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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
724 AM CST FRI FEB 1 2013

...UPDATED NWS DAMAGE SURVEY INFORMATION FOR 01/30/13 TORNADOES...

TWO ADDITIONAL TORNADOES WERE CONFIRMED FROM THE SEVERE WEATHER
EVENT ON THE MORNING OF JANUARY 30TH 2013. UPDATED INFORMATION
INCLUDES ONE EF1 TORNADO IN RUTHERFORD COUNTY AND ONE EF0 TORNADO
IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY.

...RUTHERFORD COUNTY TORNADO INFORMATION...

RATING: EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 4.6 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 150 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0

START DATE:             JANUARY 30 2013
START TIME:             341 AM CST
START LOCATION:         HORTON HIGHWAY 3 MI WEST OF EAGLEVILLE
START LAT/LON:          35.739/-86.703

END DATE:               JANUARY 30 2013
END TIME:               346 AM CST
END LOCATION:           SWAMP ROAD 2 MI NORTHEAST OF EAGLEVILLE
END_LAT/LON:            35.759/-86.625

AN EF1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN WEST OF HORTON HIGHWAY AROUND 3 MILES
WEST OF EAGLEVILLE. TWO FARM BUILDINGS WERE HEAVILY DAMAGED ON
HORTON HIGHWAY AND A COUPLE OF HOMES HAD MINOR ROOF DAMAGE ON
ALLISONA ROAD. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OCCURRED LESS THAN ONE
MILE NORTH OF EAGLEVILLE ALONG NORTH MAIN STREET...ELM
STREET...AND OAK STREET WHERE SEVERAL HOMES RECEIVED ROOF AND
SIDING DAMAGE. AT LEAST FOUR BARNS WERE DAMAGED BETWEEN OAK STREET
AND SWAMP ROAD BEFORE THE TORNADO LIFTED EAST OF SWAMP ROAD.
DOZENS OF TREES WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED ALONG THE PATH WITH SOME
FALLING ON HOMES.


...WILLIAMSON COUNTY TORNADO INFORMATION...

RATING:                 EF-0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    75 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  2.1 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   75 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             JANUARY 30 2013
START TIME:             318 AM CST
START LOCATION:         0.3 MI EAST OF FRANKLIN
START LAT/LON:          35.926/-86.863

END DATE:               JANUARY 30 2013
END TIME:               319 AM CST
END LOCATION:           2.4 MI EAST-NORTHEAST OF FRANKLIN
END_LAT/LON:            35.932/-86.828

AN EF0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN WEST OF FORT GRANGER DRIVE JUST TO
THE EAST OF DOWNTOWN FRANKLIN. TWO BUSINESSES ON FORT GRANGER
DRIVE AND TWO OTHERS ON EDDY LANE RECEIVED ROOF AND SIDING DAMAGE
WITH SHEET METAL BLOWN INTO ADJACENT FORESTS AND FIELDS. A
PAVILION WAS DAMAGED BY A FALLING TREE AT LIBERTY ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL. SEVERAL HOMES AND A CHURCH HAD MINOR ROOF DAMAGE ALONG
LIBERTY PIKE...CADET LANE...AND FLINTLOCK DRIVE. ADDITIONAL HOMES
RECEIVED MINOR ROOF AND SIDING DAMAGE IN THE LIBERTY HILLS DRIVE
AREA INCLUDING ON SEDGEWICK PL BEFORE THE TORNADO LIFTED.

A LARGE AREA OF WIND DAMAGE WAS NOTED TO THE WEST OF THE TORNADO
TOUCH DOWN FROM AROUND ONE MILE WEST OF DOWNTOWN FRANKLIN INTO THE
DOWNTOWN AREA. SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES ALONG WITH A FEW
LIGHT POLES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN THIS AREA. WINDS WERE ESTIMATED
AROUND 70 MPH.

AN ADDITIONAL LARGE AREA OF WIND DAMAGE WAS NOTED FROM SOUTH OF
WHERE THE TORNADO LIFTED NEAR MALLORY LANE EASTWARD TO WILSON
PIKE. TWO SCHOOLS AND SEVERAL HOMES RECEIVED MINOR ROOF DAMAGE AND
SCATTERED TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN THIS AREA. WINDS WERE ESTIMATED
AROUND 70 MPH.

EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES
TORNADOES INTO THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES.
EF0...WEAK......65 TO 85 MPH
EF1...WEAK......86 TO 110 MPH
EF2...STRONG....111 TO 135 MPH
EF3...STRONG....136 TO 165 MPH
EF4...VIOLENT...166 TO 200 MPH
EF5...VIOLENT...>200 MPH

NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENTS AND PUBLICATION IN NWS
STORM DATA.

$$

NWS NASHVILLE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE RUTHERFORD AND WILLIAMSON
COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES FOR THEIR HELP WITH THESE
STORM SURVEYS.

SAM SHAMBURGER
NWS NASHVILLE



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