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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Nashville TN
331 AM CDT Sun Apr 2 2023

...NWS Nashville Damage Survey for 3/31-4/1/2023 Wayne/Lewis
County Tornado...

This damage survey refers to the NWS Nashville portion of a long
track tornado that began in McNairy County and continued across
Hardin County before moving through Wayne and Lewis Counties.
Please refer to NWS Memphis damage surveys for more information
on the McNairy and Hardin County portions of this tornado path.

Additional damage surveys of likely tornado paths will be
conducted over the next few days in Marshall, Rutherford,
Cannon, and Macon Counties.

.Wayne/Lewis County portion of long track tornado...

Rating:                 EF2
Estimated Peak Wind:    130 mph
Path Length /statute/:  Approximately 38 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   Approximately 1/2 mile
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               1

Start Date:             03/31/2023
Start Time:             11:56 PM CDT
Start Location:         2 SSW Clifton / Wayne County / TN
Start Lat/Lon:          35.3542 / -88.0075

End Date:               04/01/2023
End Time:               12:37 AM CDT
End Location:           10 WSW Mount Pleasant / Lewis County / TN
End Lat/Lon:            35.5278 / -87.3681

Survey Summary:
This major, long track tornado began in McNairy County and
continued across Hardin County before moving into Wayne County
southwest of Clifton. Please refer to NWS Memphis damage surveys
for more information on the McNairy and Hardin County portions of
this tornado path. The tornado entered Wayne County around 2 miles
south of Clifton and continued northeast, passing across Highway
641 near Tom Holt Road where several homes and outbuildings were
heavily damaged and dozens of trees blown down. Further northeast,
the tornado struck the Leatherwood community along Beech Creek
Road, where a few poorly constructed homes were leveled and others
heavily damaged. One woman was critically injured in this area and
airlifted to the hospital. The tornado then crossed Highway 13
about 6 miles north of Waynesboro before moving through the Topsy
and Ashland communities, snapping and uprooting hundreds of more
trees. The tornado entered Lewis County along Cothran Road and
continued northeast across Seiber Ridge Road, Rockhouse Road,
Howard Switch Road, Buffalo Road, and the Natchez Trace Parkway
at Summertown Highway, blowing down hundreds of more trees and
damaging several homes and outbuildings. The last damage was seen
on Tiger Bennett Road, although reports indicate the tornado may
have continued further to near the Maury County line before
lifting. The tornado path length and width will be refined over
the coming days as newly available satellite and drone imagery
becomes available.

Special thanks to the Wayne and Lewis County EMAs as well as the
PERILS project for their help with this damage survey.

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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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