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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
620 PM CDT SAT APR 11 2009

...ADDITIONAL RESULTS OF MURFREESBORO TORNADO SURVEY...
...SURVEY WILL BE COMPLETED SUNDAY...

A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT TEAM COMPLETED AN
AERIAL SURVEY OF DAMAGE TODAY FROM THE FRIDAY, APRIL 10 TORNADO IN
RUTHERFORD COUNTY.  THE TORNADO INITIALLY TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE END
OF BRET HAYNES ROAD OR APPROXIMATELY 7 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF
MURFREESBORO. THE LAST EVIDENCE OF TORNADO DAMAGE WAS NEAR LOFTON
ROAD JUST SOUTH OF LANCASSAS PIKE...OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF
MURFREESBORO.  THE MAXIMUM DAMAGE PATH WIDTH OF NEARLY 1/2 MILE WAS
NOTED JUST EAST OF I-24.

THE TORNADO TRACKED DUE NORTHEAST FOR THE FIRST 9 MILES THEN BEGAN A
STEADY TURN TO THE RIGHT.  BY THE TIME THE TORNADO LIFTED IT WAS
MOVING TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST.  ADDITIONALLY...VIDEOS OF THE TORNADO
INDICATED A MULTIPLE VORTEX APPEARANCE TO THE TORNADO AND THE AERIAL
SURVEY WAS ABLE TO DETECT FOCUSED AREAS OF DAMAGE WITHIN THE LARGER
PATH.

THE AERIAL SURVEY REVEALED 12 TO 15 HOMES WHICH WERE COMPLETED
DESTROYED AND DOZENS OTHERS WHICH SUFFERED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE.
A 2-STORY OFFICE BUILDING HAD THE COMPLETE UPPER FLOOR REMOVED.
NUMEROUS LARGE VEHICLES WERE PICKED UP AND TOSSED...INCLUDING
SEVERAL SEMI TRAILERS WHICH WOUND UP PILED TOGETHER NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF THOMPSON LANE AND BROAD STREET.

A GROUND SURVEY WAS THEN BEGUN TO DETERMINE TORNADO INTENSITY.
DAMAGE ALONG THE TORNADO PATH WAS PRIMARILY EF2 WITH SIGNIFICANT
ROOF DAMAGE AND SOME WALL COLLAPSE ON HOMES.  THERE WERE POCKETS OF
EF3 DAMAGE WHERE WELL BUILT HOMES SUFFERED SIGNIFICANT EXTERIOR AND
INTERIOR WALL FAILURE.

THERE WERE 3 AREAS SURVEYED TODAY WHICH HAD THE MOST SIGNIFICANT
DAMAGE.  THE FIRST AREA WAS ALONG BUSHNELL DRIVE JUST NORTH OF
COMPTON ROAD.  A WELL BUILT 2-STORY BRICK HOME WAS ALMOST COMPLETELY
DESTROYED WITH JUST PART OF A KITCHEN WALL REMAINING STANDING.  THE
2ND AREA WAS NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HAYNES DRIVE AND SULPHUR
SPRINGS ROAD.  3 HOMES ON CORNWALL COURT WERE COMPLETELY DESTROYED
AND THROWN CLEAR OF THEIR SLAB FOUNDATIONS...HOWEVER IT DID NOT
APPEAR ANY OF THE HOMES WAS PROPERLY ANCHORED.

THE THIRD AREA OF ENHANCED DAMAGE WAS ALONG BATTLEGROUND DRIVE
BETWEEN D'ANN DRIVE AND TOMAHAWK TRACE.  THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE ASSESSMENT TEAM WAS JOINED BY A MURFREESBORO CODE
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WHO ASSISTED WITH ASSESSING CONSTRUCTION QUALITY
AT THIS LOCATION. 3 HOMES WERE COMPLETELY BLOWN CLEAR OF THEIR
FOUNDATIONS AND DESTROYED.  1 HOME WAS NOT PROPERLY
ANCHORED/FASTENED TO THE FOUNDATION...HOWEVER THE OTHER 2 WERE VERY
WELL CONSTRUCTED.  SEVERAL TREES WERE ALSO DEBARKED AT THIS
LOCATION.  THIS DAMAGE MAY EXCEED EF-3 INTENSITY ONCE THE SURVEY IS
COMPLETE.

THE SURVEY WAS SUSPENDED AS THE REST OF THE DAMAGE PATH WAS
INACCESSIBLE ON THE GROUND.  THE SURVEY WILL BE COMPLETED ON SUNDAY
AND A FINAL REPORT AND DAMAGE RATING RELEASED.

PICTURES AND ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT...

WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NASHVILLE

$$

SUMMARY (TIMES BASED ON RADAR)...

STRENGTH...AT LEAST EF3
PATH LENGTH...15 MILES
WIDTH...MAXIMUM ALMOST 1/2 MILE
TOUCHDOWN TIME...1233 PM
TORNADO END TIME...1255 PM
BEGIN LAT/LON...35.8167  -86.5277
END LAT/LON...35.9145  -86.2789

TOM JOHNSTONE
WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE








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