PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN

HOUSTON COUNTY: A STRONG F1 TORNADO OCCURRED SOUTHEAST OF ERIN NEAR BATEMAN ROAD. TREES WERE SNAPPED.

HUMPHREYS COUNTY: AN F1 TORNADO OCCURRED IN NEW JOHNSONVILLE ALONG OLD STATE ROUTE ONE. TWO HOUSES SUSTAINED ROOF DAMAGE.

JERRY ORCHANIAN
WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST

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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN

DICKSON COUNTY: A SHORT TRACK AND NARROW WIDTH F2 TORNADO TRACKED APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE SOUTH OF SYLVIA. NUMBEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. A HOUSE ROOF WAS DESTROYED. NO INJURIES.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY: THREE TORNADOES OCCURRED. THE STRONGEST WAS AN F2 TWO MILES SOUTHEAST OF CLARKSVILLE. THERE WAS SOME STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO HOMES WITH NUMEROUS TREES SNAPPED. TWO F1 TORNADOES OCCURRED ALONG HIGHWAY 13.

RALPH TROUTMAN
OBSERVING PROGRAM LEADER

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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN

THE NWS OFFICE IN NASHVILLE AND THE WAYNE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF THE DAMAGE PRODUCED BY STORMS THAT OCCURRED ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

THE SURVEY FOUND THAT A TORNADO FIRST TOUCHED DOWN JUST SOUTH OF COLLINWOOD ALONG HIGHWAY 13 NEAR SHACKELFORD FUNERAL HOME. THE TORNADO MOVED NORTHEAST AND DAMAGED SEVERAL HOMES AND SNAPPED OFF NUMEROUS LARGE TREES ALONG AYERS ROAD. A BARN WAS DESTROYED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF AYERS ROAD AND MILLROCK. SEVERAL HOMES NEAR THE INTERSECTION RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. TWO TRAILER HOMES WERE DAMAGED AND MOVED OFF THEIR FOUNDATIONS. THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO MOVE NORTHEAST AND DID SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE MILLROCK BAPTIST CHURCH. ALONG SHAWNETTEE ROAD, MORE HOMES WERE DAMAGED AND NUMEROUS TRESS WERE DOWNED. BETWEEN LITTLE SHAWNETTEE ROAD AND DOUBLE BRANCH ROAD, A HOME WAS NEARLY DESTROYED. THIS WAS THE LAST EVIDENCE OF DAMAGE FROM THIS STORM IN WAYNE COUNTY.

ONLY ONE INJURY WAS REPORTED. A WOMEN WAS INJURED WHILE INSIDE HER HOUSE ON SHAWNETTEE ROAD WHEN THE TORNADO MOVED THE HOUSE OFF THE FOUNDATION.

THE PATH OF THE TORNADO WAS ESTIMATED TO BE 6 MILES IN LENGTH AND ABOUT 100 YARDS WIDE. THE INTENSITY OF THE TORNADO WAS ESTIMATED TO BE F2 (WINDS (113-157 MPH) ON THE FUJITA TORNADO INTENSITY SCALE. EXACT TIMES OF OCCURANCE ARE YET TO BE DETERMINED BUT APPEAR TO BE BETWEEN 6:00 AND 7:00 PM.

DAMAGE IN WESTERN WAYNE COUNTY NEAR LUTTS AND HOUSTON WAS REPORTED EARLIER IN THE DAY, AROUND 4:30 TO 5:00 PM. THE ASSESSMENT OF DAMAGE FROM THIS AREA WAS THAT STRAIGHT LINE WINDS BLEW DOWN AN OUT BUILDING NEAR LUTTS AND SEVERAL TRESS NEAR LUTTS AND HOUSTON.

MIKE MURPHY
SERVICE HYDROLOGIST

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