Tornadoes · United States · Arkansas · 2013
EF1 tornado, Rushing to Fox, Arkansas, April 10, 2013
From Rushing to Fox, this EF1 tornado ran 4.1 miles across Stone County on April 10, 2013, touching down at 5:07 PM CDT and reaching 300 yards wide. It killed nobody, and did $200,000 of property damage.
The rating scale
Tracks are drawn in the color of the rating. The Enhanced Fujita scale rates the damage rather than measuring the wind: the speeds are what that damage is taken to imply.
EF065 to 85 mph
Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.
EF186 to 110 mphthis tornado
Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.
EF2111 to 135 mph
Considerable damage. Roofs torn off well-built houses, frame homes shifted on their foundations, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, cars lifted off the ground.
EF3136 to 165 mph
Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.
EF4166 to 200 mph
Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.
EF5over 200 mph
Incredible damage. Strong frame houses swept off their foundations, car-sized missiles thrown more than 100 meters, steel-reinforced concrete badly damaged, high-rise buildings deformed.
Unrated
The survey recorded a tornado but could not put a number on it, most often because it crossed open country and damaged nothing a rating can be read from.
The record
- Rating
- EF1
- Date
- April 10, 2013
- Touchdown
- 5:07 PM CDT (22:07 UTC)
- Lifted
- 5:14 PM CDT (22:14 UTC)
- On the ground
- 7 minutes
- Path length
- 4.1 miles (6.7 km)
- Path width
- 300 yards (274 m)
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $200,000
- County
- Stone County
- Touchdown point
- 35.749, -92.284
- Lift-off point
- 35.807, -92.262
- Record number
- 1304101607-01
The damage survey
22 damage points were recorded along this path by NWS LZK, in the Damage Assessment Toolkit the survey teams carry. The strongest indicator was rated EF2. The highest wind the damage implies is 135 mph.
- Roof off wood house; shop building destroyed.
- Trees uprooted and power lines down.
- Old church building being used as a house destroyed; foundation intact. Vehicles overturned.
- Metal church building destroyed.
Survey points are preliminary and are the raw material the published rating was built from. Source: NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit.
What the Weather Service recorded
Severe storms developed ahead of an advancing cold front on the afternoon and evening of the 10th. A few tornadoes occurred, and there were also reports of large hail and damaging winds.
An EF1 tornado blew down several hay barns and some unused chicken houses. Numerous trees and some power lines were also blown down.
From NOAA NCEI's Storm Events Database, the narrative the local forecast office wrote for Storm Data.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the tornado touched down, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Little Rock, AR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the tornado touched down at Apr 10, 2:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 10, 2:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 241 PM CDT WED APR 10 2013 .DISCUSSION... MAIN CONCERNS THIS FORECAST CYCLE ARE CHANCES OF SEVERE WEATHER AHEAD OF THE FRONT...THEN CONVECTION BEHIND THE FRONT. TEMPERATURE FORECAST IS ALSO CHALLENGING WITH STRONG TEMP DROP ASSOCIATED WITH THE COLD FRONT. 