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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
438 PM CDT TUE APR 15 2008

...TORNADOES FRIDAY APRIL 11 IN DICKSON...BEDFORD AND COFFEE COUNTIES...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CONCLUDED THAT AN EF1 TORNADO
(86-110 MPH) STRUCK DICKSON COUNTY FROM 1100 AM CDT TO 1103 AM CDT
FROM 4.2 MILES NORTHEAST OF DICKSON TO 5.8 MILES NORTHEAST OF
DICKSON. THE PATH LENGTH OF THE TORNADO WAS 1.6 MILES WITH A PATH
WIDTH OF 20 YARDS. THE TORNADO FLATTENED 2 BARNS, TREES WERE
SNAPPED AND UPROOTED, AN OUTBUILDING WAS DESTROYED, AND VINYL
SIDING MEASURING 6 TO 10 FEET CAME OFF A HOUSE. DAMAGE WAS IN THE JONES
CREEK ROAD AND ROCK CHURCH ROAD AREAS.

IT APPEARS THAT A LOW END EF2 TORNADO (111 MPH-135 MPH) STRUCK
BEDFORD COUNTY FRIDAY APRIL 11 FROM 115 PM CDT TO 125 PM CDT
STARTING 4.1 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF SHELBYVILLE TO 11.1 MILES
NORTHEAST OF SHELBYVILLE. THE PATH LENGTH WAS ABOUT 7.6 MILES WITH
A PATH WIDTH OF 200 YARDS. THE TORNADO LEVELED 2 BARNS, ONE OF
THEM BEING A POLE BARN. THE TORNADO TOOK PART OF A ROOF AND THE
BACKSIDE WALLS OF A RESIDENTIAL HOME AT 2309 FAIRFIELD PIKE. TREES
WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED AS WELL. OTHER HOMES HAD SOME ROOF
DAMAGE ALONG THE PATH OF THE TORNADO. ALSO...UTILITY POLES WERE BENT.

NORTHWEST COFFEE COUNTY WAS STRUCK BY AN EF0 TORNADO (65MPH-85
MPH) FRIDAY APRIL 11 FROM 130 PM CDT TO 131 PM CDT. THE TORNADO
HAD A PATH LENGTH OF 0.2 MILES AND A PATH WIDTH OF 20 YARDS. THERE
WERE A FEW TREES BLOWN DOWN AT BEECHGROVE ON U.S. HIGHWAY 41. IN
ADDITION... A TRACTOR TRAILER TRUCK WAS BLOWN ON ITS SIDE AS IT
WAS HEADING WESTBOUND ON INTERSTATE 24 AND AT MILE MARKER 99.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WOULD LIKE TO THANK DICKSON COUNTY
EMA DIRECTOR STEVE MANLEY, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR BEDFORD COUNTY EMA
EUGENE NICHOLS, AND COFFEE COUNTY EMA DIRECTOR ALAN LENDLEY FOR
THEIR ASSISTANCE IN THIS REPORT.

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