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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1012 PM EDT FRI APR 29 2011 

...AN EF-0 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN BLOUNT COUNTY TN...

A STORM SURVEY TEAM FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS COMPLETED 
AN ASSESSMENT OF THE DAMAGE THAT OCCURRED WEDNESDAY EVENING IN 
BLOUNT COUNTY TENNESSEE. THE EVENT OCCURRED AROUND 809 PM EDT ONE 
MILE NORTHWEST OF MARYVILLE. THE TORNADO REACHED AN INTENSITY OF 
EF-0...WITH MAXIMUM WIND SPEED OF 70 MPH.

THE STORM SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED BY: HOWARD WALDRON, RETIRED 
METEOROLOGIST WITH THE MORRISTOWN TENNESSEE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 
OFFICE.

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