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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...AMENDED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
452 PM CDT SAT APR 15 2006

...AMENDED TIME OF CROSSVILLE TORNADO WITH HELP OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY
EMA...

IN SUMNER COUNTY

THE F3 TORNADO THAT MOVED ACROSS NORTHERN DAVIDSON COUNTY AND
GOODLETTSVILLE CONTINUED EAST INTO SUMNER COUNTY AT 2:12 PM CDT.
THE TORNADO MOVED EAST-NORTHEAST AROUND 55 MPH ACROSS NORTHERN
HENDERSONVILLE AND THE SOUTH PART OF GALLATIN AT 2:25 PM CDT.  THE
TORNADO ENDED OVER BLEDSOE CREEK STATE PARK ABOUT 5 MILES EAST OF
GALLATIN AT 2:32 PM CDT.  THIS TORNADO HAD A PATH LENGTH OF ABOUT
19.5 MILES IN SUMNER COUNTY...WITH A TOTAL LENGTH OF 23.2 MILES
INCLUDING THE DAVIDSON COUNTY/GOODLETTSVILLE PORTION OF THE TRACK.
ITS WIDTH GENERALLY VARIED BETWEEN 100 AND 200 YARDS.

THE TORNADO CAUSED HIGH END F2 AS WELL AS F3 DAMAGE...AND IN A FEW
PLACES IT WAS LIKELY A HIGH END F3.  THIS PLACES THE ESTIMATED WIND
SPEEDS IN THE 150 TO 200 MPH RANGE.

EIGHT PEOPLE...ALL IN THE GALLATIN AREA...WERE DIRECTLY KILLED IN
THIS TORNADO AND ABOUT 121 OTHERS WERE INJURED.  THERE WAS ALSO ONE
INDIRECT FATALITY CAUSED BY A HEART ATTACK.

THE TENNESSEE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY AND THE SUMNER COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY ESTIMATED 700 HOMES AND BUSINESS WERE
DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.  VOLUNTEER STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN
SOUTHWEST GALLATIN WAS HEAVILY DAMAGED AS WERE SEVERAL CAR
DEALERSHIPS ACROSS THE ROAD.


IN LEWIS COUNTY

AN F0 TORNADO (LESS THAN 73 MPH) OCCURRED 3.0 MILES NORTHEAST OF
HOHENWALD...NEAR U.S. ROUTE 412...SNAPPING A FEW TREES. THERE WAS NO
PROPERTY DAMAGE. THE PATH LENGTH WAS 0.3 MILES WITH A PATH WIDTH OF
100 YARDS. THE TORNADO OCCURRED AROUND 2:43 PM CDT.


IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY

AN F1 TORNADO (73-112 MPH) MOVED ACROSS CUMBERLAND COUNTY FROM 3.8
SOUTHWEST OF CROSSVILLE TO 2.5 EAST OF CROSSVILLE...FROM 5:46 PM TO
5:51 PM CDT. THIS TORNADO DAMAGED A CONSIDERABLE NUMBER OF ROOFS ON
HOMES. THE PATH LENGTH WAS 6.2 MILES AND PATH WIDTH OF 150 YARDS.
THE CUMBERLAND COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY REPORTED FOUR
INJURIES WITH THIS TORNADO.

IN HUMPHREYS COUNTY

AN F1 TORNADO (73-112 MPH) MOVED ACROSS SOUTHERN HUMPHREYS COUNTY
FROM ABOUT 2:05 PM CDT TO 2:12 PM CDT. THE TORNADO TOUCH DOWN
7.9 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF HURRICANE MILLS ALONG CUBA LANDING
ROAD, WHERE LARGE TREES WERE SNAPPED, UPROOTED AND BLOWN DOWN. THE
TORNADO CROSSED BAKERVILLE ROAD WHERE A BRICK HOME WAS 40 PERCENT
DESTROYED AND A MOBILE HOME WAS DEMOLISHED WITH ONLY A TWISTED METAL
FRAME BEING LEFT AT THE MOBILE HOME'S ORIGINAL SITE. THE STORM THEN
MOVED ACROSS JACK RUDOLPH ROAD AND LIFTED UP ALONG OLD HIGHWAY 13
WHERE TREES WERE DESTROYED AND ANOTHER MOBILE HOME WAS PUSHED OFF ITS
FOUNDATION. THE PATH WIDTH OF THE TORNADO WAS 50 YARDS. THE PATH
LENGTH WAS ABOUT 4.5 MILES.

