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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
520 PM CST THU MAR 1 2012

...EF-2 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY...
...MICROBURST WITH 80 TO 85 MPH WINDS IN FENTRESS COUNTY...

EF-2 TORNADO WITH MAXIMUM WIND SPEEDS AROUND 125 MPH TOUCHED DOWN
ALONG CASTRO-PUGH RD JUST NORTH OF PLATEAU ROAD. INTERMITTENT
DAMAGE CONTINUED TO THE EAST NORTHEAST FOR APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE
BEFORE THE DAMAGE BECAME CONTINUOUS ALONG CLEAR CREEK RD. HUNDREDS OF
TREES WERE UPROOTED AND SNAPPED AND A HOME SUFFERED ROOF DAMAGE IN
THIS AREA.

THE TORNADO CONTINUED EAST NORTHEAST AND REACHED EF-2 INTENSITY IN
THE RINNIE COMMUNITY ALONG HIGHWAY 127. A BRICK HOME SLID OFF ITS
FOUNDATION AND WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED AND ANOTHER HOME LOST IT'S
ENTIRE ROOF. A DOUBLE WIDE MOBILE HOME ALONG HOLLOW ROAD WAS
COMPLETELY DESTROYED WITH DEBRIS TOSSED HUNDREDS OF YARDS. AT
LEAST A THOUSAND TREES WERE UPROOTED OR SNAPPED AROUND THIS
LOCATION.

THE LAST EVIDENCE OF DAMAGE WAS ALONG TODD ROAD TO THE EAST OF
HIGHWAY 127.

IN FENTRESS COUNTY THE NWS AND FENTRESS COUNTY EMA SURVEYED DAMAGE
ALONG PRESS BEATTY ROAD IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST PART OF THE COUNTY.
IT WAS DETERMINED A MICROBURST WITH MAXIMUM WINDS OF 80 TO 85 MPH
OCCURRED AROUND 355 PM. DOZENS OF TREES WERE DOWNED...INCLUDING
ONE WHICH CRUSHED A HOME'S GARAGE. THE MICROBURST PATH LENGTH WAS
AROUND 2 MILES WITH A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 50 YARDS.

SUMMARY
DATE...2/29/2012
RADAR ESTIMATED BEGIN TIME...4:30 PM
RADAR ESTIMATED END TIME...4:35 PM
MAXIMUM EF- SCALE RATING...EF2
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...125 MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...250 YARDS
PATH LENGTH...APPROXIMATELY 5.1 MILES
INJURIES...5
FATALITIES...2

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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TOM JOHNSTONE
NWS NASHVILLE







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