PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
443 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015

...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR THE 12/25/2015 TORNADO EVENT...
...SHELBYVILLE TORNADO...

A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX BRIEFLY INTENSIFIED AS IT PASSED THROUGH
SHELBYVILLE ON CHRISTMAS MORNING AND CAUSED A BRIEF TORNADO IN AN
INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE CITY.

.TORNADO #1: SHELBYVILLE, TENNESSEE...

RATING:                 EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  0.5 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   75 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             DECEMBER 25, 2015
START TIME:             713 AM CST
START LOCATION:         SHELBYVILLE, TN
START LAT/LON:          35.4950 / -86.4010

END DATE:               DECEMBER 25, 2015
END TIME:               715 AM CST
END LOCATION:           SHELBYVILLE, TN
END LAT/LON:            35.4906 / -86.4034

SURVEY SUMMARY:

THIS LOW END EF-1 TORNADO STARTED AT THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF THE NEWELL
RUBBERMAID PLANT AND MOVED EAST-SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE REST OF THE PLANT
COMPLEX INCLUDING THE NEIGHBORING CALSONIC PLANT.  TWO LARGE SECTIONS OF
ROOF WERE PEELED BACK AT THE RUBBERMAID PLANT.  ROOF GRAVEL WAS BLOWN IN
ALL DIRECTIONS AND DAMAGED SEVERAL COMPANY VEHICLES.  SIX EMPTY TRACTOR
TRAILERS WERE BLOWN AROUND AND PARTIALLY STACKED UPON EACH OTHER.
SEVERAL GARAGE DOORS FAILED AND AT LEAST 3 WERE BLOWN INTO THE FACILITY.
ONE LARGE TREE BETWEEN THE TWO FACILITIES WAS BLOWN OVER.  AT CALSONIC...
TWO WINDOWS WERE BLOWN OUT...A CARPORT WAS DAMAGED...A GLASS DOORWAY WAS
BLOWN IN...A FEW TREE BRANCHES WERE BROKEN AND METAL SIGNS WERE SMASHED
TO THE GROUND.

THIS INFORMATION IS FROM A STORM SURVEY CONDUCTED JOINTLY BY NWS NASHVILLE
AND THE BEDFORD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY ON DECEMBER 26.

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.

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