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

...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 3/18/13 EF0 CHRISTIANA TORNADO IN
RUTHERFORD COUNTY - UPDATE #2...

UPDATED INFORMATION ON START AND END TIMES...LAT LONS...PATH
LENGTH...AND DAMAGE.

RATING:                 EF-0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    85 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  3.8 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/ :  100 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             03/18/2013
START TIME:             1211 PM CDT
START LOCATION:         2.7 MILES EAST OF CHRISTIANA
START LAT/LON:          35.7059/-86.3512

END DATE:               03/18/2013
END TIME:               1218 PM CDT
END LOCATION:           6.3 MILES ENE OF CHRISTIANA
END LAT/LON:            35.7264/-86.2891

A BRIEF WEAK EF0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN
RUTHERFORD COUNTY EAST OF CHRISTIANA SHORTLY AFTER NOON ON MONDAY
MARCH 18 2013. THE TORNADO BEGAN ON SLEDGE ROAD WEST OF PLAINVIEW
ROAD...CROSSED INTERSTATE 24 SOUTH OF EXIT 89/EPPS MILL ROAD...AND
ENDED ALONG JACOBS ROAD EAST OF EXIT 89. MINOR DAMAGE OCCURRED TO
SHEDS AND OUTBUILDINGS AND ABOUT 100 TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN.

SPECIAL THANKS GOES TO THE RUTHERFORD 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 OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NWS
STORM DATA.

$$

SHAMBURGER



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