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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1225 PM CST FRI FEB 8 2008

...RESULTS OF TORNADO SURVEYS...

AFTER SURVEYING DAMAGE FROM TUESDAY NIGHT'S TORNADOES THAT STRUCK
MIDDLE TENNESSEE, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT FOUR INDIVIDUAL
TORNADOES OCCURRED ALONG A PATH EXTENDING FROM CLIFTON TO
NORTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE.

THE FIRST TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN OVER NORTHEAST HARDIN COUNTY, MOVED
NEAR CLIFTON, AND LIFTED NEAR FLATWOODS IN NORTHERN WAYNE COUNTY.
A SECOND TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST PERRY COUNTY, A
FEW MILES NORTHEAST OF THE END OF THE PREVIOUS TORNADO TRACK. THIS
TORNADO REMAINED ON THE GROUND AS THE STORM MOVED ACROSS
NORTHWEST LEWIS COUNTY, AND INTO HICKMAN COUNTY. THE TORNADO
STRUCK THE BRUSHY COMMUNITY, THEN TURNED TOWARD THE LEFT JUST EAST
OF CENTERVILLE BEFORE DISSIPATING.

THE FIRST TWO TORNADOES HAVE BEEN RATED AS EITHER EF-O OR EF-1.

A THIRD TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE END OF THE PREVIOUS TORNADO
TRACK EAST OF CENTERVILLE, AND PASSED THROUGH FAIRVIEW, IN
NORTHWEST WILLIAMSON COUNTY, BEFORE LIFTING NEAR THE DAVIDSON
COUNTY LINE. THIS TORNADO HAS BEEN RATED AS EITHER EF-1 OR EF-2.

THE SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM CONTINUED TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD, ACROSS
NASHVILLE, BEFORE SPAWNING A FOURTH TORNADO, WHICH DROPPED DOWN ON
THE SOUTH SIDE OF GALLATIN, NEAR THE CUMBERLAND RIVER. THIS
TORNADO MOVED THROUGH CASTALIAN SPRINGS, EXTREME NORTHERN
TROUSDALE COUNTY, ACROSS MACON COUNTY, STRIKING THE NORTHWEST SIDE
OF LAFAYETTE, BEFORE MOVING INTO KENTUCKY, WHERE IT FINALLY LIFTED
NORTHEAST OF TOMPKINSVILLE. THE PATH LENGTH OF THIS TORNADO WAS
APPROXIMATELY 51 MILES.

A TOTAL OF 24 FATALITIES HAVE SO FAR BEEN ATTRIBUTED TO THIS
TORNADO: 7 IN SUMNER COUNTY, 3 IN TROUSDALE COUNTY, AND 14 IN
MACON COUNTY.

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