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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
703 PM CST THU NOV 15 2007

...TWO TORNADOES IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE ON WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 14...

THE FIRST TORNADO STRUCK AT 317 PM CST IN JACKSON COUNTY...AT
ABOUT 9.7 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF GAINESBORO. THE TORNADO
COMPLETELY DESTROYED A PORCH IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE ON GREEN ROAD. A
FEW TREES WERE UPROOTED AND SNAPPED. ONE TREE WAS SNAPPED AT ITS
BASE. A METAL STORAGE BUILDING LOST PART OF ITS ROOF. WINDS WERE
ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT 100 TO 105 MPH WHICH PLACES THE TORNADO IN
THE EF1 RANGE (86-110 MPH). THE PATH LENGTH WAS ABOUT 0.1 MILES
AND 100 YARDS WIDE.

THE SECOND TORNADO OCCURRED IN WHITE COUNTY FROM 416 PM TO 417 PM
CST. IT TOUCHED DOWN 1.2 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF BAKERS CROSSROADS
AND ENDED AT 0.6 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF BAKERS CROSSROADS. THE
PATH LENGTH WAS 0.67 MILES WITH A PATH WIDTH OF 200 YARDS. THIS
TORNADO BLEW A SINGLE WIDE TRAILER OFF ITS FOUNDATION AND CARRIED
IT ACROSS THE ROAD AND SLAMMED IT AGAINST A HOUSE. THE HOUSE ALSO
HAD CONSIDERABLE ROOF DAMAGE. JUST BEFORE THE TORNADO ENDED IT
STRUCK THE ALMYRA METHODIST CHURCH LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF
BURGESS FALL ROAD AND ALMYRA ROAD. THE STEEPLE WAS BLOWN DOWN AND
WINDOWS WERE BLOWN OUT. TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED ALONG THE
DAMAGE PATH. WINDS WERE ON THE HIGH END OF THE EF1 CATEGORY AT
ABOUT 110 MPH.

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