[BNAWX] Public Information Statement

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

...NWS CONFIRMS EF-1 TORNADO DAMAGE IN PUTNAM AND CUMBERLAND
COUNTIES FROM THE GOOD FRIDAY TORNADO OUTBREAK APRIL 10...

NWS NASHVILLE PERSONNEL SURVEYED TORNADO DAMAGE IN PUTNAM AND
CUMBERLAND COUNTIES ON MONDAY. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF HWY 84 AND LONG HOLLOW ROAD IN PUTNAM COUNTY. IT
THEN TRAVELED NORTHEAST AND ENDED ONE QUARTER MILE NORTH OF DIPPING
SPRINGS ROAD AND I-40 IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY. THE TORNADO DAMAGED A
PATH THAT WAS SIX MILES LONG AND APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS WIDE.

THE START OF DAMAGE WAS FOUND AT BETHEL CHURCH OFF OF HWY 84.
NORTHEAST FROM THE CHURCH CONSIDERABLE TREES WERE TWISTED OR SNAPPED
OR UPROOTED ALONG THE DAMAGE PATH ALONG CLIFF PARK ROAD...NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF ICY COVE TRAIL AND ARROW TRAIL AND EAST COVE ROAD.
BASED ON THE DAMAGE FOUND...WINDS WERE ESTIMATED AT 100 MPH WHICH
CORRESPONDS TO EF-1 ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE.

NWS NASHVILLE THANKS PUTNAM COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY AND
DIRECTOR TYLER SMITH FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE DURING THIS SURVEY.

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MICHAEL DAVIS
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OFFICER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE




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