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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
422 PM CDT WED APR 30 2014

...EF-1 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN WHITE COUNTY FROM STORMS ON APRIL 28...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND WHITE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
SURVEYED DAMAGE FROM STORMS ON 4/28. ALONG HWY 136 JUST NORTH OF
WALLING IT WAS DETERMINED A MICROBURST OCCURRED CAUSING A CAMPER
TO ROLL OVER AND A GARAGE TO LOSE PART OF ITS ROOF. SEVERAL LARGE
TREES WERE ALSO UPROOTED AT THIS LOCATION. MAXIMUM WIND SPEEDS
WERE AROUND 75 MPH. ELSEWHERE...IN NORTHEAST WHITE COUNTY IT WAS
DETERMINED AN EF-1 TORNADO CAUSED DAMAGE ALONG EASTLAND RD. SURVEY
DETAILS ARE BELOW:

.WHITE COUNTY TORNADO...

RATING:                 EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  2.1 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   100 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             04/28/2014
START TIME:             1237 PM CDT
START LOCATION:         11 MILES EAST OF SPARTA
START LAT/LON:          35.883/-85.293

END DATE:               04/28/2014
END TIME:               1239 CDT
END LOCATION:           13 MILES EAST OF SPARTA
END_LAT/LON:            35.887/-85.257

SURVEY SUMMARY:  INITIAL DAMAGE WAS NOTED JUST SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION
OF DUMPLIN RIDGE ROAD AND EASTLAND ROAD IN NORTHEAST WHITE COUNTY.
TREES WERE SNAPPED AND AN OCCUPIED VEHICLE WAS THROWN OFF THE
ROAD AT THIS LOCATION. DAMAGE CONTINUED APPROXIMATELY 2.1 MILES TO
THE EAST-NORTHEAST AFFECTING PROPERTIES ON THE NORTH SIDE OF
EASTLAND RD. SEVERAL HOMES SUFFERED MINOR ROOF DAMAGE...A GRAIN
SILO WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED AND DOZENS OF HARDWOOD TREES WERE
SNAPPED AND UPROOTED.

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 EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM
DATA.

$$
TJ





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