[BNAWX] Public Information Statement

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
439 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2013

...THREE ADDITIONAL TORNADOES CONFIRMED FROM JANUARY 30...

...HUMPRHEYS COUNTY/HURRICANE MILLS TORNADO INFORMATION...

RATING:                 EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    100 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  2.4 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   150 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             JANUARY 30 2013
START TIME:             211 AM CST
START LOCATION:         1.4 MILES WSW OF HURRICANE MILLS
START LAT/LON:          35.9676/-87.8028

END DATE:               JANUARY 30 2013
END TIME:               213 AM CST
END LOCATION:           1 MILE ENE HURRICANE MILLS
END_LAT/LON:            36.9764/-87.7627

APPROXIMATELY 500 TREES WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED ALONG THE
TORNADO'S 2.4 MILE PATH THROUGH HURRICANE MILLS.  A BARN WAS
DESTROYED AND SEVERAL HOMES AND BUILDING SUFFERED SIGNIFICANT ROOF
DAMAGE.

...WAYNE COUNTY TORNADO INFORMATION...

RATING:                 EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  2.9 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   90 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             JANUARY 30 2013
START TIME:             232 AM CST
START LOCATION:         GREEN RIVER RD JUST SOUTHEAST OF HWY 13
START LAT/LON:          35.4324/-87.7834

END DATE:               JANUARY 30 2013
END TIME:               234 AM CST
END LOCATION:           FARM AT THE END OF HARRIS RD
END_LAT/LON:            35.4405/-87.7334

HUNDREDS OF TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED...2 BARNS WERE HEAVILY
DAMAGED...AND ANOTHER BARN WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED ALONG THE TORNADO'S
2.9 MILE TRACK.

...SOUTHWESTERN WILLIAMSON COUNTY TORNADO...

RATING:                 EF-0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    70 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  1 MILE
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   75 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             JANUARY 30 2013
START TIME:             301 AM CST
START LOCATION:         WALKER HILL RD/PINEWOOD RD INTERSECTION
START LAT/LON:          35.8841/-87.1233

END DATE:               JANUARY 30 2013
END TIME:               302 AM CST
END LOCATION:           HWY 840 1 MILE EAST OF TOUCHDOWN POINT
END_LAT/LON:            35.8866/-87.1071

INITIAL DAMAGE WAS NOTED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF PINEWOOD RD AND
WALKER HILL ROAD IN SOUTHWESTERN WILLIAMSON COUNTY.  APPROXIMATELY 30
TREES WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED ALONG PINEWOOD ROAD HEADING TO THE EAST.
THE PATH CONTINUED ACROSS HWY 840 INTO AN INACCESSIBLE PORTION OF
WILLIAMSON COUNTY NORTH OF HWY 46.

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 THE EVENTS AND PUBLICATION IN NWS
STORM DATA.

$$
TOM JOHNSTONE
NWS NASHVILLE





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