STORM SURVEYS FROM CENTRAL INTO EASTERN ARKANSAS
INFORMATION COLLECTED ON MAY 18, 20, 21, 22 AND 29, 2003

...TWELVE TORNADO TRACKS FOUND...

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A BOW ECHO OR BOOMERANG SHAPED LINE OF STORMS SWEPT ACROSS MUCH
OF FAULKNER...WHITE AND JACKSON COUNTIES. BOWS ARE OFTEN ASSOCIATED
WITH STRONG TO DAMAGING WINDS...AS WAS THIS PARTICULAR BOW. AT
TIMES...BOWS SPAWN TORNADOES...WITH SEVERAL TORNADOES PRODUCED AS
THE BOW MOVED QUICKLY TO THE EAST AND NORTHEAST. THE TORNADOES
WERE MOSTLY WEAK IN NATURE AND WERE ON THE GROUND FOR ONLY A FEW
MILES IN MOST CASE. THE BOW AND THE TORNADOES WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR
EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE...WITH TREES EITHER DOWNED OR SNAPPED. SOME
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE OCCURRED AS WELL...WITH MOSTLY ROOF DAMAGE
NOTED (DUE TO FALLEN TREES OR SHINGLES REMOVED). POWER LINES AND
POWER POLES WERE DOWNED AS WELL.       

THE FIRST TORNADO OCCURRED IN WHITE AND JACKSON COUNTIES.

IT TRACKED FROM 1 MILE EAST OF BRADFORD IN WHITE COUNTY TO 3 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF INGLESIDE IN JACKSON COUNTY. THE PATH LENGTH WAS 5
MILES. THE TORNADO WAS RATED AS F1 ON THE FUJITA SCALE. WINDS WERE
AROUND 80 MPH.         

THE SECOND TORNADO OCCURRED IN WOODRUFF AND JACKSON COUNTIES.

IT TRACKED FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF AUGUSTA IN WOODRUFF COUNTY 
TO 1 MILE NORTHEAST OF AMAGON IN JACKSON COUNTY. THE PATH LENGTH
WAS 17 MILES. THE TORNADO WAS RATED AS F1 ON THE FUJITA SCALE. WINDS
WERE LIKELY BETWEEN 90 AND 100 MPH. IN ADDITION TO DAMAGE MENTIONED
IN THE NOTES ABOVE...A LARGE PIVOT USED FOR ABOVE 
GROUND IRRIGATION WAS OVERTURNED.  

THE THIRD TORNADO OCCURRED IN FAULKNER COUNTY.

IT TRACKED FROM 1 MILE SOUTHWEST OF GREENBRIER TO 5 MILES 
EAST-NORTHEAST OF GREENBRIER. THE PATH LENGTH WAS 7 MILES. THE 
TORNADO WAS RATED AS F1 ON THE FUJITA SCALE. WINDS WERE AROUND 
90 MPH. 

THE FOURTH TORNADO OCCURRED IN FAULKNER COUNTY.

IT TRACKED FROM 1 MILE WEST OF BARNEY TO 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF
BARNEY. THE PATH LENGTH WAS 5 MILES. THE TORNADO WAS RATED AS F1 ON
THE FUJITA SCALE. WINDS WERE AROUND 80 MPH.

THE FIFTH TORNADO OCCURRED IN FAULKNER AND WHITE COUNTIES.

IT TRACKED FROM 3.5 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF MOUNT VERNON IN
FAULKNER COUNTY TO 5 MILES NORTH OF ROMANCE (OR 5.5 MILES 
WEST-NORTHWEST OF JOY) IN WHITE COUNTY. THE PATH LENGTH WAS 6 MILES.
THE TORNADO WAS RATED AS F1 ON THE FUJITA SCALE. WINDS WERE AROUND
80 MPH.

THE SIXTH TORNADO OCCURRED IN WHITE COUNTY.

IT TRACKED FROM 3 MILES WEST OF JOY TO 2 MILE NORTH-NORTHEAST OF JOY.
THE PATH LENGTH WAS 4.5 MILES. THE TORNADO WAS RATED AS F1 ON THE
FUJITA SCALE. WINDS WERE LIKELY FROM 90 TO 100 MPH. IN ADDITION TO
DAMAGE MENTIONED IN THE NOTES ABOVE...A VACANT MOBILE HOME WAS
DESTROYED. 

THE SEVENTH TORNADO OCCURRED IN WHITE COUNTY.

IT TRACKED FROM 1 MILE WEST OF CENTER HILL TO 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF
CENTER HILL. THE PATH WAS ROUGHLY 5 MILES. THE TORNADO WAS RATED AS
F2 ON THE FUJITA SCALE. WINDS WERE LIKELY CLOSE TO 115 MPH. THIS WAS
ONE OF THE STRONGER TORNADOES SPAWNED DURING THIS EVENT. SOME OF
THE FALLEN TREES FOUND WERE HUGE. IN ADDITION TO DAMAGE MENTIONED
IN THE NOTES ABOVE...SEVERAL BRANS AND OUTBUILDINGS WERE DAMAGED
OR DESTROYED.  
  
THE EIGHTH TORNADO OCCURRED IN CLEBURNE COUNTY.

IT TRACKED FROM 2 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF QUITMAN TO 1.7 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF HEBER SPRINGS. THE PATH LENGTH WAS 10 MILES. THE
TORNADO WAS RATED AS F1 ON THE FUJITA SCALE. WINDS WERE LIKELY NEAR
75 MPH. 

THE NINTH TORNADO OCCURRED IN WHITE COUNTY.

IT TRACKED FROM 0.5 MILE NORTH OF JUDSONIA TO 0.5 MILE SOUTHEAST OF
BALD KNOB. THE PATH LENGTH WAS 5.5 MILES. THE TORNADO WAS RATED AS F1
ON THE FUJITA SCALE. WINDS WERE CLOSE TO 80 MPH.  

THE TENTH TORNADO OCCURRED IN WHITE AND JACKSON COUNTIES. 

IT TRACKED FROM 1 MILE NORTH OF VELVET RIDGE IN WHITE COUNTY TO 5
MILES SOUTHEAST OF DENMARK IN JACKSON COUNTY. THE PATH LENGTH WAS
4.5 MILES. IT WAS RATED AS F1 ON THE FUJITA SCALE. WINDS WERE AROUND 80
MPH. 

THE ELEVENTH TORNADO OCCURRED IN WHITE AND JACKSON COUNTIES.

IT TRACKED FROM 0.5 MILE WEST OF BRADFORD IN WHITE COUNTY TO 5.5 MILES
WEST OF INGLESIDE IN JACKSON COUNTY. THE PATH WAS ROUGHLY 5 MILES.
THE TORNADO WAS RATED AS F2 ON THE FUJITA SCALE. WINDS WERE CLOSE TO
115 MPH. LIKE THE TORNADO NEAR CENTER HILL...THIS WAS ONE OF THE
STRONGER TORNADOES SPAWNED DURING THIS EVENT. SOME OF THE FALLEN
TREES FOUND WERE LIKELY AT LEAST 100 YEARS OLD...WITH A NUMBER OF
TREES ON HOMES IN BRADFORD.   

THE TWELFTH TORNADO OCCURRED IN JACKSON COUNTY.

IT TRACKED FROM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEWPORT TO 2 MILES NORTH OF
MIDWAY. THE PATH LENGTH WAS 16 MILES. IT WAS RATED AS F1 ON THE FUJITA
SCALE. WINDS WERE BETWEEN 80 AND 90 MPH. THE TORNADO BEGAN IN A
WHEAT FIELD...WITH SWIRL MARKS FOUND.