18Z UPPER AIR SOUNDING CONTINUED TO INDICATE A WEAKER INVERSION AROUND 10K FEET...QUITE MOIST WITH A PRECIP WATER VALUE OF 1.42 INCHES...LI OF -8...CAPE 3500 J/KG AND A VEERING PROFILE. TORNADO WATCH WENT OUT AROUND 120 PM FOR PARTS OF WESTERN AR...MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN AR THROUGH 9 PM. THIS AFTERNOON HAVE ONLY SEEN ISOLATED STORMS AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT...NOW MAINLY IN A CORRIDOR OVER SW TO WEST AR...ASSOCIATED WITH LOW LEVEL JET AND MOISTURE INFLUX. SOME CONVECTION HAS CONTINUED WEST OF THE COLD FRONT OVER OK TO E KS AND SW MO. THE UPPER PATTERN REMAINS CLOSE TO PARALLEL TO THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY...AND LIFT IS GOING NNE AROUND THE UPPER LOW OVER THE NEB PANHANDLE. THE COLD FRONT HAS WAFFLED AROUND KHRO...NEAR CLARKSVILLE AND RUSSELLVILLE...STILL WEST OF KMEZ...THEN TO NEAR THE SE CORNER OF OK. WILL STILL SEE SOME WAFFLING OF THE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON TO EVENING BEFORE IT GRADUALLY DRIFTS EAST LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. THE MAIN SEVERE STORM THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...WHILE ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE OVER CENTRAL TO EASTERN AR. AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE SEEN WITH SOME POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. RAIN AMOUNTS ARE STILL EXPECTED TO BE 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER TO 3 INCHES THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING DUE TO HIGH PRECIP WATER VALUES. TEMPERATURE FORECAST HAS ALSO BECOME TRICKY WITH THE COLD FRONT. 70S AHEAD OF THE FRONT WHILE 50S TO SOME 40S BEHIND IT. SOUTH WINDS REMAIN ELEVATED OVER AR AHEAD OF THE FRONT AND A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM. && .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT PER CURRENT TRENDS...WILL HAVE HIGH POP...CHANCE OF ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS...AND HEAVY RAIN RISK IN THE FIRST TO SECOND PERIODS. ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT AS CAP WEAKENS AND SOME UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE ENERGY MOVES OVER AR. MODELS INDICATE THE COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY MOVE EAST AFTER SUNSET WITH PLENTY OF CONVECTION AHEAD OF IT. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BE IN EASTERN AR AROUND SUNRISE OR A BIT EARLY ON THURSDAY. SOME ADDITIONAL ENERGY IS EXPECTED TO ROTATE AROUND THE UPPER LOW AND WILL SEE SOME LIGHTER CONVECTION UNTIL THE UPPER LOW AND TROUGH CLEAR THE STATE ON THURSDAY. TEMPS WILL FALL QUICKLY BEHIND THE FRONT AND LOWER TO THE 50S AND EVEN SOME 40S IN NW AR BY THURSDAY AM. 60S OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONT. THURSDAY WILL GRADUALLY BECOME DRY AND CLOUDS THIN FROM WEST TO EAST. SOME CLOUDS WILL HOLD OVER NORTHERN AREAS THROUGH MUCH OF DAY. THEN DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WITH MODERATING TEMPS BACK TO NORMAL LEVELS ON SUNDAY. && .LONG TERM...SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... SRLY FLOW WILL HAVE RETURNED TO THE REGION AT THE START OF THE LONG TERM AS SFC HIGH PRESSURE MOVES EAST OF THE AREA. A WEAK UPPER WAVE WILL PASS SOUTH OF THE AREA...WITH SOME SLIGHT POTENTIAL FOR PRECIP FOR SRN SECTIONS OF THE STATE EARLY IN THE PERIOD. EARLY NEXT WEEK...FLOW ALOFT WILL BE MAINLY FROM THE SW...WITH WARMING TEMPS EXPECTED THROUGH ABOUT MID WEEK. PRECIP CHANCES WILL REMAIN FAIRLY LOW THROUGH TUE. HOWEVER...A STORM SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE PLAINS DURING THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK...WITH A COLD FRONT DROPPING SOUTH TOWARDS AR WED. PRECIP CHANCES WILL INCREASE AS A RESULT...MAINLY ACROSS NRN SECTIONS OF THE STATE BY THE END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BATESVILLE