PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 344 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2015 ...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR DECEMBER 23 TORNADO EVENT... ...ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ADDED FOR DEKALB/SMITH TORNADO... A VIGOROUS AND UNSEASONAL WEATHER SYSTEM BROUGHT SEVERE WEATHER TO MIDDLE TENNESSEE ON THE EVENING OF WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2015. NUMEROUS SUPERCELL STRUCTURES IN A BROKEN LINE MOVED INTO THE MID- STATE AFTER DARK CREATING A VERY DANGEROUS NOCTURNAL SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION. FOUR TORNADOES HAVE BEEN ACCOUNTED FOR ALONG WITH NUMEROUS AREAS AROUND THE MID-STATE REPORTING ISOLATED TREES DOWN. HAIL WAS ALSO PRESENT WITH THESE STORMS, INCLUDING REPORTS OF UP TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER HAIL STONES. THE FOLLOWING IS THE PRELIMINARY STORM SURVEY DAMAGE IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER CONDUCTED BY NWS NASHVILLE METEOROLOGISTS ON DECEMBER 24TH AND 25TH. THIS INFORMATION IS NOT OFFICIAL AND MAY NEED TO BE AMENDED AS MORE INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. .TORNADO #1: LINDEN, TENNESSEE... RATING: EF-2 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 115 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 13.92 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 500 YARDS FATALITIES: 2 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: DECEMBER 23, 2015 START TIME: 616 PM CST START LOCATION: 4.0 MI SSE OF LINDEN/PERRY COUNTY, TN START LAT/LON: 35.5627, -87.8044 END DATE: DECEMBER 23, 2015 END TIME: 630 PM CST END LOCATION: 11.5 MI SW OF CENTERVILLE/HICKMAN COUNTY, TN END LAT/LON: 35.6570, -87.5865 SURVEY SUMMARY: AN EF-2 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN SOUTHERN PERRY COUNTY WITH ESTIMATED MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 115 MPH. STARTING NEAR THE BUFFALO RIVER FOUR MILES SOUTH OF LINDEN, THE TORNADO TRAVELED TO THE EAST NORTH EAST FOR JUST SHORT OF FOURTEEN MILES. ALONG THE PATH, ON HURRICANE CREEK ROAD, DAMAGE TO A BRICK HOME WAS CONCURRENT WITH WINDS AROUND 115 MPH. MULTIPLE OTHER SHEDS AND BARNS WERE DESTROYED IN THIS SAME AREA ALONG WITH SCORES OF SNAPPED AND UPROOTED HARDWOOD TREES. THE TORNADO CONTINUED EAST NORTH EAST AND CROSSED U.S. HWY 412 WHERE A HOME WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED. INSIDE THE HOME, 2 PEOPLE WERE FATALLY INJURED. MULTIPLE OTHER OUTBUILDINGS WERE DESTROYED ALONG WITH NUMEROUS UPROOTED HARDWOOD TREES. TREES WERE UPROOTED ALONG CANE CREEK ROAD. THE TORNADO LIFTED ROUGHLY FIVE MILES AFTER ENTERING HICKMAN COUNTY AND DESTROYED A STORAGE SHED... DAMAGING SEVERAL HOMES... AND UPROOTING AND SNAPPING HUNDREDS OF TREES. .TORNADO #2: LUTTS, TENNESSEE... RATING: EF-3 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 157 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 50.6 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 800 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 7 START DATE: DECEMBER 23, 2015 START TIME: 652 PM CST START LOCATION: 2.5 MI SW OF LUTTS/WAYNE COUNTY, TN START LAT/LON: 35.1368, -87.9362 END DATE: DECEMBER 23, 2015 END TIME: 752 PM CST END LOCATION: 2.0 MI SW OF MT. PLEASANT/MAURY COUNTY, TN END LAT/LON: 35.5377, -87.2381 SURVEY SUMMARY: THIS EF-3 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST EAST OF THE HARDIN COUNTY/WAYNE COUNTY LINE ABOUT 2.5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE TOWN OF LUTTS. AT TOUCHDOWN...HUNDREDS OF TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED BEFORE THE TORNADO REACHED ITS PEAK STRENGTH ABOUT ONE HALF MILE WEST-SOUTHWEST OF LUTTS ALONG LUTTS RD WHERE THE TORNADO REACHED A WIDTH OF 800 YARDS AND EF3 STRENGTH. A POST OFFICE AND CHURCH...BOTH BRICK