1072915

Data

{
  "beginDate": "2023-01-18T10:34:00Z",
  "beginLatitude": 33.3164,
  "beginLongitude": -93.3557,
  "countyOrZone": "COLUMBIA",
  "damageCrops": 0,
  "damageProperty": 35000,
  "deaths": 0,
  "endDate": "2023-01-18T10:44:00Z",
  "endLatitude": 33.3655,
  "endLongitude": -93.2895,
  "episodeNarrative": "An upper level low moved into the Southern Plains during the evening of January 17th, before lifting northeast into the Central Plains during the daytime hours of the 18th. Warm, moist, and unstable air had spread north across East Texas, North Louisiana, and Southwest Arkansas during the 17th-18th, east of a surface low that ejected northeast from North Texas into Eastern Oklahoma. The instability was maximized by daytime heating across the extreme Eastern Texas, North Louisiana, and Southern Arkansas on the 18th, as large scale forcing ahead of the ejecting low increased across these areas from the mid-morning through the afternoon hours. This resulted in scattered to numerous strong to severe thunderstorms, with ample shear available ahead of an approaching cold front spawning an isolated tornado in Central Columbia County before these storms exited the region to the east during the afternoon.",
  "eventId": "1072915",
  "eventNarrative": "An EF-1 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 100 mph touched down near County Road 52 near Lake Columbia. There, it snapped several softwood trees before continuing onward into forested areas where it caused intermittent damage. As the tornado continued to move northeast, damage was again observed near North Mill and North Cottage Street where trees were snapped and uprooted. The tornado continued on to uproot and snap trees as it crossed Washington and Neil Streets in the city of Waldo. Prior to reaching Highway 371, the tornado damaged an awning of a church, before knocking over several power poles and snapping trees across several blocks in Waldo. On the northeast side of the city limits, the tornado completely destroyed a small metal outbuilding and continued on to snap more trees at the edge of a farm before lifting.",
  "eventType": "Tornado",
  "eventTypeId": "tornado",
  "floodCause": null,
  "injuries": 0,
  "magnitude": null,
  "magnitudeType": null,
  "source": "NWS Storm Survey",
  "state": "ARKANSAS",
  "tornadoFScale": "EF1"
}

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