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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
212 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONFIRMS EF2 TORNADO OCCURRED IN STEWART
COUNTY MONDAY EVENING...

A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURVEY TEAM HAS CONFIRMED THAT THE DAMAGE
THAT OCCURRED IN THE BIG ROCK AREA IN NORTHEAST STEWART COUNTY
YESTERDAY EVENING WAS CAUSED BY A TORNADO. WITH MAX WINDS OF 120 MPH
THIS CLASSIFIES AS AN EF2 TORNADO AND TRAVELED AT LEAST 7 MILES INTO
FORT CAMPBELL.  MAXIMUM WIDTH WAS 150 YARDS.  THERE WERE 2 INJURIES
AND NO FATALITIES.

SUMMARY
DATE...5/23/2011
ESTIMATED TIME...7:45 AM
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF2
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...120 MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...AT LEAST 7 MILES
YARDS PATH LENGTH...150 YARDS
INJURIES...2
FATALITIES...0

THIS INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/NASHVILLE.

FOR REFERENCE...THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO
THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:

EF0...WIND SPEEDS 65 TO 85 MPH.
EF1...WIND SPEEDS 86 TO 110 MPH.
EF2...WIND SPEEDS 111 TO 135 MPH.
EF3...WIND SPEEDS 136 TO 165 MPH.
EF4...WIND SPEEDS 166 TO 200 MPH.
EF5...WIND SPEEDS GREATER THAN 200 MPH.



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