[BNAWX] Local Storm Report

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NWUS54 KOHX 040958
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
458 AM CDT TUE APR 4 2023

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1156 PM     TORNADO          2 SSW CLIFTON           35.35N 88.01W
03/31/2023                   WAYNE              TN   NWS STORM SURVEY

            *** 2 INJ ***
            THIS LONG-TRACK 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
            PERSON WAS CRITICALLY INJURED IN THIS AREA
            AND AIRLIFTED TO THE HOSPITAL, AND ANOTHER
            PERSON WAS THROWN FROM THEIR HOME AND ALSO
            INJURED. 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 NOTED ON
            TIGER BENNETT ROAD BEFORE THE TORNADO
            FINALLY LIFTED. MAX RATING OF EF2 IN WAYNE
            AND LEWIS COUNTIES.

1253 AM     TORNADO          7 ENE HARTSVILLE        36.42N 86.05W
04/01/2023                   TROUSDALE          TN   NWS STORM SURVEY

            THIS EF1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT 100
            YARDS SOUTHWEST OF PUMPKIN BRANCH ROAD IN
            TROUSDALE COUNTY. DAMAGES FOUND AS IT
            TRAVELED NORTHEAST INTO MACON COUNTY WERE
            PRIMARILY SNAPPED AND UPROOTED TREES.
            PROPERTY DAMAGE WAS FOUND AS THE TORNADO
            TRACKED OVER ROSE LANE IN MACON COUNTY WITH
            MINOR ROOFING AND SHINGLE DAMAGE ALONG WITH
            A FLIPPED PROPANE TANK AS WELL AS AN
            OUTBUILDING SET ON CINDER BLOCKS THAT WAS
            MOVED ABOUT 50 FEET. THE FAMILY THAT LIVES
            AT THE RESIDENCE WITH THE FLIPPED PROPANE
            TANK HAD TO TEMPORARILY EVACUATE DUE TO A
            GAS LEAK. THE TORNADO STRENGTHENED AS IT
            APPROACHED DIXON CREEK ROAD, AND THIS IS
            WHERE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE WAS FOUND.
            A RESIDENCE HERE LOST ABOUT 60 PERCENT OF
            THEIR ROOF, SIX OUTBUILDINGS ON THE PROPERTY
            WERE COMPLETELY DESTROYED, AND MULTIPLE
            TREES WERE UPROOTED. THE TORNADO WEAKENED
            AFTER CROSSING DIXON CREEK ROAD, CAUSING
            MINOR ROOFING DAMAGE TO BARNS AND OTHER
            OUTBUILDINGS BEFORE IT LIFTED AT SYCAMORE
            VALLEY ROAD.

0141 AM     TORNADO          7 S MURFREESBORO        35.76N 86.38W
04/01/2023                   RUTHERFORD         TN   NWS STORM SURVEY

            *** 2 INJ ***
            CORRECTS PREVIOUS TORNADO REPORT FROM 7 S
            MURFREESBORO. THIS STRONG EF2 TORNADO
            TOUCHED DOWN 6 MILES SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN
            MURFREESBORO NEAR COUNTY FARM ROAD, THEN
            MOVED NORTHEAST ALONG ELAM ROAD WHERE
            SEVERAL TREES AND FENCES WERE BLOWN DOWN AND
            A FEW HOMES SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE. TREES
            CONTINUED TO BE BLOWN DOWN AS THE TORNADO
            CROSSED LYLE CREEK ROAD, BRADYVILLE PIKE,
            FLORATON ROAD AND MCELORY ROAD. THE TORNADO
            STRENGTHENED TO EF1 AS IT CROSSED HIGHWAY 70
            WEST OF OLD WOODBURY PIKE, SIGNIFICANTLY
            DAMAGING ONE HOME AND SEVERAL NEARBY
            OUTBUILDINGS. INTENSIFYING EVEN FUTHER TO A
            STRONG EF2, THE TORNADO MOVED INTO THE
            READYVILLE COMMUNITY ON MURFREESBORO ROAD AT
            THE RUTHERFORD/CANNON COUNTY LINE, HEAVILY
            DAMAGING OR DESTROYING NUMEROUS HOMES AND
            BUSINESSES. SEVERAL HISTORIC PROPERTIES
            DATING TO THE EARLY 1800S SUCH AS THE
            READYVILLE MILL AND THE CORNERS ON STONES
            RIVER WERE ALSO HEAVILY DAMAGED. THE TORNADO
            WEAKENED AS IT CONTINUED NORTHEAST BUT STILL
            BLEW DOWN NUMEROUS TREES AND CAUSED MINOR
            DAMAGE TO HOMES ON PORTERFIELD ROAD AND
            LOCKE CREEK ROAD BEFORE LIFTING. PATH LENGTH
            ESTIMATED AT 16.2 MILES.


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