISTED. THE REPAIR ESTIMATE IS 2 TO 3
MILLION DOLLARS. A SMALL SAWMILL WAS DESTROYED. SEVERAL HOUSES WERE
DESTROYED AND A COUPLE DOZEN OTHERS WERE DAMAGED. SEVERAL MOBILE
HOMES WERE OVERTURNED. NUMEROUS VEHICLES WERE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
NUMEROUS BARNS OR OUTBUILDINGS WERE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED...WITH
SEVERAL CHICKEN HOUSES DAMAGED. MANY POWER LINES AND SOME POWER
POLES WERE BLOWN DOWN. MANY HUNDREDS OF TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN. SOME
OF THESE DOWNED TREES WERE STILL BLOCKING ROADS IN THE OUACHITA
NATIONAL FOREST AS OF TODAY.

THE STORM SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED BY JOHN ROBINSON...WARNING
COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST...AND NEWTON SKILES...SENIOR
FORECASTER...BOTH WITH THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK.

...PRELIMINARY RESULTS...
A TORNADO WAS ALSO CONFIRMED AT BLACKWELL IN CONWAY COUNTY...WITH F2
DAMAGE FOUND. THIS SURVEY IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED THIS
EVENING...WITH INFORMATION SENT AT THAT TIME.

A TORNADO WAS ALSO CONFIRMED ON THE PULASKI AND PERRY COUNTY LINE AT
WILLIAMS JUNCTION. THIS TRACK WILL BE DETERMINED AT A LATER DATE BY
A SURVEY TEAM.

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