PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...ESTIMATED TIME REFERENCE TIMES CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 345 PM CST FRI FEB 25 2011 ...TWO EF2 TORNADOES CONFIRMED FROM 02/24/2011... ...TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR ANTIOCH IN DAVIDSON COUNTY TENNESSEE... LOCATION...ANTIOCH IN DAVIDSON COUNTY TENNESSEE DATE...02/24/2011 ESTIMATED TIME...1002 PM CST ESTIMATED BY RADAR MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF2 ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...120 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...100 YDS PATH LENGTH...7.5 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON...36.087089N/86.6163W ENDING LAT/LON...36.120583N/86.48837W * FATALITIES...0 * INJURIES...0 * THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT(S) AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA. ...SUMMARY... AN ASSESSMENT TEAM CONSISTING OF NWS AND METRO NASHVILLE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL TOURED DAMAGE IN THE SMITH SPRINGS AREA OF SOUTHEAST DAVIDSON COUNTY. DAMAGE BEGAN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF BUTLER AND SMITH SPRINGS ROAD WHERE 2 CHURCHES SUFFERED SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAGE. DAMAGE CONTINUED TO THE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE PRIEST LAKE FOREST COMMUNITY WHERE APPROXIMATELY 10 HOMES SUFFERED SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAGE. A COUPLE HOMES HAD COMPLETE ROOF LOSS INCLUDING A 2 STORY HOME WHICH LOST MOST OF ITS SECOND FLOOR. DAMAGE WAS RATED EF2 IN THIS AREA WITH WINDS AROUND 120 MPH. DAMAGE CONTINUED NORTHEAST ACROSS PERCY PRIEST LAKE AND EVENTUALLY INTO WILSON COUNTY. THE LAST EVIDENCE OF DAMAGE WAS NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF GLADIEVILLE CIRCLE AND STEWARTS FERRY PIKE. && ...SECOND TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR LEBANON IN WILSON COUNTY... LOCATION...LEBANON DATE...02/24/2011 ESTIMATED TIME...1014 PM CST ESTIMATED BY RADAR MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF2 ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...120 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...150 YDS PATH LENGTH...8 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON...36.118821N/86.417906 ENDING LAT/LON...36.183829N/86.299975 * FATALITIES...0 * INJURIES...2 ...SUMMARY... A SECOND TORNADO SPUN UP JUST SOUTH OF CENTRAL PIKE ALONG GLADIEVILLE ROAD. DAMAGE CONTINUED NORTHEAST FOR 8 MILES WITH THE LAST EVIDENCE OF DAMAGE NEAR INTERSTATE 40 AND CUMBERLAND STREET SOUTH OF LEBANON. THE WILSON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY ASSISTED THE NWS WITH THIS SURVEY. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE...EF2...OCCURRED BETWEEN FRANKLIN ROAD AND HIGHWAY 840. SEVERAL WAREHOUSE BUILDINGS SUFFERED SIGNIFICANT ROOF AND WALL DAMAGE...AND A CONSTRUCTION TRAILER WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED WITH DEBRIS SPREAD OUT OVER HUNDREDS OF YARDS. A 500KV TVA HIGH TENSION METAL TRUSS TOWER WAS COMPLETELY BENT OVER. HUNDREDS OF HARDWOOD TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. THIS INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/OHX. FOR REFERENCE...THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES: EF0...WIND SPEEDS 65 TO 85 MPH. EF1...WIND SPEEDS 86 TO 110 MPH. EF2...WIND SPEEDS 111 TO 135 MPH. EF3...WIND SPEEDS 136 TO 165 MPH. EF4...WIND SPEEDS 166 TO 200 MPH. EF5...WIND SPEEDS GREATER THAN 200 