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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
813 PM CST THU DEC 24 2015

...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR DECEMBER 23 TORNADO EVENT...

A VIGOROUS AND UNSEASONAL WEATHER SYSTEM BROUGHT SEVERE WEATHER TO
MIDDLE TENNESSEE ON THE EVENING OF WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2015.
NUMEROUS SUPERCELL STRUCTURES IN A BROKEN LINE MOVED INTO THE MID-
STATE AFTER DARK CREATING A VERY DANGEROUS NOCTURNAL SEVERE WEATHER
SITUATION. THREE TORNADOES HAVE BEEN ACCOUNTED FOR ALONG WITH NUMEROUS
AREAS AROUND THE MID-STATE REPORTING ISOLATED TREES DOWN.  HAIL WAS
ALSO PRESENT WITH THESE STORMS, INCLUDING REPORTS OF UP TO 1 INCH
IN DIAMETER HAIL STONES.  THE FOLLOWING IS THE PRELIMINARY STORM
SURVEY DAMAGE IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER CONDUCTED BY NWS NASHVILLE
METEOROLOGISTS ON DECEMBER 24TH.  THIS INFORMATION IS NOT OFFICIAL
AND MAY NEED TO BE AMENDED AS MORE INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.


.TORNADO #1: LINDEN, TENNESSEE...

RATING:                 EF-2
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    115 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  13.92 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   500 YARDS
FATALITIES: 2
INJURIES: 0

START DATE:             DECEMBER 23, 2015
START TIME:             616 PM CST
START LOCATION:         4.0 MI SSE OF LINDEN/PERRY COUNTY, TN
START LAT/LON:          35.5627, -87.8044

END DATE:               DECEMBER 23, 2015
END TIME:               630 PM CST
END LOCATION:           11.5 MI SW OF CENTERVILLE/HICKMAN COUNTY, TN
END LAT/LON:            35.6570, -87.5865

SURVEY SUMMARY:

AN EF-2 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN SOUTHERN PERRY COUNTY WITH ESTIMATED
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 115 MPH.  STARTING NEAR THE BUFFALO
RIVER FOUR MILES SOUTH OF LINDEN, THE TORNADO TRAVELED TO THE EAST
NORTH EAST FOR JUST SHORT OF FOURTEEN MILES. ALONG THE PATH, ON HURRICANE
CREEK ROAD, DAMAGE TO A BRICK HOME WAS CONCURRENT WITH WINDS AROUND 115 MPH.
MULTIPLE OTHER SHEDS AND BARNS WERE DESTROYED IN THIS SAME AREA ALONG WITH
SCORES OF SNAPPED AND UPROOTED HARDWOOD TREES.  THE TORNADO CONTINUED EAST
NORTH EAST AND CROSSED U.S. HWY 412 WHERE A HOME WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED.
INSIDE THE HOME, 2 PEOPLE WERE FATALLY INJURED.  MULTIPLE OTHER
OUTBUILDINGS WERE DESTROYED ALONG WITH NUMEROUS UPROOTED HARDWOOD TREES.
TREES WERE UPROOTED ALONG CANE CREEK ROAD. THE TORNADO LIFTED ROUGHLY FIVE
MILES AFTER ENTERING HICKMAN COUNTY AND DESTROYED A STORAGE SHED...
DAMAGING SEVERAL HOMES... AND UPROOTING AND SNAPPING HUNDREDS OF TREES.


.TORNADO #2: LUTTS, TENNESSEE...

