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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
548 PM CDT TUE MAR 19 2013

...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 3/18/13 EF1 VANLEER TORNADO - UPDATE #4...

UPDATED START AND END POINTS...PATH LENGTH...AND DAMAGE INFORMATION
FOR 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/:  13.6 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   150 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             3/18/2013
START TIME:             737 AM CDT
START LOCATION:         APPROX 5 MILES NNW OF MCEWEN
START LAT/LON:          36.1744/-87.6746

END DATE:               3/18/2013
END TIME:               751 AM CDT
END LOCATION:           VANLEER
END_LAT/LON:            36.2351/-87.4439

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 IN THE TOWN OF VANLEER IN WESTERN
DICKSON COUNTY. A FARM SUSTAINED DAMAGE WITH A GREENHOUSE
DESTROYED ON DEER CREEK ROAD AND SEVERAL BARNS WERE DAMAGED ALONG
HIGHWAY 231. ROOF DAMAGE TO OUTBUILDINGS OCCURRED ON WHITE OAK
ROAD WITH SHEET METAL WRAPPED AROUND TREES. ONE BARN WAS
DESTROYED AND SEVERAL OTHERS SUFFERED ROOF DAMAGE ON HIGHWAY 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 ALSO DESTROYED AND
OTHERS DAMAGED FURTHER EAST ON HALIBURTON ROAD. A FEW TREES WERE
BLOWN DOWN IN VANLEER AS THE TORNADO LIFTED. HUNDREDS OF OTHER
TREES WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED IN ALL DIRECTIONS THROUGHOUT THE
TRACK. TOTAL PATH LENGTH 13.6 MILES AND PATH WIDTH OF 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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