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TNZ005-022-300145-

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
231 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2011

...STORM DAMAGE SURVEYS COMPLETED IN BENTON AND STEWART COUNTIES...

A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM ASSESSMENT TEAM HAS COMPLETED
SURVEYING DAMAGE IN BENTON AND STEWART COUNTIES THAT RESULTED FROM
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON MONDAY NIGHT.

DAMAGE IN BENTON COUNTY WAS THE RESULT OF AN UNUSUALLY INTENSE
MICROBURST WITH ESTIMATED WIND SPEEDS OF 110 MILES AN HOUR. DAMAGE
OCCURRED ALONG A 15-MILE PATH THAT WAS UP TO 1 MILE WIDE. THERE
WERE THOUSANDS OF TREES SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. THERE WAS ALSO ROOF
DAMAGE TO MANY HOMES AND BARNS DESTROYED.

IN STEWART COUNTY, DAMAGE NEAR THE CARLISLE COMMUNITY ALSO
RESULTED FROM A MICROBURST, WITH WINDS ESTIMATED AT 80-90 MILES AN
HOUR. DOZENS OF TREES WERE SNAPPED AS A RESULT OF THIS STORM.

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TNZ022-024-292015-

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
915 AM CDT FRI APR 29 2011

...STORM SURVEY RESULTS FROM HUMPHREYS COUNTY...

A STORM SURVEY TEAM FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE
HAS CONCLUDED THAT WEDNESDAY`S DAMAGE IN THE NEW JOHNSONVILLE
AREA OF HUMPHREYS COUNTY WAS CAUSED BY AN INTENSE MICROBURST, WITH
ESTIMATED WIND SPEEDS OF AROUND 100 MILES AN HOUR. THERE WAS ROOF
DAMAGE TO SEVERAL HOMES AND HUNDREDS OF TREES SNAPPED. MOST OF THE
DAMAGE WAS CONCENTRATED IN THE WOODLAWN ROAD AREA.

THE SURVEY TEAM WILL NEXT ASSESS DAMAGE IN BENTON COUNTY. TWO
ADDITIONAL SURVEY TEAMS ARE PRESENTLY ASSESSING DAMAGE IN OTHER
PARTS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

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