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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1140 AM CDT SAT APR 11 2009

...PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF MURFREESBORO TORNADO SURVEY...

A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASSESSMENT TEAM IS SURVEYING DAMAGE IN
RUTHERFORD COUNTY TODAY. THE PRELIMINARY RESULTS FROM AN AERIAL
SURVEY INDICATE THE TORNADO THAT IMPACTED MURFREESBORO HAD A PATH
LENGTH OF 15 MILES...BEGINNING APPROXIMATELY 7 MILES SOUTHWEST AND
ENDING 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF MURFREESBORO. THE MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH OF
THE TORNADO WAS A HALF MILE. THE PRELIMINARY STRENGTH OF THE TORNADO
IS BEING RATED AS EF3...WITH WINDS OF 136 MPH TO 165 MPH. ADDITIONAL
SURVEYING ON THE GROUND WILL BE DONE THIS AFTERNOON AND FINAL
RESULTS WILL BE MADE AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE.

ADDITIONAL DATA ABOUT THIS STORM IS AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE...

WEATHER.GOV/NASHVILLE

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JAMES LAROSA - HYDROLOGIST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE





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