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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
520 PM CDT SAT APR 12 2008

...PRELIMINARY RESULTS FROM THE LAWRENCE COUNTY AND THE GILES COUNTY
TORNADO SURVEYS...

A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURVEY TEAM VIEWED DAMAGE FROM THE
TORNADO THAT HIT LAWRENCE AND GILES COUNTIES ON FRIDAY, APRIL 11.

IN LAWRENCE COUNTY...THE TORNADO TRACKED NORTH AND NORTHEAST OF
LAWRENCEBURG, PRODUCING AN 18 MILE LONG, 100 YARD WIDE PATH. THE
TORNADO WAS RATED A LOW END EF-3 ON THE ENHANCED F SCALE. EF-3
WINDS RANGE FROM 136 TO 165 MPH.

IN GILES COUNTY...THE TORNADO TRACKED ACROSS LIBERTY HILL IN THE
NORTHWEST SECTION OF THE COUNTY AND PRODUCED A 4 MILE LONG, 100
YARD WIDE PATH. THE TORNADO WAS RATED A LOW END EF-3 ON THE
ENHANCED F SCALE. AGAIN...EF-3 WINDS RANGE FROM 136 TO 165 MPH.

RESULTS ARE PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE. ADDITIONAL SURVEY
INFORMATION FROM THE SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK WILL BE POSTED AS
SOON AS IT IS AVAILABLE.

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