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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
500 PM CST THU JAN 31 2013

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

THREE MORE TORNADOES CONFIRMED FROM THE MORNING OF 1/30.  EF-1
TORNADO OCCURRED IN WILSON AND TROUSDALE COUNTIES.  TWO EF-0 TORNADOES
OCCURRED IN MACON COUNTY.

...WILSON/TROUSDALE COUNTY TORNADO INFORMATION...

RATING:                 EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    100 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  10.2 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   150 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             JANUARY 30 2013
START TIME:             340 AM CST
START LOCATION:         MANN ROAD - NORTH OF LEBANON
START LAT/LON:          36.282/-86.3300

END DATE:               JANUARY 30 2013
END TIME:               350 AM CST
END LOCATION:           ALONG HWY 231 - SOUTHERN TROUSDALE COUNTY
END_LAT/LON:            36.3371/-86.1665

INITIAL DAMAGE WAS NOTED ALONG MANN ROAD IN NORTHERN WILSON COUNTY
WHERE NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED AND MINOR ROOF DAMAGE WAS NOTED.
INTERMITTENT DAMAGE CONSISTING OF HUNDREDS OF SNAPPED AND UPROOTED
TREES AND SOME PROPERTY DAMAGE CONTINUED NORTHEAST FOR OVER 10 MILES.
THE LAST EVIDENCE OF DAMAGE WAS ALONG HWY 141/HARTSVILLE PIKE JUST
NORTH OF RIADON ROAD.

THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE...INCLUDING SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAGE ALONG
WITH DESTROYED OUTBUILDINGS...WAS ALONG BEASLEY'S BRANCH AND CANOE BRANCH
ROADS IN WILSON COUNTY...AND ALONG HWY 231 IN FAR SOUTHERN TROUSDALE
COUNTY.

ADDITIONAL DAMAGE SURVEYING WAS DONE ALONG HORN SPRINGS AND BEREA
CHURCH ROAD IN WILSON COUNTY.  DAMAGE CON SITING OF DOWNED TREES AND
DAMAGED OUTBUILDINGS WAS CAUSED BY STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.  IN TROUSDALE
COUNTY ALONG HWY 25 THERE WAS CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO SHEDS AND
OUTBUILDINGS...DOZENS OF TREES WERE SNAPPED...AND A HOME HAD PORCH
COLUMNS BLOWN OUT.  THIS DAMAGE WAS FROM A MICROBURST WITH MAXIMUM
WINDS OF AROUND 80 MPH.

...SOUTHWEST MACON COUNTY TORNADO INFORMATION...

RATING:                 EF-0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    75 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  1 MILE
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   50 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             JANUARY 30 2013
START TIME:             347 AM CST
START LOCATION:         CLAMPIT HOLLOW RD
START LAT/LON:          36.4876/-86.1527

END DATE:               JANUARY 30 2013
END TIME:               348 AM CST
END LOCATION:           MARSHALL LANE
END_LAT/LON:            36.4978/-86.1406

DOZENS OF TREES WERE SNAPPED...A COUPLE OLDER BARNS WERE DESTROYED...
AND AN OUTBUILDING WAS DAMAGED ALONG AN APPROXIMATE 1 MILE PATH OVER
FAR SOUTHWESTERN MACON COUNTY.

...SECOND MACON COUNTY TORNADO INFORMATION...

RATING:                 EF-0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    85 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  1.52 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   75 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             JANUARY 30 2013
START TIME:             401 AM CST
START LOCATION:         OWENS ROAD JUST NORTH OF HOLLAND RD
START LAT/LON:          36.5488/-85.9216

END DATE:               JANUARY 30 2013
END TIME:               403 AM CST
END LOCATION:           EAST OF JIMTOWN RD SOUTH OF HEADY RIDGE RD
END_LAT/LON:            36.5557/-85.8954

AN OLDER HOME SUFFERED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE...A BARN SUFFERED SIGNIFICANT
ROOF LOSS...AND A FEW HUNDRED TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED ALONG THE
TORNADOES 1.5 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 NWS WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE WILSON AND MACON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
AGENCIES WITH THEIR HELP WITH THESE SURVEYS.

TOM JOHNSTONE
NWS NASHVILLE




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