...STORM DAMAGE SURVEY IN CLAIBORNE PARISH IN NORTHERN LOUISIANA AND UNION COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ARKANSAS...
...TORNADO IN UNION COUNTY ARKANSAS RATED AS AN F3 STORM...
THURSDAY...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PERSONNEL FROM THE SHREVEPORTWEATHER FORECAST OFFICE CONDUCTED A STORM SURVEY OF THE TORNADOTHAT MOVED THROUGH UNION COUNTY ARKANSAS WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
A NEARLY CONTINUOUS PATH OF DAMAGE WAS NOTED FROM WHERE THE TORNADOENTERED THE COUNTY IN THE TOWN OF JUNCTION CITY ON THE STATE LINEWITH LOUISIANA UNTIL IT ENDED 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE COMMUNITY OFLAWSON IN THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY. THE STORM LEFT A TRAILOF THOUSANDS OF DOWNED AND BROKEN TREES ALONG WITH NUMEROUS HOMESAND OTHER STRUCTURES HEAVILY DAMAGED OR COMPLETELY DESTROYED ALONGITS 24 MILE TRACK ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY.
THE STORM ALSO RESULTED IN TWO FATALITIES AND 13 PERSONS INJURED...
REQUIRING HOSPITALIZATION OR MEDICAL ATTENTION.
THERE WERE SEVERALOTHERS WITH MINOR SCRAPES...
CUTS...
AND BRUISES.
