UPDATE: 6 tornadoes confirmed from Sunday's storms

The National Weather Service reports 6 tornadoes touched down during Sunday's storm.  One storm cell is responsible for four of them from Thornton to Crocketts Bluff.

From the NWS:



In the picture: One storm was responsible for at least four tornadoes (rated EF1/EF2) across a six county area in southern and eastern Arkansas on 01/22/2012. A fifth tornado (rated EF1) was spawned by a separate storm farther south. Nearby storms produced baseball size hail. (From the National Weather Service)


TORNADO #1
STARTING POINT...3.0 MILES WSW OF THORNTON
ENDING POINT...4.9 MILES SW OF RISON
PATH LENGTH...19.2 MILES
RATING...EF2...WINDS OF 111-135 MPH
COUNTIES AFFECTED...CALHOUN...DALLAS...CLEVELAND
REMARKS...

IN CALHOUN COUNTY...DAMAGE WAS MOSTLY LIMITED TO TIMBER.

IN DALLAS COUNTY...THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO HOUSES NORTHWEST OF FORDYCE...THE COUNTRY CLUB...AND A SET OF TRANSMISSION TOWERS.

IN CLEVELAND COUNTY...THERE WAS MOSTLY DAMAGE TO TIMBER. HOWEVER...A CHURCH BUILT IN 1852 IN NORTH KINGSLAND WAS DESTROYED.

TORNADO #2
STARTING POINT...SWEDEN /JEFFERSON COUNTY/
ENDING POINT...3.45 MILES NE OF LODGE CORNER
PATH LENGTH...16.9 MILES
RATING...EF2...WINDS OF 111-135 MPH
COUNTIES AFFECTED...JEFFERSON...ARKANSAS
REMARKS...

IN JEFFERSON COUNTY...NUMEROUS TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN. GRAIN BINS WERE DESTROYED...AND THERE WAS DAMAGE TO METAL BUILDINGS AND OVERTURNED FARM MACHINERY.

IN ARKANSAS COUNTY...NUMEROUS TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN...AND TWO MOBILE HOMES WERE DAMAGED.

TORNADO #3
STARTING POINT...5.5 MILES WNW OF DEWITT
ENDING POINT...NEAR CROCKETTS BLUFF
PATH LENGTH...14.4 MILES
RATING...EF2...WINDS OF 111-135 MPH
COUNTIES AFFECTED...ARKANSAS

FOUR STEEL TRANSMISSION TOWERS WERE BLOWN DOWN...AND THERE WAS DAMAGE TO A FEW FARM OUTBUILDINGS. NUMEROUS TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN...AND A TRAVEL TRAILER WAS BLOWN OVER. AN ELEVATOR WAS BLOWN OFF OF GRAIN BINS.

TORNADO #4
STARTING POINT...8.2 MILES S OF DEWITT
ENDING POINT...3 MILES SE OF DEWITT
PATH LENGTH...9.4 MILES
RATING...EF1...WIND OF 86-110 MPH
COUNTY AFFECTED...ARKANSAS

TREES...POWER LINES AND POWER POLES WERE BLOWN DOWN. SEVERAL CARPORTS AND SHEDS WERE BLOWN AWAY. A LARGE LIMB FELL ON THE CAB OF A PICKUP TRUCK. A HOUSE HAD THE WINDOWS BLOWN OUT AND PIECES OF WOOD WEDGED INTO THE SIDING. A MOBILE HOME WAS ROLLED OVER AND DESTROYED...WITH ITS CONTENTS BLOWN INTO A NEARBY FIELD. A METAL BUILDING WAS DESTROYED...AND THE WALL OF ANOTHER ONE WAS PUSHED IN. THE ROOF WAS BLOWN OFF OF A TRACTOR SHED.

TORNADO #5
STARTING POINT...4 MILES S OF RAGTOWN
ENDING POINT...3.2 MILES E OF RAGTOWN /WFO LZK CWA/
PATH LENGTH...5.8 MILES
RATING...EF1...WIND OF 86-110 MPH
COUNTY AFFECTED...MONROE

TREES AND POWER POLES WERE BLOWN DOWN. AN IRRIGATION PIVOT WAS FLIPPED OVER. A LARGE STORAGE SHED WAS TOSSED OVER A FARM BUILDING.

THE SURVEY TEAM NOTED THAT THIS TORNADO CONTINUED TO TRACK INTO PHILLIPS COUNTY AR...WHICH IS COVERED BY THE NWS OFFICE IN MEMPHIS TN. THAT PORTION OF THE TORNADO TRACK WILL BE SURVEYED BY THE MEMPHIS OFFICE IN THE  COMING DAYS.

TORNADO #6
STARTING POINT...2.7 MILES WSW OF MOSCOW
ENDING POINT...1.2 MILES NE OF MOSCOW
PATH LENGTH...3.8 MILES
RATING...EF1...WIND OF 86-110 MPH
COUNTY AFFECTED...JEFFERSON

A SHED WAS THROWN OVER A FARM SHOP. THE FARM SHOPS ROOF WAS DAMAGED. AN EMPTY 12000 GALLON FULE TANK WAS THROWN INTO A FIELD. AN IRRIGATION PIVOT WAS OVERTURNED AND TORN APART. A FEW TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN. THE FOUNDATION OF A CONCRETE BLOCK HOUSE WAS DAMAGED.



For more information from the NWS about Sunday's outbreak, go here.