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060 NOUS44 KTSA 210156 PNSTSA PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 856 PM CDT TUE MAR 20 2012 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-210400- BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN- PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE- TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER- CHEROKEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG-HASKELL- LATIMER-LE FLORE- 856 PM CDT TUE MAR 20 2012 ...DAMAGE SURVEY RESULTS FOR CRAWFORD COUNTY ARKANSAS... A SURVEY TEAM FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN TULSA AND CRAWFORD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ASSESSED STORM DAMAGE TODAY THAT OCCURRED DURING THE EVENING OF MARCH 19TH. BASED ON THE STORM SURVEY...THE TEAM CONCLUDED THAT THE DAMAGE FROM SOUTHWEST OF UNIONTOWN TO WEST OF CHESTER WAS CONSISTENT WITH A TORNADO. THE TORNADO DEVELOPED AT ABOUT 952 PM ABOUT A MILE SOUTHWEST OF UNIONTOWN. THE TORNADO DISSIPATED AT ABOUT 1008 PM ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF CHESTER. THE PATH LENGTH WAS ABOUT 13 MILES AND MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH ABOUT 400 YARDS. THE TORNADO SNAPPED OR UPROOTED NUMEROUS LARGE SOFTWOOD TREES AND SEVERAL HARDWOOD TREES IN ITS PATH. IT ALSO DAMAGED THE ROOF OF A MOBILE HOME. BASED ON THIS DAMAGE...MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WIND IN THE TORNADO WAS ABOUT 95 TO 105 MPH...THUS IT WAS RATED EF-1 ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE. $$ EJC