PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
237 PM CDT SAT APR 12 2008

...PRELIMINARY RESULTS FROM LAWRENCE COUNTY TORNADO SURVEY...

A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURVEY TEAM VIEWED DAMAGE FROM THE
TORNADO THAT HIT LAWRENCE COUNTY ON FRIDAY, APRIL 11.

THE TORNADO TRACKED NORTH AND NORTHEAST OF LAWRENCEBURG, 
PRODUCING AN 18 MILE LONG, 100 YARD WIDE PATH. THE TORNADO WAS
RATED A LOW END EF-3 ON THE ENHANCED F SCALE. EF-3 WINDS RANGE
FROM 136 TO 165 MPH.

RESULTS ARE PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE. ADDITIONAL
SURVEY INFORMATION FROM THE SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK WILL BE
POSTED AS SOON AS IT IS AVAILABLE.

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
520 PM CDT SAT APR 12 2008

...PRELIMINARY RESULTS FROM THE LAWRENCE COUNTY AND THE GILES COUNTY
TORNADO SURVEYS...

A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURVEY TEAM VIEWED DAMAGE FROM THE
TORNADO THAT HIT LAWRENCE AND GILES COUNTIES ON FRIDAY, APRIL 11.

IN LAWRENCE COUNTY...THE TORNADO TRACKED NORTH AND NORTHEAST OF
LAWRENCEBURG, PRODUCING AN 18 MILE LONG, 100 YARD WIDE PATH. THE
TORNADO WAS RATED A LOW END EF-3 ON THE ENHANCED F SCALE. EF-3
WINDS RANGE FROM 136 TO 165 MPH.

IN GILES COUNTY...THE TORNADO TRACKED ACROSS LIBERTY HILL IN THE
NORTHWEST SECTION OF THE COUNTY AND PRODUCED A 4 MILE LONG, 100
YARD WIDE PATH. THE TORNADO WAS RATED A LOW END EF-3 ON THE
ENHANCED F SCALE. AGAIN...EF-3 WINDS RANGE FROM 136 TO 165 MPH.

RESULTS ARE PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE. ADDITIONAL SURVEY
INFORMATION FROM THE SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK WILL BE POSTED AS
SOON AS IT IS AVAILABLE.

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
408 PM CDT MON APR 14 2008

...TORNADO DAMAGE IN WARREN COUNTY...

NWS SURVEY CREWS HAVE DETERMINED THAT A TORNADO RATED AS A HIGH
END EF1...WINDS OF 100-110 MPH...TOUCHED DOWN IN WARREN COUNTY.
THE PATH WAS UP TO 250 YARDS WIDE AND 15 MILES LONG...RUNNING FROM
NEAR 11 MILES WEST OF MCMINNVILLE TO NEAR 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF
MCMINNVILLE. DOZEN OF HOMES WERE DAMAGED WITH SEVERAL SUSTAINING
MAJOR DAMAGE.

THE NWS WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE WARREN COUNTY EMA AS WELL AS THE
WARREN COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS 
SURVEY.

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