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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
312 PM CST THU MAR 1 2012


...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONFIRMS EF1 TORNADO OCCURRED IN
EASTERN DEKALB AND WESTERN WHITE COUNTIES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY TEAM HAS CONFIRMED THAT
DAMAGE OCCURRING IN EASTERN DEKALB COUNTY AND WESTERN WHITE COUNTY
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON WAS CAUSED BY A TORNADO. A MAXIMUM WIND SPEED
OF 90 MPH INDICATES THAT THIS TORNADO WAS AN EF1. TORNADO DAMAGE
BEGAN ABOUT 1 MILE NORTHWEST OF SMITHVILLE ALONG HIGHWAY 83 AND
ENDED ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPARTA IN WHITE COUNTY MAKING THE
DAMAGE PATH APPROXIMATELY 13 MILES. MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH WAS 200
YARDS. DAMAGE MAINLY CONSISTED OF DOZENS OF SNAPPED OR UPROOTED
TREES. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE WAS LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF
CENTER HILL LAKE WHERE A HOME ON STILTS WAS BLOWN OVER AND
DESTROYED RESULTING IN A FATALITY. OTHER DAMAGE CONSISTED OF MINOR
ROOF DAMAGE AND TREES BLOWN OVER ONTO STRUCTURES. SOME SMALLER
BARNS AND SHEDS WERE DAMAGED AS WELL. THERE WAS 1 CONFIRMED
FATALITY AND NO OTHER KNOWN INJURIES.

SUMMARY
DATE...2/29/2012
ESTIMATED TIME...APPROXIMATELY 3:47 PM
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF1
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...90 MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...200 YARDS
PATH LENGTH...APPROXIMATELY 13 MILES
INJURIES...0
FATALITIES...1

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

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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