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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
225 PM CST THU FEB 12 2009

...EF1 TORNADO TOUCHDOWN CONFIRMED IN FENTRESS COUNTY...

AN ASSESSMENT TEAM CONSISTING OF NWS AND FENTRESS COUNTY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SURVEYED DAMAGE TODAY IN THE FAR SOUTHWESTERN
PORTION OF FENTRESS COUNTY.  THE TEAM DETERMINED THAT AN EF1 TORNADO
WITH MAXIMUM WINDS NEAR 90 MPH WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DAMAGE.

THE INITIAL TOUCHDOWN WAS NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF LITTLE HURRICANE
TRAIL AND HIGHWAY 62.  THE DAMAGE PATH FROM THE TORNADO CONTINUED
FOR APPROXIMATELY 1/2 OF A MILE TO THE NORTHEAST.  THE DAMAGE PATH
WAS BETWEEN 50 AND 75 YARDS WIDE.  BASED ON RADAR THE TORNADO LIKELY
TOUCHED DOWN AROUND 205 PM AND WAS ON THE GROUND FOR A MINUTE OR
LESS.

DOZENS OF PINE TREES...AND A FEW HARDWOOD TREES...WERE SNAPPED OR
UPROOTED.  ONE RESIDENCE HAD A SMALL PORTION OF ROOF PEELED BACK.  2
TREES FELL ON AUTOMOBILES AND ANOTHER FELL ON AND HEAVILY DAMAGED AN
OUTBUILDING.

OTHER DAMAGE...INCLUDING ROOF DAMAGE TO AN ABANDONED CAR WASH AND A
LARGE TREE WHICH FELL ON AN OCCUPIED VEHICLE...WAS SURVEYED AROUND
CLARKRANGE.  STRAIGHT LINE WINDS WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DAMAGE IN
THESE LOCATIONS.

SUMMARY...

STRENGTH...EF1 MAX WINDS NEAR 90 MPH
PATH LENGTH...0.52 MILE
WIDTH...50 TO 75 YDS
TOUCHDOWN TIME...205 PM BASED ON RADAR
BEGIN LAT/LON...36.15546 -85.08513
END LAT/LON...  36.16280 -85.08290

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TOM JOHNSTONE
NWS NASHVILLE





























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