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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
343 PM CDT MON JUN 10 2013

...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 06/09/13 TORNADO EVENTS IN FRANKLIN COUNTY
TENNESSEE...

.TORNADO #1...

RATING:                 EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    105 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  2.95 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   150 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             06/09/13
START TIME:             609 PM CDT
START LOCATION:         LUTTRELL DRIVE NEAR OLD ESTILL SPRINGS RD
START LAT/LON:          35.2300/-86.1291

END DATE:               06/09/13
END TIME:               614 PM CDT
END LOCATION:           HWY 127 JUST SOUTH OF PEABODY RD
END LAT/LON:            35.2471/-86.0831

SURVEY_SUMMARY: A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ALONG LUTTRELL DRIVE IN
WINCHESTER JUST WEST OF ESTILL SPRINGS ROAD. LARGE LIMBS WERE
SNAPPED OFF SEVERAL TREES. TREES WERE UPROOTED AT A FARMSTEAD ON
THE WEST SIDE OF OLD ESTILL SPRINGS ROAD. THE TORNADO BEGAN TO
STRENGTHEN AS IT MOVED EAST NORTHEAST SNAPPING THE TOPS OF TREES
ALONG THE EDGE OF SEVERAL FARM FIELDS. A HOME ON THE WEST SIDE OF
HIGHWAY 41 SUSTAINED ROOF DAMAGE WITH APPROXIMATELY 1/4 OF ITS
SHINGLES REMOVED. IN THIS AREAS, SEVERAL LARGE DIAMETER HARDWOOD
TREES WERE SNAPPED NEAR THE BASE. OTHER LARGE HARDWOOD AND SOFTWOOD
TREES WERE UPROOTED IN THE VICINITY. THE TORNADO REACHED ITS MAXIMUM
INTENSITY HERE WITH WINDS ESTIMATED AT AROUND 105 MPH. THE DAMAGE
WOULD PLACE THIS TORNADO IN THE EF-1 CATEGORY. THE TORNADO ALSO
REACHED ITS MAXIMUM WIDTH OF APPROXIMATELY 150 YARDS HERE. AS THE
TORNADO MOVED NORTHEAST, MINOR TREE DAMAGE WAS NOTED ALONG ASIA
DRIVE. THE TORNADO LIFTED ON THE WEST SIDE OF HIGHWAY 127 JUST
SOUTH OF PEABODY ROAD. SMALL SOFTWOOD TREES WERE SNAPPED AND
UPROOTED HERE. INVESTIGATIONS FURTHER EAST AND NORTHEAST REVEALED
NO FURTHER CONTINUOUS DAMAGE.

SURVEYED BY: DARDEN/BURGESS

.TORNADO #2...

RATING:                 EF-0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    85 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  0.28 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   50 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             06/09/13
START TIME:             632 PM CDT
START LOCATION:         PRAIRIE PLAINS ROAD/OAK GROVE ROAD
START LAT/LON:          35.3061/-85.9859

END DATE:               06/09/13
END TIME:               633 PM CDT
END LOCATION:           NORTHEAST OF OAK GROVE ROAD (RURAL AREA)
END LAT/LON:            35.3075/-85.9811

SURVEY_SUMMARY: THE SAME PARENT STORM THAT PRODUCED TORNADO NUMBER
ONE PRODUCED ANOTHER BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IN FAR NORTHEAST FRANKLIN
COUNTY. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ALONG PRAIRIE PLAINS ROAD JUST
NORTH OF GUM CREEK ROAD. SMALL TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED ON THE
EAST SIDE OF THE ROAD. A BARN SUSTAINED MINOR ROOF AND STRUCTURAL
DAMAGE HERE AS WELL. SEVERAL TREES WERE DAMAGED NEAR A HOMESTEAD
ALONG OAK GROVE ROAD. THE HOUSE HERE ALSO HAD VERY MINOR ROOF DAMAGE.
THE TORNADO LIFTED JUST NORTHEAST OF OAK GROVE ROAD IN A VERY RURAL
PORTION OF FRANKLIN COUNTY.

SURVEYED BY: DARDEN/BURGESS

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 200 MPH
EF5...VIOLENT...>200 MPH

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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