MPH. $$ TOM JOHNSTONE NWS NASHVILLE _____ PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 500 PM CST SAT FEB 26 2011 ...DAMAGE IN LAKEWOOD TN FROM STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PERSONNEL SURVEYED DAMAGE AT LAKEWOOD IN THE NORTHEAST PORTION OF DAVIDSON COUNTY. DOZENS OF LARGE HARDWOOD TREES WERE UPROOTED...MANY LARGE BRANCHES WERE BROKEN AND SEVERAL POWER POLES WERE SNAPPED. MANY HOMES LOST SOME OF THEIR SHINGLES BUT LITTLE IN THE WAY OF WIND RELATED STRUCTURAL DAMAGE WAS NOTED. ONE EXCEPTION WAS THAT A SMALL AUTO DEALERSHIP LOST A PORTION OF ITS ROOF. THE STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS THAT CAUSED THIS DAMAGE STRUCK THE LAKEWOOD AREA SHORTLY BEFORE 10 PM THURSDAY NIGHT AND WERE IN THE 80 TO 90 MPH RANGE. $$ LV _____ PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 615 PM CST SAT FEB 26 2011 ...DAMAGE IN PICKETT COUNTY TN AND CLINTON COUNTY KY DUE TO STRAIGHT LINE WINDS... DAMAGE TYPE...MICROBURST LOCATION...PICKETT TN/CLINTON KY LINE DATE...02/24/2011 ESTIMATED TIME...1135 PM CST ESTIMATED BY RADAR ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...80 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...100 YDS PATH LENGTH...2 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON...36.617811N/85.050483W ENDING LAT/LON...36.628184N/85.01736W * FATALITIES...0 * INJURIES...0 * THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT(S) AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA. ...SUMMARY... AN ASSESSMENT TEAM...CONSISTING OF NWS PERSONNEL AND THE CLINTON COUNTY KENTUCKY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY...SURVEYED DAMAGE 2 MILES EAST OF THE STATIC COMMUNITY ALONG THE KENTUCKY/TENNESSEE LINE. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT A MICROBURST WITH MAXIMUM WINDS AROUND 80 MPH OCCURRED. DAMAGE...CONSISTING PRIMARILY OF SNAPPED AND UPROOTED TREES...BEGAN JUST OFF CHANUTE RD IN EXTREME NORTHERN PICKETT COUNTY TENNESSEE. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE WAS TO A FARM STRADDLING THE STATE LINE. A CARPORT WAS DESTROYED AND BLOWN AWAY...AND A BARN WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED WITH ITS DEBRIS BLOWN ACROSS BALD ROCK RD IN CLINTON COUNTY KY. THE DAMAGE PATH WAS APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES LONG AND 100 YARDS WIDE. $$ TOM JOHNSTONE NWS NASHVILLE ______ PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 918 PM CST TUE MAR 1 2011 ...EF-1 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY FROM LAST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY EMA SURVEYED DAMAGE WEST OF CLARKSVILLE ALONG YORK AND DOTSONVILLE ROAD. THE DAMAGE WAS CONVERGENT AND ROTATIONAL IN NATURE...CONSISTENT WITH A TORNADO. THE EF1 TORNADO...WITH WINDS 90 TO 100 MPH...TOUCHED DOWN ALONG YORK ROAD JUST SOUTH OF THE WOODLAWN COMMUNITY. INTERMITTENT DAMAGE CONTINUED 2.3 MILES TO THE NORTHEAST. DOZENS OF TREES WERE UPROOTED AND SNAPPED...AND A HOUSE ON DOTSONVILLE ROAD LOST PART OF ITS ROOF. DAMAGE TYPE...TORNADO DATE...02/24/2011 ESTIMATED TIME...905 PM CST ESTIMATED BY RADAR RATING...EF-1 ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...90 TO 100 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...50 YDS PATH LENGTH...2.3 MILES BEGIN LAT/LON...36.5347N/87.4549W ENDING LAT/LON...36.5375N/87.4166W * FATALITIES...0 * INJURIES...0 * THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT(S) AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA. $$ TOM JOHNSTONE NWS NASHVILLE