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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
540 PM CDT TUE MAY 3 2011

...ADDITIONAL DAMAGE SURVEYS COMPLETED MONDAY AND TUESDAY...

...5 ADDITIONAL TORNADOES SURVEYED FROM APRIL 27TH...

BELOW IS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION ON 6 ADDITIONAL SURVEYS COMPLETED
BY THE NWS AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OVER THE PAST TWO DAYS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL BE RELEASED WEDNESDAY MORNING.

AN EF1 TORNADO WITH MAXIMUM WINDS 90 TO 100 MPH TOUCHED DOWN AROUND
530 AM IN NORTHEAST MARSHALL COUNTY.  DAMAGE BEGAN JUST WEST OF THE
INTERSECTION OF HWY 31A AND THICK RD. THE DAMAGE PATH WAS
APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES LONG. MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH WAS 100 YDS.

AN EF1 TORNADO WITH MAXIMUM WINDS 90 TO 100 MPH TOUCHED DOWN AROUND
615 AM IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST BEDFORD COUNTY.  DAMAGE WAS CENTERED
ALONG MAGNOLIA LANE AND WINDING WAY RD.  THE DAMAGE PATH IN BEDFORD
AND COFFEE COUNTIES WAS APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE LONG.  MAXIMUM PATH
WIDTH WAS 75 YDS.

AN EF0 TORNADO WITH MAXIMUM WINDS 70 TO 80 MPH BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN
AROUND 645 AM IN NORTHEAST COFFEE COUNTY.  DAMAGE WAS NOTED ALONG
SWAN AND ROCK ROADS.  THE DAMAGE PATH WAS AROUND 1 MILE LONG AND 50
YDS WIDE.

AN EF1 TORNADO WITH MAXIMUM WINDS 105 TO 110 MPH AFFECTED AREAS
BETWEEN VIOLA AND MORRISON IN WARREN COUNTY AROUND 650 AM.  DAMAGE
BEGAN NORTHWEST OF VIOLA ON HIGHWAY 287.  THE DAMAGE THEN FOLLOWED
HIGHWAY 108.  THE DAMAGE PATH WAS APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES LONG.
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH WAS 100 YDS.

DAMAGE OVER NORTHERN GILES COUNTY WAS DUE TO STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

...THE FOLLOWING TORNADO HAPPENED IN THE LATE AFTERNOON OF 4/27...

AN EF0 TORNADO WITH MAXIMUM WINDS 70 TO 80 MPH BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN
AROUND 6 PM IN GRUNDY COUNTY. INITIAL DAMAGE WAS NOTED 3 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF ALTAMONT ALONG FLETCHER STRIP ROAD.  THE DAMAGE PATH
WAS AROUND 1 MILE LONG AND 50 YDS WIDE.

THIS BRINGS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF TORNADOES IN NWS NASHVILLE'S 39
COUNTY WARNING AREA TO A TOTAL OF 9 FROM THE STORMS OF APRIL 27TH.

$$

TOM JOHNSTONE
NWS NASHVILLE





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