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West Tennessee-Northeast Arkansas Storms of November 9, 2002 |
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West Tennessee-Northeast Arkansas Storms of November 9, 2002 |
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| THE NATIONAL WEATHER HAS COMPLETED A DAMAGE SURVEY REGARDING
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED THROUGH WEST TENNESSEE
SATURDAY NIGHT NOVEMBER 9TH 2002. A SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM SPAWNED A F2 TORNADO THAT TOUCHED DOWN SOUTHEAST OF BELLS TENNESSEE AND MOVED NORTHEAST TOWARD FRUITVALE. WINDS WERE ESTIMATED AT 140 MILES AN HOUR. THE SAME THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED STRAIGHT LINE WINDS OF UP TO 120 MILES AN HOUR THAT HEAVILY DAMAGED THE BELLS NURSING HOME IN BELLS TENNESSEE. NO FATALITIES WERE REPORTED IN CROCKETT COUNTY, BUT MINOR INJURIES DID RESULT. FORTY HOMES WERE DAMAGED IN BELLS WITH FOUR HOMES COMPLETELY DEMOLISHED. TWO MOBILE HOMES WERE ALSO DEMOLISHED. ANOTHER SUPERCELL SPAWNED A F2 TORNADO THAT TRACKED FROM ONE MILE NORTH OF HICKORY FLAT NORTHEAST TO 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEACH. WINDS WERE ESTIMATED AT 150 MILES AN HOUR. ONE FATALITY WAS REPORTED WHEN A MOBILE HOME WAS DESTROYED BY THE F2 TORNADO 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEACH. SEVERAL INJURIES WERE ALSO REPORTED WITH ONE OF THE INJURIES REPORTED AS CRITICAL. ANOTHER STORM DAMAGE SURVEY IN EAST ARKANSAS FOUND TORNADO DAMAGE FROM CROSS COUNTY EAST INTO TIPTON COUNTY OF WEST TENNESSEE. THE TRACK OF THAT STORM, ALTHOUGH NOT CONTINUOUS, STRETCHED MORE THAN 50 MILES. IT REACHED FROM JUST SOUTHWEST OF TWIST IN CROSS COUNTY ARKANSAS EAST NORTHEAST ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO COVINGTON IN TIPTON COUNTY TENNESSEE. THE PEAK DAMAGE INTENSITY WAS IN THE F2 CATEGORY IN THE RANDOLPH COMMUNITY ALONG THE BANKS OF THE MISSISSIPPI IN TIPTON COUNTY TENNESSEE. ELSEWHERE DAMAGE RANGED FROM F0 TO F1. THERE WERE NO FATALITIES AND ONLY ONE SERIOUS INJURY REPORTED ALONG THE ARKANSAS TO TENNESSEE TRACK. THERE WERE SEVERAL MINOR INJURIES REPORTED ALONG THE 50 MILE TRACK. DAMAGE WAS ALSO SURVEYED IN JACKSON...TENNESSEE. THE DAMAGE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE CITY...INCLUDING PARTS OF UNION UNIVERSITY WAS CAUSED BY AN F1 TORNADO....WITH WINDS ESTIMATED TO BE 110 MPH. |
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