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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
405 PM CDT THU MAR 24 2011

...EF-1 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN WILSON...SMITH AND DEKALB COUNTY...

BEGIN LAT/LON...36.099N 86.093W
END LAT/LON...36.065N 86.001W
ESTIMATED TIME (BY RADAR)...6:19 PM -6:27 PM
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF1
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...100 MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...100 YARDS
PATH LENGTH...ALMOST 6 MILES

* FATALITIES...0
* INJURIES...0

* THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT(S) AND PUBLICATION IN NWS
STORM DATA.

...SUMMARY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE...ALONG WITH WILSON COUNTY
EMA...SURVEYED DAMAGE BEGINNING NEAR WATERTOWN IN SOUTHEASTERN
WILSON COUNTY.  IT WAS DETERMINED THE DAMAGE WAS CAUSED BY AN EF-1
TORNADO WITH MAXIMUM WIND SPEEDS AROUND 100 MPH.

HUNDREDS OF TREES WERE UPROOTED OR SNAPPED ALONG A NEARLY CONTINUOUS
6 MILE PATH.  SEVERAL HOMES SUFFERED SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAGE...AND A
COUPLE BARNS AND OUTBUILDINGS WERE DESTROYED.

THE TORNADO CLIPPED THE FAR SOUTHWESTERN TIP OF SMITH COUNTY AS IT
MOVED INTO DEKALB COUNTY.  THE TORNADO MOVED ACROSS THE NORTH SIDE
OF THE TOWN OF ALEXANDRIA WHERE TREE AND ROOF DAMAGE WAS NOTED.  THE
LAST EVIDENCE OF DAMAGE WAS ALONG LOWER HELTON ROAD 2 MILES EAST OF
ALEXANDRIA.

THIS INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT
WEATHER.GOV/OHX.

FOR REFERENCE...THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO
THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:

EF0...WIND SPEEDS 65 TO 85 MPH.
EF1...WIND SPEEDS 86 TO 110 MPH.
EF2...WIND SPEEDS 111 TO 135 MPH.
EF3...WIND SPEEDS 136 TO 165 MPH.
EF4...WIND SPEEDS 166 TO 200 MPH.
EF5...WIND SPEEDS GREATER THAN 200 MPH.

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TOM JOHNSTONE
NWS NASHVILLE









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