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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
600 PM CDT MON MAY 03 2010

...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT TEAM OF MAY 1ST TORNADOES IN ARKANSAS...

...PRELIMINARY EF-1 TORNADO IN CROSS COUNTY ARKANSAS...

A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT TEAM HAS DETERMINED THAT AN EF-1 TORNADO WITH MAXIMUM WINDS ESTIMATED AT 100 MPH OCCURRED IN CROSS COUNTY ON MAY 1 2010 FROM ABOUT 858 PM CDT TO 905 PM CDT. THE PATH WAS ABOUT 6.3 MILES WITH A MAXIMUM WITH OF APPROXIMATELY 200 YARDS.

THE TORNADO MOVED INTO CROSS COUNTY FROM WOODRUFF COUNTY NEAR PRIMROSE EAST OF HIGHWAY 49. THE TORNADO TRACKED TO THE NORTHEAST ACROSS OPEN FARM LAND. THEN DAMAGED THREE HOMES AND SEVERAL OUT BUILDINGS ON US HIGHWAY 64. ONE HOME HAD MAJOR DAMAGE TO IT AND A TWO STORY BARN COMPLETELY COLLAPSED. THE OTHER TWO HOMES HAD MINOR DAMAGE. SEVERAL VERY LARGE TREES WERE ALSO KNOCKED DOWN. AT US 64 THE TORNADO SNAPPED 5 POWER POLES. THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO THE NORTHEAST THROUGH OPEN FARM LAND BEFORE SNAPPING POWER LINES ALONG HIGHWAY 156 BEFORE LIFTING.

...PRELIMINARY EF-1 TORNADO IN POINSETT COUNTY ARKANSAS...

A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT TEAM HAS DETERMINED THAT AN EF-1 TORNADO WITH MAXIMUM WINDS ESTIMATED AT 100 MPH OCCURRED IN POINSETT COUNTY ON MAY 1 2010 FROM ABOUT 935 PM CDT TO 939 PM CDT. THE PATH WAS ABOUT 6.2 MILES WITH A MAXIMUM WITH OF APPROXIMATELY 400 YARDS.

A TORNADO TOUCHED SOUTHWEST OF WEONA AND MOVED A FARM IMPLEMENT AND THEN MOVED ACROSS OPEN FARM LAND DAMAGING SEVERAL TRANSMISSION LINES NEAR HWY 373 AND SNAPPING 4 POWER POLES ON HWY 373. THE TORNADO THEN DESTROYED A OFFICE TRAILER AT THE CROP DUSTER HANGER OFF HWY 14 IN WEONA AND ALSO DAMAGED THE HANGER. IT CONTINUED ACROSS OPEN FARM LAND DAMAGING MORE TREES...POWER POLES. IT CROSSED HENDERSON LANE AND DAMAGED ONE HOME. THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO THE NORTHEAST IN OPEN FARM LAND. IT SNAPPED THREE MORE TRANSMISSION LINES AS IT CROSSED MAPLE GROVE LANE. THE TORNADO DAMAGED MORE TREES BETWEEN THE FARM FIELDS BEFORE LIFTING.