RATING:                 EF-3
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    157 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  50.6 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   800 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               7

START DATE:             DECEMBER 23, 2015
START TIME:             652 PM CST
START LOCATION:         2.5 MI SW OF LUTTS/WAYNE COUNTY, TN
START LAT/LON:          35.1368, -87.9362

END DATE:               DECEMBER 23, 2015
END TIME:               752 PM CST
END LOCATION:           2.0 MI SW OF MT. PLEASANT/MAURY COUNTY, TN
END LAT/LON:            35.5377, -87.2381

SURVEY SUMMARY:

THIS EF-3 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST EAST OF THE HARDIN
COUNTY/WAYNE COUNTY LINE ABOUT 2.5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE TOWN OF
LUTTS. AT TOUCHDOWN...HUNDREDS OF TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED
BEFORE THE TORNADO REACHED ITS PEAK STRENGTH ABOUT ONE HALF MILE
WEST-SOUTHWEST OF LUTTS ALONG LUTTS RD WHERE THE TORNADO REACHED A
WIDTH OF 800 YARDS AND EF3 STRENGTH. A POST OFFICE AND
CHURCH...BOTH BRICK BUILDINGS...WERE DESTROYED ALONG WITH MULTIPLE
HOMES SWEPT FROM THEIR FOUNDATIONS. FOUR PEOPLE WERE INJURED HERE
IN LUTTS. AS THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST...HUNDREDS OF TREES
WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED ALONG ITS PATH TO WHERE A CONCENTRATED
AREA OF TREES WERE DESTROYED ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF COLLINWOOD.
THE TORNADO CONTINUED SNAPPING AND UPROOTING TREES UNTIL THE
HIGHWAY 64 AND NATCHEZ TRACE PARKWAY INTERSECTION. AT THIS
LOCATION...AN OUTBUILDING WAS DESTROYED ALONG WITH THE ROOF OF A
MOBILE HOME. FURTHER NORTHEAST INTO LAWRENCE COUNTY ALONG NAPIER
RD...A HOUSE WAS SWEPT OFF ITS FOUNDATION WHERE 3 PEOPLE WERE
INJURED. AS THE TORNADO TRAVELED NORTHEAST...SEVERAL HOMES WITH
ROOFS COMPLETELY REMOVED OR DAMAGED HEAVILY WERE FOUND ALONG
LINVILLE ROAD. THE TORNADO WEAKENED AS IT CROSSED INTO MAURY
COUNTY WHERE A BARN WAS DESTROYED AND MANY TREES WERE SNAPPED AND
UPROOTED ALONG JOY ROAD...2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MOUNT PLEASANT.


.TORNADO #3: WAYNE COUNTY STATE LINE TORNADO...

RATING:                 EF-1 (TENNESSEE PORTION ONLY)
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    110 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  3.6 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   400 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             DECEMBER 23, 2015
START TIME:             708 PM CST
START LOCATION:         8.5 MI WSW OF CYPRESS INN/WAYNE COUNTY, TN
START LAT/LON:          35.0060, -87.9580

END DATE:               DECEMBER 23, 2015
END TIME:               712 PM CST
END LOCATION:           4.5 MI WNW OF CYPRESS INN/WAYNE COUNTY, TN
END_LAT/LON:            35.0274, -87.8989

SURVEY SUMMARY:

THIS TORNADO IS THE CONTINUATION OF THE EF-2 TORNADO WHICH TOUCHED DOWN
IN LAUDERDALE COUNTY, ALABAMA NEAR WATERLOO.  THE TORNADO DAMAGE IN TENNESSEE
WAS RATED EF-1 WITH ONE HOME DESTROYED...DOZENS OF LARGE TREES UPROOTED AND
SNAPPED. THE TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND FOR JUST UNDER 4 MILES IN WAYNE COUNTY
AND CROSSED HIGHWAY 69 BEFORE LIFTING NEAR BEVIS RIDGE ROAD.


.TORNADO #4: DEKALB/SMITH COUNTY POSSIBLE TORNADO...

SURVEY IS PENDING AT THIS TIME.  NWS STORM SURVEY CREW WILL ATTEMPT TO
SURVEY DAMAGE ON CHRISTMAS DAY/FRIDAY IN DEKALB AND SMITH COUNTIES...
WEATHER DEPENDENT.


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.

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