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Damage Survey from Cumberland County
Cumberland County Tornado
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Location / Time of event: Cumberland County, 05/01/09 / 5:20PM
Beginning Point: Along Taylors Chapel Road or 4.1 Miles SW of Downtown Crossville
Ending Point: Just East of Myrtle Ave and 4th Street or 9/10 of a mile SW of Downtown Crossville
Rating: EF1 maximum estimated wind speed at 100 mph
Path Length: 3.2 miles
Maximum Width: 300 yds
Fatalities: 0
Injuries: 0
Event Graphical LSR: May 3, 2009
KML Data File: Cumberland_County_Tornado_050309
Summary of Damages:
...TORNADO DAMAGE IN THE CROSSVILLE AREA IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY...
A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURVEY HAS DETERMINED THAT A TORNADO
OCCURRED IN THE CROSSVILLE AREA EARLY SUNDAY EVENING.
THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AROUND 520 PM CDT ALONG TAYLORS CHAPEL ROAD
...OR 4.1 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN CROSSVILLE. NUMEROUS TREES WERE
UPROOTED AND SNAPPED ALONG THE PATH. SOME HOMES SUSTAINED ROOF DAMAGE
DUE TO FALLEN TREES. THE AREA THAT SUFFERED THE MOST DAMAGE EXTENDED
FROM LOCKSLEY CIRCLE ROAD...NORTHEAST ACROSS BLACK OAK LANE AND ALONG
OAK DRIVE.
THE TORNADO LIFTED JUST EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF MYRTLE AVENUE
AND FOURTH STREET...AND JUST SOUTHWEST OF THE CUMBERLAND COUNTY
HIGH SCHOOL. THIS IS 9 TENTHS OF A MILE SOUTHWEST OF THE DOWNTOWN
AREA.
THE TORNADO WAS RATED EF-1 WITH WINDS UP TO 100 MPH. PATH LENGTH
WAS 3.2 MILES AND THE WIDTH UP TO 300 YARDS. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED
WITH THIS STORM.
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STEIGERWALDT
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