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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
348 PM CST SAT MAR 3 2012

...EF-1 TORNADO CONFIRMED FROM FRIDAY IN SOUTHERN CHEATHAM COUNTY...
...OTHER DAMAGE IN CHEATHAM...DICKSON AND HUMPHREYS COUNTY WAS FROM
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...

EF-1 TORNADO WITH MAXIMUM WIND SPEEDS AROUND 90 MPH TOUCHED DOWN
ALONG MT PLEASANT ROAD JUST SOUTH OF KINGSTON SPRINGS.  THE NEARLY 1
MILE DAMAGE PATH OF THE TORNADO CONTAINED DOZENS OF SNAPPED OR
UPROOTED TREES...A DESTROYED BARN...AND SEVERAL HOMES WITH MINOR
ROOF DAMAGE.  THE MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH WAS NEARLY 100 YARDS.

OTHER AREAS SURVEYED TODAY INCLUDED AROUND PEGRAM IN CHEATHAM
COUNTY...DICKSON AND TENNESSEE CITY IN DICKSON COUNTY...AND SOUTH OF
MCEWEN IN HUMPHREYS COUNTY.  MANY TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN OR
SNAPPED...AND THERE WERE INSTANCES OF MINOR ROOF DAMAGE TO HOMES AND
A HOTEL.  ALL OF THIS DAMAGE WAS DUE TO STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

SEVERAL INSTANCES OF EXTREME HAIL DAMAGE WERE NOTED DURING THE
SURVEY AROUND PEGRAM AND KINGSTON SPRINGS.  SEVERAL BUILDING
SUFFERED CONSIDERABLE ROOF...WINDOW AND SIDING DAMAGE FROM THE GOLF
BALL AND LARGER SIZED HAIL.


TORNADO SUMMARY
DATE...3/2/2012
RADAR ESTIMATED BEGIN TIME...3:48 PM
RADAR ESTIMATED END TIME...3:49 PM
MAXIMUM EF- SCALE RATING...EF1
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...90 MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...100 YARDS
PATH LENGTH...APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE
INJURIES...0
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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TOM JOHNSTONE
NWS NASHVILLE










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