AR 46 60 38 62 / 80 20 10 10 CAMDEN AR 48 64 38 69 / 90 20 10 10 HARRISON AR 38 53 32 57 / 100 10 10 10 HOT SPRINGS AR 43 60 37 67 / 90 20 10 10 LITTLE ROCK AR 47 62 40 66 / 80 20 10 10 MONTICELLO AR 55 65 42 69 / 100 40 10 10 MOUNT IDA AR 40 59 37 65 / 90 10 10 10 MOUNTAIN HOME AR 41 55 34 60 / 90 20 10 10 NEWPORT AR 51 62 40 62 / 100 30 10 10 PINE BLUFF AR 52 63 42 67 / 100 30 10 10 RUSSELLVILLE AR 41 58 37 63 / 90 10 10 10 SEARCY AR 49 61 39 64 / 80 20 10 10 STUTTGART AR 53 62 42 65 / 100 30 10 10 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR ARKANSAS- BAXTER-BOONE-BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLARK-CLEBURNE-CLEVELAND-CONWAY- DALLAS-DESHA-DREW-FAULKNER-FULTON-GARLAND-GRANT-HOT SPRING- INDEPENDENCE-IZARD-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-LINCOLN-LOGAN- LONOKE-MARION-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-NEWTON-OUACHITA-PERRY-PIKE-POLK- POPE-PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE-SCOTT-SEARCY-SHARP-STONE-VAN BUREN- WHITE-WOODRUFF-YELL. && SHORT TERM...59 / LONG TERM...62
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 10, 2:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 249 PM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-111000- ARKANSAS-BAXTER-BOONE-BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLARK-CLEBURNE-CLEVELAND- CONWAY-DALLAS-DESHA-DREW-FAULKNER-FULTON-GARLAND-GRANT-HOT SPRING- INDEPENDENCE-IZARD-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-LINCOLN-LOGAN-LONOKE- MARION-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-NEWTON-OUACHITA-PERRY-PIKE-POLK-POPE- PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE-SCOTT-SEARCY-SHARP-STONE-VAN BUREN-WHITE- WOODRUFF-YELL- 249 PM CDT WED APR 10 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT BREEZY SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BE SEEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF ARKANSAS ONCE AGAIN TODAY...WITH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH EXPECTED AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT TO THE WEST. SOME GUSTS OVER 3O MPH WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. A COLD FRONT WILL BEGIN SLOWLY SHIFTING EAST ACROSS ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME LIKELY LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS AS THE FRONT INTERACTS WITH WARM AND VERY MOIST AIR ALREADY IN PLACE. SOME STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL THE MAIN THREATS WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. A FEW WEAK TORNADOES MAY ALSO BE POSSIBLE AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO BE A THREAT WITH THIS COLD FRONT AS IT GRADUALLY SHIFTS EAST ACROSS THE STATE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THROUGH THIS EVENING. EXPECT WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF OVER 3 INCHES POSSIBLE. EXPECT THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL TO BE ACROSS EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE COLD FRONT WILL BE MOVING EAST OF THE STATE THURSDAY MORNING...WITH THE THREAT FOR HAZARDOUS WEATHER BECOMING VERY LOW INTO NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. && VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS. 62
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 10, 3:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
342 PM CDT WED APR 10 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0320 PM HAIL ATKINS 35.24N 92.95W
04/10/2013 E0.75 INCH POPE AR TRAINED SPOTTER
THE REPORT TIME IS BASED OFF RADAR...AND WAS RELAYED BY
BROADCAST MEDIA.
