...EF-1 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN WAVERLY TENNESSEE / HUMPHREYS COUNTY... * 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... A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT TEAM HAS CONFIRMED A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR WAVERLY TENNESSEE IN HUMPHREYS COUNTY ON APRIL 4, 2011. INITIAL DAMAGE WAS NOTED JUST WEST OF WAVERLY NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF BOWEN HILLS DRIVE AND HWY 70. THE DAMAGE CONTINUED DIRECTLY THROUGH DOWNTOWN WAVERLY FOR APPROXIMATELY 2.9 MILES. THE LAST EVIDENCE OF DAMAGE WAS NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF FAIRFIELD DRIVE AND HWY 70. THE DAMAGE PATH WAS VERY NARROW...WITH A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF ONLY 75 YARDS. IN ADDITION TO DOZENS OF SNAPPED AND UPROOTED TREES...SEVERAL BUSINESSES IN WAVERLY SUFFERED SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAGE. SIGNS AND OVERHANGS WERE ALSO TORN OFF BY THE WINDS...AND THERE WERE SEVERAL HOMES AND VEHICLES CRUSHED BY FALLING TREES. AN ADDITIONAL SURVEY NEAR MCEWEN IN EASTERN HUMPHREYS COUNTY REVEALED STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE. A CARPORT WAS DESTROYED...SEVERAL HOMES SUFFERED MINOR ROOF DAMAGE...AND DOZENS OF TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. MAXIMUM WIND SPEEDS WERE ESTIMATED TO BE 80 TO 90 MPH. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE HUMPHREYS COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE WITH THESE SURVEYS. 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. $$ HERRON/BOUCHER ____________________________ PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 558 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2011 ...EF-1 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN DICKSON COUNTY TENNESSEE... ...STRAIGHT LINE WINDS CAUSED DAMAGE AROUND MONTGOMERY BELL PARK AND WHITE BLUFF... * THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT(S) AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA. ...SUMMARY... A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT TEAM HAS CONFIRMED A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR TENNESSEE CITY IN DICKSON COUNTY ON APRIL 4, 2011. INITIAL DAMAGE WAS NOTED ALONG HWY 70 APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE WEST OF TENNESSEE CITY IN WESTERN DICKSON COUNTY. DAMAGE WAS NEARLY CONTINUOUS ALONG A 7.3 MILE TRACK INTO THE WEST SIDE OF THE CITY OF DISCKSON. THE LAST EVIDENCE OF DAMAGE WAS JUST WEST OF DICKSON LAKE. THE MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH OF THE TORNADO WAS NEARLY 150 YARDS. HUNDREDS OF HARDWOOD TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED ALONG THE DAMAGE PATH. SEVERAL STRUCTURES EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAGE INCLUDING A FIRE HALL IN TENNESSEE CITY. SEVERAL OUTBUILDINGS AND BARNS WERE ALSO HEAVILY DAMAGED. AN ADDITIONAL SURVEY NEAR MONTGOMERY BELL PARK TO WHITE BLUFF REVEALED STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE. SEVERAL HOMES SUFFERED MINOR ROOF DAMAGE...DOZENS OF TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED...AND A COUPLE OUTBUILDINGS WERE TOPPLED. MAXIMUM WIND SPEEDS WERE ESTIMATED TO BE NEAR 90 MPH. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE DICKSON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE WITH THESE SURVEYS. THIS INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/OHX. FOR REFERENCE...THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES: EF0...WIND SPEEDS 65 TO 85 MPH. EF1...WIND SPEEDS 86 TO 110 MPH. EF2...WIND SPEEDS 111 TO 135 MPH. EF3...WIND SPEEDS 136 TO 165 MPH. EF4...WIND SPEEDS 166 TO 200 MPH. EF5...WIND SPEEDS GREATER THAN 200 MPH. $$ HERRON/BOUCHER _________________________________________ PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 321 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2011 ...TORNADO CONFIRMED IN EXTREME SOUTHERN DAVIDSON COUNTY AND NORTHWEST RUTHERFORD COUNTY TENNESSEE... * 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... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE TN HAS CONFIRMED A TORNADO IN EXTREME SOUTHERN DAVIDSON COUNTY AND NORTHWEST RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN TENNESSEE ON APRIL 4, 2011. THE EF1 TORNADO BEGAN ALONG THE DAVIDSON AND WILLIAMSON COUNTY LINE...ALONG KIDD ROAD. THE DAMAGE PATH EXTENDED EAST ACROSS BATTLE ROAD...WALDRON ROAD...ALONG BLAIR ROAD...AND ENDING NEAR INTERSTATE 24 AND SAM RIDLEY PARKWAY. THE DAMAGE PATH RANGED FROM 50 TO 100 YARDS WIDE. DAMAGE WAS VERY CONSISTENT ALONG THE PATH...WHICH WAS JUST OVER 4 MILES LONG. THE DEBRIS PATTERN SHOWED CLEAR CONVERGENT PATTERNS...AND EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS SUPPORT THE DETERMINATION THAT A TORNADO CAUSED THE DAMAGE. NUMEROUS POWER POLES WERE SNAPPED. HUNDREDS OF TREES WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. SOME HAD LARGE ROOT SYSTEMS. SOME SMALL STORAGE BUILDINGS WERE DESTROYED. NUMEROUS HOMES HAD ROOF AND SIDING DAMAGE. SEVERAL FENCES WERE BLOWN DOWN. DEBRIS WAS SCATTERED HUNDREDS OF YARDS. A TRACTOR TRAILER WAS BLOWN OVER ON INTERSTATE 24. SEVERAL CARGO TRAILERS WERE OVERTURNED BY I 24. THANKS TO DAVIDSON COUNTY AND RUTHERFORD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR VERY HELPFUL ASSISTANCE WITH THIS SURVEY. 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. $$ HERRON/BOUCHER