[BNAWX] Public Information Statement

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1101 PM CDT SAT APR 11 2009

...NWS CONFIRMS EF-1 TORNADO DAMAGE IN BENTON COUNTY FROM APRIL 10
STORM...

NWS NASHVILLE PERSONNEL SURVEYED TORNADO DAMAGE IN THE NORTHEAST
PART OF BENTON COUNTY ON SATURDAY. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT
6 MILES NORTHEAST OF CAMDEN AT ABOUT 1040 A.M. CDT. IT TRAVELED
NORTHEAST AND ENDED AT THE TENNESSEE RIVER 10 AND ONE HALF MILES
NORTHEAST OF CAMDEN AT ABOUT 1047 A.M. THE TORNADO DAMAGED A PATH
THAT WAS 4 AND ONE HALF MILES LONG AND APPROXIMATELY 75 YARDS
WIDE.

MUCH OF THE DAMAGE WAS ALONG AND NEAR GRAPEVINE AND HARMON DOCK
ROADS. MANY HUNDREDS OF LARGE HARDWOOD TREES AND PINE TREES WERE
SNAPPED OR UPROOTED ALONG THE DAMAGE PATH. TEN HOMES SUFFERED ROOF
DAMAGE AND SEVERAL OUTBUILDINGS WERE DESTROYED. BASED ON THIS
DAMAGE...WINDS WERE ESTIMATED AT 100 MPH WHICH CORRESPONDS TO EF-1
ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE.

NWS NASHVILLE THANKS BENTON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
DIRECTOR JOHN SMOOT...THE BENTON COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE...AND THE
BENTON COUNTY ELECTRIC SERVICE FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE DURING THIS
SURVEY.

$$

VANNOZZI



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