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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1100 PM EDT TUE APR 17 2007

...EF-1 TORNADO DAMAGE CONFIRMED IN DALE COUNTY ALABAMA...

A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAMAGE SURVEY CONDUCTED ON MONDAY APRIL
16 IN DALE COUNTY HAS CONFIRMED AN EF-1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN
APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE WEST OF THE MARLEY MILL COMMUNITY AROUND 805
EDT (705 CDT). THE TORNADO LIFTED AROUND 812 EDT (712 CDT) JUST EAST
OF BEAMON (ABOUT 3.5 MILES EAST OF MARLEY MILL) NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROADS 50 AND 15.

NEAR MARLEY MILL...THE TORNADO DESTROYED A BARN ALONG WITH CAUSING
MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE AND SNAPPING SOME PINE TREES. FURTHER EAST
OF MARLEY MILL...NEAR DILL...THE TORNADO SNAPPED MORE PINE TREES AND
DESTROYED A SHED AND CARPORT. AT THE END OF ITS TRACK...THE TORNADO
CAUSED MODERATE ROOF DAMAGE TO TWO HOMES WITH LARGE PINE TREES
SNAPPED ALONG COUNTY ROAD 50.

THE TORNADO APPEARED TO MAKE INTERMITTENT CONTACT WITH THE GROUND
OVER A 4.5 MILE TRACK. AT ITS WIDEST POINT THE TORNADO WAS 150 YARDS
WIDE. BASED ON THE WORST DAMAGE...THE TORNADO IS RATED AN EF-1 ON
THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE. EF-1 TORNADOES HAVE WINDS OF 86 TO 110
MPH.

...TORNADO DAMAGE CONFIRMED IN WORTH COUNTY GEORGIA...

TORNADO DAMAGE HAS BEEN CONFIRMED FROM A STORM THAT PASSED THROUGH
NORTHERN WORTH COUNTY EARLY IN THE MORNING ON APRIL 15. THIS STORM
INITIALLY SHOWED SIGNS OF ROTATION IN CENTRAL LEE COUNTY BUT DID NOT
PRODUCE A TORNADO UNTIL IT CROSSED INTO WORTH COUNTY NEAR THE
COMMUNITY OF DAVIS MILL. BASED ON COMMUNICATION WITH RESIDENTS AND
RADAR DATA...INITIAL TOUCHDOWN OF THIS TORNADO OCCURRED AT 323 AM
EDT. THE TORNADO CONTINUED THROUGH WORTH COUNTY AND DAMAGING SEVERAL
STRUCTURES...A BARN AND A GRAIN SILO FOUR MILES SOUTHEAST OF WARWICK
JUST OFF GEORGIA STATE ROUTE 313 ON MOUNT OLIVE ROAD AND GLEATON
ROAD. THE DAMAGE AT THIS POINT WAS ASSIGNED A WIND SPEED OF 100
MPH...WHICH FALLS INTO THE EF-1 CATEGORY ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA
SCALE. AN EF-1 TORNADO HAS WINDS OF 86 TO 110 MPH.

THE TORNADO CONTINUED ALONG THIS PATH CROSSING INTO CRISP COUNTY AT
327 AM EDT AND REMAINED ON THE GROUND FOR ANOTHER 7.5 MILES BEFORE
LIFTING NEAR INTERSTATE 75 AT EXIT 92.

THE APPROXIMATE PATH LENGTH IN WORTH COUNTY WAS 6.5 MILES WITH A
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH OF 200 YARDS. THE TOTAL PATH LENGTH OF THIS
TORNADO IS 14 MILES.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY FOR SHARING INFORMATION
AND COLLABORATING ON THE SURVEY FOR WORTH COUNTY.

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