&&
57Special weather statement, Apr 10, 3:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 344 PM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ARZ003-004-102105- BOONE AR-MARION AR- 344 PM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN BOONE AND NORTHWESTERN MARION COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM CDT... AT 342 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLARK HILL...OR 12 MILES EAST OF HARRISON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WININGTON... WILLIS... PYATT... LEAD HILL... LAKEWAY... DODD CITY... DIAMOND CITY... CLARK HILL... BERGMAN... ZINC... SOUTH LEAD HILL... PEEL... MONARCH... TATER KNOB... SYCAMORE... SUGARLOAF KNOB... SHORT MTN... PINE MTN... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. LAT...LON 3650 9267 3621 9284 3629 9305 3651 9294 TIME...MOT...LOC 2045Z 204DEG 50KT 3634 9290 56
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 3:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 351 PM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ARZ022-031-038-039-102120- CONWAY AR-PERRY AR-POPE AR-YELL AR- 351 PM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN YELL...SOUTHERN POPE...WESTERN PERRY AND SOUTHWESTERN CONWAY COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM CDT... AT 346 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR NIMROD LAKE...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DANVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RUSSELLVILLE... DARDANELLE... TARAL... POTTSVILLE... PLAINVIEW... PETIT JEAN RIVER WMA... OLA... NIMROD LAKE... MOSLEY... LAKE ATKINS... GALLA CREEK WMA... DOVER... DARDANELLE LOCK AND DAM... CARDEN BOTTOMS... ATKINS... PONTOON... MORELAND... GUM LOG... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 78 AND 96. THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY....AND A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS....FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3543 9316 3531 9284 3491 9313 3499 9333 TIME...MOT...LOC 2051Z 205DEG 42KT 3503 9319 224
Local storm report, Apr 10, 4:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
405 PM CDT WED APR 10 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0359 PM TSTM WND DMG WONDERVIEW 35.32N 92.73W
04/10/2013 CONWAY AR AMATEUR RADIO
A ROOF WAS BLOWN OFF A BARN. A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS
SIGHTED...SO THIS MAY BE A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN.
&&
28Local storm report, Apr 10, 4:31 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
431 PM CDT WED APR 10 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0421 PM TORNADO SCOTLAND 35.52N 92.62W
04/10/2013 VAN BUREN AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND IN
SCOTTLAND.
&&
224Local storm report, Apr 10, 4:56 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
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</html>The air that afternoon
The radiosonde launches on either side of the tornado, from the nearest station that was launching then, drawn and analyzed the way Storm Lab does: the same diagram, the same parcel and shear definitions SPC's mesoanalysis uses.
Springfield, MO (KSGF), 12:00Z
10.1 hours before the tornado, 185 km from the path. April 10, 2013.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 268 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -83 J/kg
- Surface CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 507 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.2
- 0-3 km lapse rate
- 4.3 K/km
The surface observations
Clinton (CCA), 26 km from the path, in the two hours either side.
| Time (UTC) | Temp (°F) | Dew point (°F) | Wind | Gust (kt) | Pressure (mb) | Weather |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:00 UTC |
From the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of airport observations.
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 105 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the touchdown began at 22:05 UTC.
Open the radar archive at this moment, over the track
Reflectivity and velocity, decoded from the Level II archive in the browser. Volumes take a few seconds to open the first time.
This ground now
The live radar over the trackEvery 2013 tornado in ArkansasEvery tornado in Arkansas since 1950Warnings in force in Arkansas nowThe forecast where you are
The other tornadoes of April 10, 2013
8 more were confirmed in the United States that day.
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 10 | 4:20 PM CDT | EF2 | Van Buren, AR | 17.3 | 800 | 5 | $3.5 million | |
| April 10 | 5:44 PM CDT | EF2 | Izard, AR | 1.2 | 100 | $350,000 | ||
| April 10 | 7:38 PM CDT | EF1 | Franklin, MO | 1.3 | 200 | |||
| April 10 | 8:00 PM CDT | EF2 | Saint Louis, MO | 6.8 | 500 | 2 | $4.0 million | |
| April 10 | 8:10 PM CDT | EF0 | City of Saint Louis, MO | 0.3 | 50 | |||
| April 10 | 8:26 PM CDT | EF1 | Lincoln, AR | 6.7 | 400 | $500,000 | ||
| April 10 | 8:58 PM CDT | EF0 | Butler, MO | 1.7 | 75 | $20,000 | ||
| April 10 | 9:05 PM CDT | EF0 | Stoddard, MO | 1.5 | 50 | $40,000 |
What this means
Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. Tornado counts rise through the record as reporting improved, so a year in the 1950s is not comparable with one today except for the strongest tornadoes, which were always noticed.
Sources
NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database, 1950-2025, the official record kept by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.