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Statement as of 4:05 PM CST on November 7, 2009 ... Two more tornado tracks identified from October 29th storms... Two more tornado tracks have been identified from the storms on October 29th. .First tornado... Thursday afternoon October 29th... County affected... Grant touched down... ... 9.2 miles E of Sheridan lifted... ... ... ... 10 miles ENE of Sheridan path length... ... .1.6 miles rating... ... ... ... EF1 - winds of 86 to 110 mph damage description... -thousands of trees on private Timber land were blown down -several homes had roof damage from falling trees .Second tornado... Thursday evening October 29th... County affected... Grant touched down... ... 2.5 miles SSE of Prattsville lifted... ... ... ... 2.3 miles se of Prattsville path length... ... .0.6 miles rating... ... ... ... EF1 - winds of 86 to 110 mph damage description... -trees were blown down -damage to a roof on a Mobile home -roof built over a Mobile home was blown off -siding and shingles were blown off of a house -a shed was destroyed -large metal clothesline poles anchored in Concrete were pulled out of the ground -an 80 foot ham radio antenna was blown down These surveys were conducted by John Robinson... warning coordination meteorologist... and Joe goudsward... senior forecaster... both from the National Weather Service in Little Rock. These two tornadoes bring the total confirmed tornadoes from the storms of October 29th to 15. 8 tornadoes affected the NWS Little Rock service area 6 tornadoes affected the NWS Shreveport service area 1 tornado began in the NWS Shreveport service area and crossed into the NWS Little Rock service area These storms bring the total number of tornadoes that have affected the State of Arkansas since January 1st 2009 to 44.