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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
700 PM EDT FRI APR 29 2011

...AN EF-2 TORNADO WAS CONFIRMED IN JOHNSON COUNTY TENNESSEE...

A STORM SURVEY TEAM FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS COMPLETED
AN ASSESSMENT OF THE DAMAGE THAT OCCURRED LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING IN 
JOHNSON COUNTY TENNESSEE. THE DAMAGE OCCURRED AROUND 1152 PM EDT.  
THE TORNADO REACHED AN INTENSITY OF EF-2...WITH MAXIMUM WIND SPEED 
OF 120 MPH. THE TORNADO BEGAN NEAR PINE ORCHARD ROAD IN BUTLER.  
THE ESTIMATED PATH LENGTH WAS NEAR 12 MILES. THE STORM ENDED NEAR 
COLD SPRINGS ROAD IN MOUNTAIN CITY. THE ESTIMATED PATH WIDTH WAS 250 
YARDS. TWO FATALITIES WERE REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. BUILDINGS 
AND HOMES WERE DESTROYED. NUMEROUS TREES WERE DOWN. 

THE STORM SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED BY: ALAN REZEK, METEOROLOGIST IN
CHARGE OF THE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE...AND METEOROLOGIST GARY GARNETT.

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