BUILDINGS...WERE DESTROYED ALONG WITH MULTIPLE HOMES SWEPT FROM THEIR FOUNDATIONS. FOUR PEOPLE WERE INJURED HERE IN LUTTS. AS THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST...HUNDREDS OF TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED ALONG ITS PATH TO WHERE A CONCENTRATED AREA OF TREES WERE DESTROYED ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF COLLINWOOD. THE TORNADO CONTINUED SNAPPING AND UPROOTING TREES UNTIL THE HIGHWAY 64 AND NATCHEZ TRACE PARKWAY INTERSECTION. AT THIS LOCATION...AN OUTBUILDING WAS DESTROYED ALONG WITH THE ROOF OF A MOBILE HOME. FURTHER NORTHEAST INTO LAWRENCE COUNTY ALONG NAPIER RD...A HOUSE WAS SWEPT OFF ITS FOUNDATION WHERE 3 PEOPLE WERE INJURED. AS THE TORNADO TRAVELED NORTHEAST...SEVERAL HOMES WITH ROOFS COMPLETELY REMOVED OR DAMAGED HEAVILY WERE FOUND ALONG LINVILLE ROAD. THE TORNADO WEAKENED AS IT CROSSED INTO MAURY COUNTY WHERE A BARN WAS DESTROYED AND MANY TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED ALONG JOY ROAD...2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MOUNT PLEASANT. .TORNADO #3: WAYNE COUNTY STATE LINE TORNADO... RATING: EF-1 (TENNESSEE PORTION ONLY) ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 110 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 3.6 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 400 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: DECEMBER 23, 2015 START TIME: 708 PM CST START LOCATION: 8.5 MI WSW OF CYPRESS INN/WAYNE COUNTY, TN START LAT/LON: 35.0060, -87.9580 END DATE: DECEMBER 23, 2015 END TIME: 712 PM CST END LOCATION: 4.5 MI WNW OF CYPRESS INN/WAYNE COUNTY, TN END_LAT/LON: 35.0274, -87.8989 SURVEY SUMMARY: THIS TORNADO IS THE CONTINUATION OF THE EF-2 TORNADO WHICH TOUCHED DOWN IN LAUDERDALE COUNTY, ALABAMA NEAR WATERLOO. THE TORNADO DAMAGE IN TENNESSEE WAS RATED EF-1 WITH ONE HOME DESTROYED...DOZENS OF LARGE TREES UPROOTED AND SNAPPED. THE TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND FOR JUST UNDER 4 MILES IN WAYNE COUNTY AND CROSSED HIGHWAY 69 BEFORE LIFTING NEAR BEVIS RIDGE ROAD. .TORNADO #4: DEKALB/SMITH COUNTY SMITH FORK CREEK TORNADO... RATING: EF-2 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 125 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 8.5 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 250 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: DECEMBER 23, 2015 START TIME: 1012 PM CST START LOCATION: 3.1 MI ESE OF ALEXANDRIA/DEKALB COUNTY, TN START LAT/LON: 36.0614, -85.9708 END DATE: DECEMBER 23, 2015 END TIME: 1025 PM CST END LOCATION: LANCASTER/SMITH COUNTY, TN END_LAT/LON: 36.1218, -85.8411 SURVEY SUMMARY: THIS EF-2 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ON HELTON CREEK JUST SOUTHWEST OF DRY BRANCH ROAD. AT THIS LOCATION, THE PATH WIDTH WAS NARROW AT 50-75 YARDS WIDE BUT SNAPPED NUMEROUS TREES AND DID SOME MINOR ROOF DAMAGE TO A HOME. THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST SNAPPING LARGE TREES AND DOING MINOR ROOF DAMAGE TO A HOME ON CORLEY ROAD. AS THE TORNADO CROSSED OVER TN HWY 264 AND SMITH FORK CREEK IT WIDENED TO 250 YARDS. IT WAS HERE WHERE IT PRODUCED THE GREATEST DAMAGE. THE ROOF AND TWO EXTERIOR WALLS WERE REMOVED, ALONG WITH ITS CARPORT AND 2 COVERED PORCHES. BASED ON THE EXTERIOR WALLS ONLY BEING TOE-NAILED IN PLACE, IT WAS DECIDED THAT THE MAXIMUM WIND SPEED WOULD BE REDUCED SLIGHTLY TO A MAXIMUM OF 125 MPH. THE TORNADO CONTINUED EAST-NORTHEAST DESTROYING A CINDER BLOCK GARAGE AND CAUSING MODERATE ROOF DAMAGE TO A LOG CABIN HOME ON MAYNARD HOLLOW LANE. AT THE END OF THE PATH, THE TORNADO SNAPPED NUMEROUS TREES IN LANCASTER WHERE THE PATH WIDTH HAD NARROWED TO 100 YARDS. NO DAMAGE WAS FOUND BEYOND LANCASTER. 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 EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA. $$ NWS NASHVILLE