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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
705 PM CDT SAT APR 8 2006

...NWS STORM SURVEYS FOR WARREN...DICKSON....CHEATHAM...AND DAVIDSON
COUNTIES....


AN F1 TORNADO (73-112 MPH) MOVED ACROSS NORTHERN WARREN COUNTY FROM
ABOUT 4:45 PM CDT TO 5:00 PM CDT. THE FIRST TOUCH DOWN OCCURRED
ALONG LANCE ROAD, NEAR BLUE HILL ROAD, WHERE LARGE TREES WERE
SNAPPED, UPROOTED AND BLOWN DOWN. ALSO, THERE WAS DAMAGE TO A LARGE
BARN, AND SHINGLES WERE TORN OFF A PORTION OF A ROOF. THIS TORNADO
CONTINUED ALONG A PATH DUE EAST WHERE IT CROSSED THE INTERSECTION OF
HIGHWAY 56 AND HIGHWAY 287. DAMAGE WAS NOTED ALONG THIS PATH. TWO
MOBILE HOMES ON FOSTER ROAD WERE COMPLETELY DESTROYED. 2 FATALITIES
OCCURRED AT THIS SITE. THE PATH WIDTH OF THE TORNADO WAS 150 YARDS.
THE PATH LENGTH WAS ABOUT 11 MILES.

THE SECOND TORNADO, ALSO AN F1, IN WARREN COUNTY, OCCURRED NEAR THE
TOWN OF MORRISON, ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MCMINNVILLE. THE STORM
THAT PRODUCED THIS TORNADO CAME OUT OF COFFEE COUNTY. THE FIRST
TOUCHDOWN WAS ALONG CANEY BRANCH ROAD WHERE THERE WAS EXTENSIVE
DAMAGE TO A BARN, A CINDER BLOCK BUILDING WAS BADLY DAMAGED, AND
NUMEROUS LARGE TREES WERE DOWN. THE THIRD FATALITY IN WARREN COUNTY
OCCURRED IN A TRAILER HOME ON BONNER ROAD. THE TRAILER WAS
DESTROYED, LARGE TREES WERE UPROOTED, SNAPPED OFF AND BLOWN DOWN
AROUND THE TRAILER. THE TORNADO CONTINUED SLIGHTLY SOUTH OF EAST IN
THE COUNTRY CLUB SUBDIVISION. SEVERAL HOUSES HAD ROOF DAMAGE,
OUTBUILDINGS WERE DESTROYED AND A WOODEN SHED WAS ON ITS SIDE. THE
PATH WIDTH OF THIS TORNADO WAS 100 YARDS, WITH A PATH LENGTH OF
4 MILES.

THE TORNADO IN DICKSON COUNTY TOUCHED DOWN ON MAPLE VALLEY ROAD IN
NORTHERN DICKSON COUNTY AS AN F2 TORNADO (113-157 MPH) AT 1:30 PM
CDT. THREE MOBILE HOMES WERE LEVELED AND DEMOLISHED. NUMEROUS TREES
WERE UPROOTED AND SNAPPED. THE TORNADO PRESUMABLY CARRIED A TRUCK
UPON A UTILITY POLE, WHERE IT LEFT A WINDOW GASKET ON TOP OF THE
POLE. THE TORNADO CONTINUED ALONG HIGHWAY 49 AND REACHED BELLSBURG
AT AS AN F3 (158-206 MPH). A ONE STORY BRICK HOME WAS DEMOLISHED.
THERE WERE NO WALLS OR ROOF LEFT STANDING...LEAVING ONLY A HALF
BASEMENT AND GARAGE. A TRUCK WAS THROWN INTO THE BASEMENT BY THE
TORNADO. THE DRYWALL...FURNITURE...AND APPLIANCES WERE HURLED INTO
THE WOODS AT LEAST 100 YARDS. THE TORNADO ENDED AT THIS LOCATION.

THIS STORM COMPLEX BRIEFLY PRODUCED AN F1 (73-112 MPH)TORNADO IN
CHEATHAM COUNTY AT THE TOWN OF GREENBRIER WITH A PATH LENGTH OF 0.2
MILE AND PATH WIDTH OF 100 YARDS AT ABOUT 1:34 PM CDT. SEVERAL HOMES
HAD SHINGLES OFF THEIR ROOFS. ALSO, LARGE TREES WERE SNAPPED AND
UPROOTED.

THIS STORM PRODUCED ANOTHER F1 TORNADO...IN ASHLAND CITY...WITH ROOF
DAMAGE TO A HOSPITAL AND NEARBY BUILDINGS...AND A LARGE
COMMUNICATIONS TOWER WAS BLOWN DOWN NEAR THE HOSPITAL. MANY ROOFS
WERE PEELED AND LARGE TREES WERE UPROOTED AND SNAPPED.  THIS TORNADO
HIT ASHLAND CITY AT 1:39 PM AND HAD A PATH WIDTH OF ABOUT 100 YARDS
AND PATH LENGTH OF 0.1 MILE.

THE FINAL TORNADO THAT HIT DAVIDSON COUNTY IN GOODLETTSVILLE WAS
RATED AS AN F3 (158-206 MPH). THE TORNADO STRUCK AT 2:10 PM CDT AND
HAD A PATH LENGTH OF 1.1 MILES AND A PATH WIDTH OF ABOUT 1/2 MILE. A
CHURCH LOST THE ENTIRE FRONT SECTION...EXPOSING BENT STEEL BEAMS. A
RESIDENTIAL HOME IN GOODLETTSVILLE ON BELL STREET WAS COMPLETELY
BLOWN OFF ITS FOUNDATION AND DEMOLISHED. NUMEROUS HOMES HAD ROOF
DAMAGE.

MANY LARGE TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED IN GOODLETTSVILE WITH
DOWNED UTILITY POLES AND WIRES. THIS TORNADO CONTINUED ON INTO
SUMNER COUNTY, WHERE ANOTHER NWS SURVEY WAS SENT AND WILL REPORT
LATER IN THE EVENING.

PRELIMINARY REPORTS FROM SUMNER COUNTY IN A 5 MILE STRETCH FROM
VOLUNTEER STATE UNIVERSITY EASTWARD INTO SOUTH GALLATIN INDICATE F3
DAMAGE. SURVEYS FROM SUMNER COUNTY ARE STILL IN THE VERY EARLY
STAGES AND ARE SUBJECT TO REVISION.

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END/NWS STORM SURVEY TEAMS






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