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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
420 PM CDT FRI SEP 19 2008

..ANOTHER CONFIRMED TORNADO FROM THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE IKE: 

SATURDAY EVENING...SEP 13TH...TORNADOES FORMED WITHIN THE RAIN BANDS
SURROUNDING THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE IKE...AS IT MOVED ACROSS
ARKANSAS. AN ADDITIONAL TORNADO TRACK WAS CONFIRMED TODAY IN BRADLEY
COUNTY. THIS BRINGS THE TOTAL OF CONFIRMED TORNADOES TO SEVEN.

THE TORNADO BEGAN 1.4 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF VICK IN BRADLEY
COUNTY. IT WAS ON THE GROUND FOR 2.4 MILES...AND DISSIPATED 1.7
MILES SOUTHEAST OF INGALLS.

DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO A FEW TREES BEING BLOWN DOWN.

THE TORNADO WAS ASSIGNED AN EF0 RATING ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE.

THIS LATEST TORNADO BRINGS THE TOTAL OF CONFIRMED TORNADOES THIS
YEAR IN ARKANSAS TO 78. THIS NUMBER MATCHES 1982 AS THE THE SECOND
MOST ACTIVE YEAR ON RECORD. THE MOST ACTIVE YEAR FOR TORNADOES
REMAINS 1999 WHEN 107 TORNADOES WERE CONFIRMED IN THE STATE.

THE DAMAGE SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED BY THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE FROM THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN LITTLE ROCK...

JOHN ROBINSON...WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST
RENEE FAIR...METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE

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