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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
455 PM CDT FRI OCT 5 2012

...NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM UPGRADES TORNADO IN THE GRANT COMMUNITY
OF SMITH COUNTY TO EF-1...

LOCATION...GRANT IN SMITH COUNTY TENNESSEE
DATE...10/01/2012
ESTIMATED BEGIN TIME...5:31 PM CDT
ESTIMATED END TIME...5:34 PM CDT
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF-1
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...90 MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...150 YARDS
PATH LENGTH...1.7 MILES
BEGINNING LAT/LON...36.17 / 86.09W
ENDING LAT/LON...36.20 / 86.08W
* 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 TN HAS UPGRADED THE
DAMAGE CAUSED BY A TORNADO NEAR GRANT IN SMITH COUNTY TENNESSEE
ON 10/01/2012 TO EF-1 AFTER ADDITIONAL DAMAGE SURVEYS WERE
COMPLETED.

A LOW END EF-1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR INTERSTATE 40 JUST EAST
OF THE WILSON COUNTY LINE IN THE GRANT COMMUNITY BEFORE ENDING
NEAR HIGHWAY 141. SEVERAL TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ON POSSUM HOLLOW
ROAD NEAR INTERSTATE 40. MORE SUBSTANTIAL TREE DAMAGE OCCURRED ON
A FARM LOCATED SOUTH OF SP MCCLANAHAN ROAD WHERE DOZENS OF LARGE
TREES WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. HOMEOWNERS ESTIMATED SOME OF THE
TREES TO BE OVER 200 YEARS OLD. MORE TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN WITH
SKIRTING DAMAGE TO A MOBILE HOME ON SP MCCLANAHAN ROAD. A FEW
TREES WERE ALSO BLOWN DOWN FURTHER NORTH TO THE WEST OF HIGHWAY
141 BEFORE THE TORNADO LIFTED.

THIS IS THE FIRST TORNADO ON RECORD TO OCCUR DURING THE MONTH OF
OCTOBER IN SMITH COUNTY.

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

SPECIAL THANKS GO TO THE SMITH COUNTY AND WILSON COUNTY EMA
DIRECTORS FOR ASSISTING THE STORM SURVEY TEAM WITH THEIR EFFORTS.

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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SHAMBURGER/TB12


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