[BNAWX] Public Information Statement

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1101 AM CDT SUN MAR 29 2009

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-291830-
STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-BENTON-
HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE-
SMITH-JACKSON-PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS-
WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-CANNON-DEKALB-WHITE-
CUMBERLAND-BEDFORD-COFFEE-WARREN-GRUNDY-VAN BUREN-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-
GILES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...
GALLATIN...LAFAYETTE...CELINA...BYRDSTOWN...CAMDEN...ERIN...
WAVERLY...DICKSON...ASHLAND CITY...KINGSTON SPRINGS...NASHVILLE...
LEBANON...MOUNT JULIET...HARTSVILLE...CARTHAGE...GAINESBORO...
COOKEVILLE...LIVINGSTON...JAMESTOWN...ALLARDT...LINDEN...
LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE...HOHENWALD...FRANKLIN...BRENTWOOD...
COLUMBIA...LEWISBURG...MURFREESBORO...WOODBURY...SMITHVILLE...
SPARTA...CROSSVILLE...FAIRFIELD GLADE...SHELBYVILLE...TULLAHOMA...
MANCHESTER...MCMINNVILLE...TRACY CITY...ALTAMONT...COALMONT...
SPENCER...WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG...PULASKI
1101 AM CDT SUN MAR 29 2009

...EF1 TORNADO TOUCHDOWN CONFIRMED IN CHEATHAM COUNTY...

AN ASSESSMENT TEAM CONSISTING OF NWS PERSONNEL SURVEYED DAMAGE TODAY
IN CENTRAL CHEATAM COUNTY.  THE TEAM DETERMINED THAT AN EF1 TORNADO
WITH MAXIMUM WINDS NEAR 100 MPH WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DAMAGE.

THE INITIAL TOUCHDOWN WAS ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 249, 2 MILES NORTHEAST
OF ASHLAND CITY, AND CONTINUED FOR 5 MILES ALONG HIGHWAY 249 TO JUST
NORTH OF MOUNT ZION.  THE INITIAL DAMAGE PATH WAS 50 YARDS WIDE AND
INCREASED TO AROUND 100 YARDS WIDE.

NUMEROUS HARDWOOD TREES WERE EITHER SNAPPED OFF OR WERE COMPLETELY
UPROOTED. 1 MODULAR HOME WAS DESTROYED AND 3 OTHER HOMES WERE
SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED.

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