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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
621 PM EST THU MARCH 1 2012

...EF-1 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUDON COUNTY TENNESSEE...

A STORM SURVEY TEAM FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS COMPLETED 
AN ASSESSMENT OF TORNADO DAMAGE THAT OCCURRED FEBRUARY 29TH IN LOUDON 
COUNTY TENNESSEE. 

THE TORNADO THAT PRODUCED DAMAGE IN LOUDON COUNTY...OCCURRED 3 MILES 
NORTHEAST OF GREENBACK ON MAPLE LN. THE TORNADO WAS RATED AS AN EF-1 
WITH MAXIMUM WINDS AT 85 MILES AN HOUR. THE PATH WIDTH WAS 100 YARDS 
AND A PATH LENGTH OF 3/4 OF A MILE. DAMAGE WAS MAINLY LIMITED TO 
TREES...AS WELL AS A LIGHT AWNING THAT WAS DISLODGED FROM THE 
FRONT OF A HOUSE.

THE STORM SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED BY: GEORGE MATHEWS...METEOROLOGIST
IN CHARGE...WITH THE MORRISTOWN TENNESSEE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.


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