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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
814 PM CST FRI JAN 11 2008

...EF2 TORNADO HITS WAYNE COUNTY...

A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY INDICATED THAT AN EF2
TORNADO WITH WIND SPEEDS OF 111-135 MPH STRUCK WAYNE COUNTY.

THE WORST DAMAGE WAS AT 9110 BUTTERMILK RIDGE RD. A 30 FOOT BY 30
FOOT METAL BARN WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. OTHER METAL BARNS
RECEIVED CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE WITH MOST OF THE ROOF BLOWN OFF.

SOME HOMES LOST SHINGLES ON THEIR ROOFS. A DOG HOUSE THAT WAS
ANCHORED ONTO A CONCRETE PLATFORM WAS BLOWN AWAY. SEVERAL TREES
WERE SNAPPED AT THE TRUNK. A WOODEN PLANK WAS PLANTED INTO THE
GROUND.

SHEETS OF METAL FROM THE BARN WAS CARRIED ABOUT A HALF MILE AWAY
INTO SOME TREES ON THE NATCHEZ TRACE PARKWAY...JUST ACROSS INTO
LAWRENCE COUNTY. TREES WERE LYING IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS ON THE
NATCHEZ TRACE PARKWAY. NUMEROUS TREES WERE ALSO UPROOTED AT THIS
LOCATION ON THE NATCHEZ TRACE.

DAMAGE FROM THE STORM WAS ABOUT $150,000.

THE STORM TOUCHED DOWN 0.83 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF NORTH HIGHLAND
IN WAYNE COUNTY OR ABOUT 9.9 MILES EAST OF WAYNESBORO AT 255 PM
CST ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 2008. THE TORNADO ENDED AT 256 PM CST
1.66 MILES EAST- NORTHEAST OF NORTH HIGHLAND IN LAWRENCE COUNTY OR
ABOUT 14.8 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAWRENCEBURG RIGHT ON THE NATCHEZ
TRACE.

THE PATH LENGTH OF THE TORNADO WAS 1.29 MILES AND THE PATH WIDTH
WAS ABOUT 400 YARDS.



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