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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1200 PM CDT THU APR 5 2007

...EF 1 TORNADO IN SOUTHWEST CUMBERLAND COUNTY...

A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY HAS DETERMINED THAT A
TORNADO IN SOUTHWEST CUMBERLAND COUNTY WITH EF1 STRENGTH...OR WINDS
OF 86-110 MPH OCCURRED TUESDAY NIGHT APRIL 3 FROM 09:16 PM CDT
THROUGH 09:20 PM CDT. THE TORNADO STARTED ABOUT 7.4 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF LANTANA AND ENDED 3.7 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF LANTANA. IT HAD A
PATH LENGTH OF 5.3 MILES AND WAS 100 YARDS WIDE.

THE TORNADO DESTROYED A MOBILE HOME ON CHEROKEE DRIVE...SHIFTED A
MOBILE HOME OFF ITS FOUNDATION OF DUGGER BRANCH ROAD...DESTROYED THE
ROOF OF A HOME ON CLARENCE BLAYLOCK ROAD...DESTROYED TWO BARNS ON
WILSON WAY. THE OLDER BARN WAS BUILT IN 1902 AND WAS OVER A HUNDRED
YEARS OLD...BUT WAS DESTROYED BY THE TORNADO. ALSO A CAMPER AND BARN
WAS DESTROYED AT 626 THOMAS SPRINGS RD.

NO SIGNIFICANT INJURIES WERE REPORTED. TREES WERE SNAPPED FOR ABOUT
FOURTH TENTHS OF A MILE ALONG THOMAS SPRINGS ROAD AND SOME BARK WAS
PEELED AS WELL. SEVERAL OAK TREES WERE UPROOTED AS WELL.

THE NWS WOULD LIKE TO THANK CUMBNERLAND COUNTY EMA DIRECTOR KEITH
GARRISON FOR HIS ASSISTANCE.

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ORCHANIAN




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