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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
511 PM CST WED JAN 30 2013

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

EF-2 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN HICKMAN COUNTY AND EF-0 TORNADO CONFIRMED
IN DICKSON AND CHEATHAM COUNTY FROM STORMS EARLIER THIS MORNING.

HICKMAN COUNTY TORNADO INFORMATION...

RATING:                 EF-2
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    130 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   300 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             JANUARY 30 2013
START TIME:             226 AM CST
START LOCATION:         WOLF CREEK RD. WEST OF THE COBLE COMMUNITY
START LAT/LON:          35.7771/-87.6505

END DATE:               JANUARY 30 2013
END TIME:               228 AM CST
END LOCATION:           BETWEEN BEAVERDAM ROAD AND HWY 50.
END_LAT/LON:            35.7843/-87.0117

INITIAL DAMAGE CONSISTING OF SNAPPED TREES WAS EVIDENT ON WOLF CREEK ROAD
APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE WEST OF THE COBLE COMMUNITY IN NORTHWEST HICKMAN COUNTY.
DAMAGE BECAME MUCH MORE SIGNIFICANT IN THE COBLE COMMUNITY BEGINNING AT THE
INTERSECTION OF BRIAR POND RD AND HWY 438.  SEVERAL BRICK HOMES SUFFERED
CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE IN COBLE INCLUDING ONE WITH ALMOST TOTAL ROOF LOSS
AND THE COLLAPSE OF A WALL.  A MOBILE HOME WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED WITH
DEBRIS SCATTERED AND THE METAL FRAME WRAPPED PARTIALLY AROUND A TREE.  A
CINDER BLOCK GARAGE AND AT LEAST 3 BARNS WERE DEMOLISHED AND AN RV WAS
FLIPPED ON IT'S SIDE.  THE TORNADO WAS QUITE WIDE NEAR COBLE...AROUND 300
YARDS...AND HUNDREDS OF TREES WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED.  THERE WERE NO
INJURIES.


...DICKSON/CHEATHAM COUNTY TORNADO...

RATING:                 EF-0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    80 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  6 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   100 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             JANUARY 30 2013
START TIME:             247 AM CST
START LOCATION:         WHITE BLUFF RD IN SOUTHEAST DICKSON COUNTY.
START LAT/LON:          36.0804/-87.2217

END DATE:               JANUARY 30 2013
END TIME:               252 AM CST
END LOCATION:           PINNACLE HILL RD JUST NORTHEAST OF KINGSTON SPRINGS.
END_LAT/LON:            36.0111/-87.1036

HUNDREDS OF TREES WERE UPROOTED AND SNAPPED AND SEVERAL HOMES SUFFERED
MINOR ROOF DAMAGE ALONG AN INTERMITTENT 6 MILE PATH.

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.

$$

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WOULD LIKE TO THANK EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
OFFICIALS IN THE AFFECTED COUNTIES FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE WITH THESE
SURVEYS.

TOM JOHNSTONE
NWS NASHVILLE




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