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Tornado-Associated Fatalities—Arkansas, 1997 FREE

JAMA. 1997;278(4):279-280. doi:10.1001/jama.1997.03550040033017
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ON MARCH 1, 1997, approximately nine tornadoes originating from two separate thunderstorms swept across Arkansas, from Hempstead County in the southwest to Clay County in the northeast (approximately 260 miles).

The tornadoes caused 26 deaths and an estimated $115 million in property damage, reflecting damage to residences, nonresidential buildings, bridges, and roads and agriculture and timber losses. The strongest tornadoes touched down southwest of Little Rock in Clark, Saline, and Pulaski counties; the estimated widths of the tornado paths ranged from 1/2 to 1 mile, and wind speeds were >200 miles per hour (National Weather Service [NWS], unpublished data, 1997). This report summarizes circumstances of the tornado-associated fatalities from information collected by the American Red Cross (ARC); 14 of the 26 fatalities occurred among persons who were in mobile homes.

ARC collected data about fatalities associated with the tornadoes by contacting area hospitals

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National Center for Environmental Health. Tornado: a guide for your personal health and safety. Atlanta, Georgia: US Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, CDC, 1997 (in press).

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Lillibridge SR.  Tornadoes . In: Noji E, ed. The public health consequences of disasters . New York, New York: Oxford University Press 1997;:228-44.
2 +
Glass RI, Craven RB, Bregman DJ, et al.  Injuries from the Wichita Falls tornado: implications for prevention . Science 1980;;207:734-8.
3 +
Eidson M, Lybarger JA, Parsons JE, MacCormack JN, Freeman JI.  Risk factors for tornado injuries . Int J Epidmiol 1990;;19:1051-6.
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CDC.  Tornado disaster—Kansas, 1991 . MMWR 1992;;41:181-3.
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Liu S, Quenemoen LE, Malilay J, Noji E, Sinks T, Mendlein J.  Assessment of a severe-weather warning system and disaster preparedness, Calhoun County, Alabama, 1994 . Am J Public Health 1996;;86:87-9.
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Office of Meteorology, National Weather Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Tornado safety. Washington, DC: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Weather Service, 1996; publication no. 1996-413-872.
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National Center for Environmental Health. Tornado: a guide for your personal health and safety. Atlanta, Georgia: US Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, CDC, 1997 (in press).

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