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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
526 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011
...STORM SURVEYS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED FOR SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA
CONCERNING DAMAGE RESULTING FROM TORNADOES ON APRIL 14TH...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONDUCTED A STORM SURVEY IN MCCURTAIN
COUNTY OKLAHOMA AND FOUND EVIDENCE OF AN EF0 TORNADO NEAR
SMITHVILLE. THE TORNADO FIRST TOUCHED DOWN ALONG US 259 SOUTHWEST
OF SMITHVILLE WHERE SEVERAL TREES WERE SNAPPED ON POWER LINES IN
FRONT OF A HOME. THE TORNADO CROSSED US 259 AND SNAPPED A FEW
TREES ALONG THE BANK OF MOUNTAIN FORK RIVER. NEAR THE END OF THE
TRACK...A LARGE TREE WAS SNAPPED OFF ALONG HWY 4 EAST OF
SMITHVILLE AND SEVERAL LARGE BRANCHES WERE BROKEN FROM TREES IN
THE AREA. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE ESTIMATED AT 65-70 MPH. THE TORNADO
WAS 2.5 MILES LONG AND 75 YARDS WIDE...ON THE GROUND FROM 10:33 PM CDT
THROUGH 10:36 PM CDT.
AN EF0 TORNADO WITH A PATH LENGTH OF 75 YARDS AND 4.5 MILES ALSO
OCCURRED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RINGOLD. NUMEROUS TREES WERE
UPROOTED OR SNAPPED. ONE BARN WAS DESTROYED AND ONE HOME HAD MINOR
ROOF DAMAGE.
A THIRD EF0 TORNADO OCCURRED NEAR HOCHATOWN. THE TORNADO FIRST
TOUCHED DOWN ALONG MEADOW LAKE DRIVE IN BEAVER BEND STATE PARK.
SEVERAL TREES WERE UPROOTED WHILE OTHERS HAD THEIR TOPS RIPPED
OFF. THE TORNADO CONTINUED EAST CROSSING COYOTE DRIVE UPROOTING A
FEW TREES IN A CAMPING AREA. THE TORNADO FINALLY LIFTED ALONG THE
SHORELINE OF LAKE BROKEN BOW. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE ESTIMATED AT 65-70
MPH. THE TORNADO WAS 1.3 MILES LONG AND 75 YARDS WIDE...ON THE
GROUND FROM 11:37 PM CDT TO 11:38 PM CDT.
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