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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
106 PM CDT SAT OCT 10 2009

...NWS CONFIRMS EF-1 TORNADO DAMAGE ALONG DAVIDSON/ROBERTSON COUNTY
LINE...

THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ON A FARM NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF GREER
ROAD AND DICKENS LANE IN ROBERTSON COUNTY. IT OCCURRED ON FRIDAY,
OCTOBER 9TH, TOUCHING DOWN AT APPROXIMATELY 1225 PM CDT. THE TORNADO
THEN CONTINUED ON A 1.8 MILE PATH EAST-NORTHEAST INTO DAVIDSON COUNTY.
THE LAST EVIDENCE OF DAMAGE WAS AT A RESIDENCE ALONG BAKER ROAD.

AN OLD BARN WAS DESTROYED NEAR THE BEGINNING OF THE DAMAGE PATH IN
ROBERTSON COUNTY.  THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE WAS RIGHT ALONG GREER
ROAD...WHICH MARKS THE BORDER BETWEEN ROBERTSON AND DAVIDSON
COUNTIES.  ON THE ROBERTSON COUNTY SIDE OF THE ROAD DOZENS OF
HARDWOOD TREES WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED AND A RESIDENCE AND
OUTBUILDING RECEIVED ROOF DAMAGE. ON THE DAVIDSON COUNTY SIDE
SEVERAL TRAILERS WERE DAMAGED...INCLUDING ONE WHICH WAS PUSHED
APPROXIMATELY 15 FEET OFF IT'S FOUNDATION.

THIS WAS THE FIRST RECORDED OCTOBER TORNADO IN EITHER ROBERTSON OR
DAVIDSON COUNTIES.

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SUMMARY...

STRENGTH...EF-1
WIND SPEED ESTIMATE...90 MPH
PATH LENGTH...1.82 MILES
TOUCHDOWN LAT/LON...36.3725   -86.7983
WIDTH...100 YARDS
TOUCHDOWN TIME...1225 PM CDT  (BASED ON RADAR)


TOM JOHNSTONE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE


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