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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
902 PM CDT MON MAR 18 2013

...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 3/18/13 EF1 VANLEER TORNADO - UPDATE #3...

UPDATED INFORMATION ON THE EF1 TORNADO THAT AFFECTED
HUMPHREYS...HOUSTON...AND DICKSON COUNTIES IN THE MORNING HOURS OF
MARCH 18 2013.

RATING:                 EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    105 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  10.6 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   150 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             3/18/2013
START TIME:             740 AM CDT
START LOCATION:         APPROX 5 MILES NORTH OF MCEWEN
START LAT/LON:          36.1859/-87.6281

END DATE:               3/18/2013
END TIME:               751 AM CDT
END LOCATION:           0.25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VANLEER
END_LAT/LON:            36.2316/-87.4463

A HIGH-END EF1 TORNADO WITH MAX WINDS AROUND 105 MPH TOUCHED DOWN
IN NORTHEASTERN HUMPHREYS COUNTY AND CROSSED FAR SOUTHEASTERN
HOUSTON COUNTY BEFORE ENDING JUST SOUTHWEST OF VANLEER IN WESTERN
DICKSON COUNTY. OUTBUILDINGS WERE DAMAGED ON WHITE OAK ROAD WITH
SHEET METAL WRAPPED AROUND TREES. ONE BARN WAS DESTROYED AND
SEVERAL OTHERS SUFFERED ROOF DAMAGE ON HWY 46 NORTH OF CEDAR
CREEK ROAD. FURTHER TO THE EAST...ONE HOME COMPLETELY LOST ITS
ROOF ON HILL ROAD CAUSING THE COLLAPSE OF THE NORTH EXTERIOR
WALL. HOWEVER...THE ROOF APPEARED TO BE POORLY ATTACHED TO THE
HOME. DEBRIS FROM THE HOME WAS BLOWN OVER 100 YARDS TO THE
NORTHEAST. A POORLY CONSTRUCTED SINGLE WIDE MOBILE HOME ON
HALIBURTON ROAD WAS BLOWN 50 YARDS TO THE NORTH INTO TREES AND
COMPLETELY DESTROYED. ONE BARN WAS DESTROYED AND OTHERS DAMAGED
FURTHER EAST ON HALIBURTON ROAD. DOZENS OF TREES WERE SNAPPED OR
UPROOTED ALL ALONG THE TRACK. TOTAL PATH LENGTH 10.6 MILES WITH A
PATH WIDTH 150 YARDS.

SPECIAL THANKS GOES TO THE DICKSON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
AGENCY WHO ASSISTED WITH THIS STORM SURVEY.

EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES.
EF0...WEAK......65 TO 85 MPH
EF1...WEAK......86 TO 110 MPH
EF2...STRONG....111 TO 135 MPH
EF3...STRONG....136 TO 165 MPH
EF4...VIOLENT...166 TO 200 MPH
EF5...VIOLENT...>200 MPH

NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM
DATA.

$$

SHAMBURGER



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