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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
457 PM CDT WED MAR 20 2013

...TWO ADDITIONAL TORNADOES CONFIRMED FROM MARCH 18 2013...

AN NWS STORM SURVEY CONFIRMED TWO ADDITIONAL EF0 TORNADOES FROM
MONDAY MORNING MARCH 18TH. ONE TORNADO AFFECTED EASTERN MAURY
COUNTY AND THE OTHER WAS ACROSS NORTHWESTERN BEDFORD COUNTY. THESE
TORNADOES WERE SPAWNED BY THE SAME SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT LATER
PRODUCED AN EF0 TORNADO IN RUTHERFORD COUNTY NEAR CHRISTIANA.

BASED ON THE RESULTS FROM NWS STORM SURVEYS...A TOTAL OF 4
TORNADOES OCCURRED ON MARCH 18 2013...WITH ONE EF-1 AND THREE
EF-0 TORNADOES.


...EF0 CULLEOKA TORNADO...

RATING:                 EF-0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    80 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  3.7 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   50 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             3/18/2013
START TIME:             1122 AM CDT
START LOCATION:         2.3 MILES NORTHEAST OF CULLEOKA
START LAT/LON:          35.4953/-86.9464

END DATE:               3/18/2013
END TIME:               1127 AM CDT
END LOCATION:           6.7 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEWISBURG
END_LAT/LON:            35.5082/-86.8824

AN EF0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN EASTERN MAURY COUNTY ON MCKNIGHT
ROAD EAST OF CULLEOKA WHERE SEVERAL TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN AND ONE
MOBILE HOME HAD MINOR SIDING DAMAGE. A FEW MORE TREES WERE BLOWN
DOWN ON OLD BRUSH CREEK ROAD. NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED OR
UPROOTED IN ALL DIRECTIONS ALONG SIDE ROADS NORTH OF OLD BRUSH
CREEK ROAD. A FEW MORE TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ON JOE REEVES ROAD
AND AN OLD BARN LOST PART OF ITS ROOF.

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

...EF0 UNIONVILLE TORNADO...

RATING:                 EF-0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    75 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  3.9 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   50 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             3/18/2013
START TIME:             1147 AM CDT
START LOCATION:         4.6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF UNIONVILLE
START LAT/LON:          35.5844/-86.6593

END DATE:               3/18/2013
END TIME:               1153 AM CDT
END LOCATION:           1.2 MILES SOUTH OF UNIONVILLE
END_LAT/LON:            35.6046/-86.5946

AN EF0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN NORTHWESTERN BEDFORD COUNTY ABOUT
4.6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF UNIONVILLE WHERE A FEW TREES WERE BLOWN
DOWN AND A BARN DAMAGED ON MOON BEND ROAD. MORE TREES WERE BLOWN
DOWN AND AN OUTBUILDING BLOWN OVER ON HIGHWAY 270. A BARN LOST ITS
ROOF AND SEVERAL MORE TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED IN ALL
DIRECTIONS ON CLEM CREEK ROAD AND OLD PENCIL MILL ROAD.

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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