THE SECOND TORNADO WAS AN F0 (LESS THAN 73 MPH) MOVED ACROSS NORTHERN
HUMPHREYS COUNTY FROM ABOUT 1:05 PM CDT TO 1:06 PM CDT. THE TORNADO
TOUCH DOWN 5.7 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF WAVERLY ALONG CLYDETON ROAD
BREAKING AND UPROOTING TREES AND ROOF DAMAGED TO TWO HOMES.  THE PATH
WIDTH OF THE TORNADO WAS 20 YARDS. THE PATH LENGTH WAS ABOUT O.2
MILES.

THE THIRD TORNADO WAS AN F0 (LESS THAN 73 MPH) MOVED ACROSS NORTHEAST
HUMPHREYS COUNTY FROM ABOUT 1:10 PM CDT TO 1:11 PM CDT.  THE TORNADO
TOUCH DOWN 7.9 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF WAVERLY ALONG THE
INTERSECTION OF ARNOLD HOLLOW ROAD AND DEER CREEK ROAD. BREAKING
TREES AND STRUCTURE DAMAGE TO OUT BUILDINGS AND DESTROYING A BARN
ALONG DEER CREEK ROAD.  THE PATH WIDTH OF THE TORNADO WAS 20 YARDS.
THE PATH LENGTH WAS ABOUT O.2 MILES.

IN BENTON COUNTY

AN F2 TORNADO (113-157 MPH) MOVED ACROSS BENTON COUNTY FROM ABOUT
1:53 PM CDT TO 2:00 PM CDT. THE TORNADO TOUCH DOWN 12.2 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF CAMDEN AND MOVED TO 12.1 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST
CAMDEN. THE WORST DAMAGE WAS A HOME THAT LOST ENTIRE ROOF INCLUDING
RAFTERS ON CONLEY BRANCH ROAD. OTHER HOMES HAD ROOF DAMAGE ALONG WITH
NUMEROUS LARGE TREES BEING SNAPPED, UPROOTED AND BLOWN DOWN.  THE
PATH WIDTH OF THE TORNADO WAS 50 YARDS. THE PATH LENGTH WAS ABOUT 6.0
MILES.

THE SECOND TORNADO WAS AN F0 (LESS THAN 73 MPH) MOVED ACROSS NORTHERN
BENTON COUNTY FROM ABOUT 12:40 PM CDT TO 12:41 PM CDT. THE TORNADO
TOUCH DOWN 4.7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BIG SANDY TO 4.2 MILES SOUTH-
SOUTHWEST OF BIG SANDY. HOMES LOSS SHINGLES AT THE CEDAR LAKES
ESTATE ALONG WITH TREES BEING SNAPPED, UPROOTED AND BLOWN DOWN.
THE PATH WIDTH OF THE TORNADO WAS 10 YARDS. THE PATH LENGTH WAS ABOUT
1.1 MILES.

IN WARREN COUNTY

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.

A TOTAL OF 15 INJURIES WERE REPORTED WITH THE TWO WARREN COUNTY
TORNADOES.


IN DICKSON COUNTY

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.
THE PATH LENGTH WAS 4.5 MILES AND PATH WIDTH OF ABOUT 1/2 MILE.

IN CHEATHAM COUNTY

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.

IN DAVIDSON COUNTY

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. THE NASHVILLE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED 7 TO
10 INJURIES WITH THIS TORNADO.

MANY LARGE TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED IN GOODLETTSVILE WITH
DOWNED UTILITY POLES AND WIRES. THIS TORNADO CONTINUED ON INTO
SUMNER COUNTY.

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