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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1026 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2011 

...AN EF-3 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN GREENE COUNTY TN...

A STORM SURVEY TEAM FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS COMPLETED
AN ASSESSMENT OF THE DAMAGE THAT OCCURRED LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING IN 
GREENE COUNTY TENNESSEE. THE EVENT OCCURRED IN THE HORSE CREEK AREA. 
THE TORNADO REACHED AN INTENSITY OF EF-3. THE MAXIMUM WIND SPEED WAS 
150 MPH *WITH A PATH LENGTH OF 14 MILES...AND A PATH WIDTH OF 1000 
YARDS. THERE WAS 1 FATALITY WITH THIS TORNADO.*

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

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