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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1150 AM CDT MON APR 13 2009

...APRIL 10TH TORNADO IN MURFREESBORO REACHED EF-4 INTENSITY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT TEAM HAS DETERMINED
THAT THE TORNADO WHICH STRUCK MURFREESBORO ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON
REACHED EF-4 IN INTENSITY.  EF-4 INTENSITY...WITH WINDS NEAR 170
MPH...WAS REACHED IN THE HIGHLAND PARK DRIVE NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL AS
THE TOMAHAWK TRACE AREA.  SEVERAL WELL CONSTRUCTED HOMES WERE
DESTROYED IN THESE AREAS...HARDWOOD TREES WERE DEBARKED...AND
VEHICLES WERE TOSSED CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE.

THE TORNADO WHICH STRUCK FRIDAY WAS THE 28TH TORNADO TO HIT
RUTHERFORD COUNTY SINCE 1950.  IT WAS THE FIRST KILLER TORNADO
DURING THAT PERIOD.

A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURVEY CREW IS CURRENTLY SURVEYING DAMAGE
IN HUMPHREYS AND HOUSTON COUNTIES.  ANOTHER TEAM IS EN-ROUTE TO LOOK
AT DAMAGE IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY...AND POSSIBLY CANNON COUNTY IF TIME
ALLOWS.  A SURVEY OF MARSHALL AND NORTHERN GILES COUNTY IS SCHEDULED
FOR TUESDAY.

PICTURES AND ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT...

WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NASHVILLE

$$

FINAL SUMMARY (TIMES BASED ON RADAR)...

STRENGTH...EF-4
MAXIMUM WINDS...170 MPH
PATH LENGTH...23.25 MILES
WIDTH...MAXIMUM 750 YARDS
TOUCHDOWN TIME...1219 PM
TORNADO END TIME...1255 PM
BEGIN LAT/LON...35.7597  -86.8480
END LAT/LON...35.9145  -86.2789

TOM JOHNSTONE
WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE














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