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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
105 PM EDT MON APR 29 2013

...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR APRIL 28 2013 TORNADO EVENT...

...EF-0 TORNADO FOUND IN SOUTHERN COWETA COUNTY...

.COWETA COUNTY TORNADO...

RATING:                 EF-0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    85 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  0.25 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   50 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             APRIL 28 2013
START TIME:             1:30 PM EDT
START LOCATION:         0.5 MILES ENE OF MORELAND GA
START LAT/LON:          33.2877/-84.7611

END DATE:               APRIL 28 2013
END TIME:               1:31 PM EDT
END LOCATION:           0.5 MILES ENE OF MORELAND GA
END_LAT/LON:            33.2888/-84.7590

SURVEY SUMMARY:
A NWS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SURVEY TEAM DETERMINED AN EF0 TORNADO
WITH MAXIMUM WINDS OF 85 MPH BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN JUST EAST OF
MORELAND NEAR MARTIN MILL RD AND WINDOM DR AROUND 130 PM EDT ON
SUNDAY APRIL 28TH. THE MAJORITY OF THE DAMAGE OCCURRED OFF WINDOM DR
WHERE A 35X35FT OUTBUILDING USED AS A WORKSHOP WAS DESTROYED. A 20FT
PONTOON BOAT AND 30FT CAMPER TRAILER WERE THROWN ABOUT 50 YDS AND
DESTROYED. THE ADJACENT HOME SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO ITS PATIO AND
ROOF. LIGHT DEBRIS WAS THROWN UP TO 150 YDS. SIX MEDIUM SIZE TREES
WERE DAMAGED...SNAPPED OR UPROOTED ...SOME OF WHICH SHOWED SIGNS OF
ROT. A LARGE BRANCH WAS SNAPPED AT THE INTERSECTION OF U.S. HWY 29
AND COLLEGE ST IN THE CITY OF MORELAND BUT WAS DETERMINED TO BE
CAUSED BY STRAIGHT LINE WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH ASSOCIATED WITH THE
REAR FLANK DOWNDRAFT OF THE STORM WHICH PRECEDED THE FORMATION OF
THE TORNADO.

EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO
THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES.

EF0...WEAK......65 TO 85 MPH
EF1...WEAK......86 TO 110 MPH
EF2...STRONG....111 TO 135 MPH
EF3...STRONG....136 TO 165 MPH
EF4...VIOLENT...166 TO 200MPH
EF5...VIOLENT...>200MPH

NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENTS AND PUBLICATION IN
NWS STORM DATA.

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