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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
329 PM CST WED JAN 4 2023

...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 01/03/23 TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WIND
EVENT... 

.UPDATE #1 TO ADD TORNADO TRACK IN HAYWOOD COUNTY TENNESSEE

.HAYWOOD COUNTY TORNADO...

RATING:                 EF-0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    80 MPH 
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  2.4 MILES 
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   100 YARDS 
FATALITIES:             0 
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             JAN 03, 2023
START TIME:             2:24 AM CST
START LOCATION:         4 SSW BROWNSVILLE, TN
START LAT/LON:          35.55/-89.29

END DATE:               JAN 03, 2023
END TIME:               2:27 AM CST
END LOCATION:           2 S BROWNSVILLE, TN
END LAT/LON:            35.57/-89.26

A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ON SHAW CHAPEL ROAD 4 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST
OF BROWNSVILLE, TN. NUMEROUS TREES SUSTAINED DAMAGE WITH BROKEN
LIMBS WITH A COUPLE OF TREES UPROOTED. THE TORNADO THEN TRACKED 
TO THE NORTHEAST OVER AN OPEN FIELD AND BEGAN TO DISSIPATE AS IT
CROSSED OVER WINDROW ROAD. A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE AT THIS 
LOCATION SUSTAINED MINOR SHINGLE DAMAGE. NO ADDITIONAL DAMAGE WAS 
NOTED BEYOND THIS POINT.



.DESOTO COUNTY TORNADO...

RATING: 		EF-0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 	70 MPH 
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:	1.4 MILES 
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 	100 YARDS 
FATALITIES: 		0 
INJURIES: 		0

START DATE:             JAN 03, 2023
START TIME:             6:05 AM CST
START LOCATION:         3 E OLIVE BRANCH, MS
START LAT/LON:          34.9561/-89.7784

END DATE:               JAN 03, 2023
END TIME:               6:07 AM CST
END LOCATION:           4 E OLIVE BRANCH, MS
END LAT/LON:            34.9561/-89.7543

THIS SHORT-LIVED TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR POLK LANE AND SILO
DRIVE IN NORTHEAST DESOTO COUNTY WHERE MINOR TREE DAMAGE WAS
OBSERVED. THE TORNADO TRAVELED TO THE EAST AND IMPACTED THE 
BRAYBOURNE SUBDIVISION. MINOR ROOF DAMAGE WAS NOTED IN THIS 
SUBDIVISION AS SEVERAL HOUSES HAD SHINGLES REMOVED. SOME OTHER 
DAMAGE OBSERVED WERE NUMEROUS FENCES BLOWN OVER IN THE 
SUBDIVISION. THE TORNADO LIFTED JUST EAST OF THIS AREA. 



.UNION COUNTY TORNADO...

RATING:                 EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    95 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  1.9 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   150 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             JAN 03, 2023
START TIME:             9:07 AM CST
START LOCATION:         1 NNW ETTA
START LAT/LON:          34.4851/-89.2079

END DATE:               JAN 03, 2023
END TIME:               9:10 AM CST
END LOCATION:           1 ENE ETTA
END LAT/LON:            34.4744/-89.1780

A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR HIGHWAY 30 IN UNION COUNTY AND MOVED
TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST ALONG THE HIGHWAY. DAMAGE MAINLY CONSISTED
OF DAMAGE TO HARDWOOD AND SOFTWOOD TREES THAT WERE EITHER 
SNAPPED OR UPROOTED ALONG AND JUST NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30. THE 
TORNADO PEAK INTENSITY IS ESTIMATED AT 95 MPH BASED ON THE DAMAGE 
TO THE TREES. AS THE TORNADO MOVED TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST, ROOF 
DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED TO ONE RESIDENCE AND A CHURCH. THE TORNADO 
DISSIPATED TO THE EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 14 AND 
HIGHWAY 30.



.TISHOMINGO COUNTY DAMAGING WIND...

DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED TO A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE ON FRONT STREET
WITH PARTIAL ROOF REMOVAL AND LOSS OF BRICK FACADE. FARTHER TO THE
SOUTHEAST, DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED TO A BARN ON HARGETT ROAD. THE 
LAST DAMAGE NOTED WAS ALONG COUNTY ROAD 366 WHERE A MANUFACTURED 
HOME SUSTAINED ROOF DAMAGE WITH SEVERAL TREES UPROOTED NEARBY. 
ANALYSIS OF THE DAMAGE WAS DETERMINED REAR-FLANK DOWNDRAFT GUSTS 
UP TO 75 MPH. THIS DATA IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO FURTHER 
REVISION BASED ON NEW EVIDENCE. 


&&

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 EVENTS AND PUBLICATION IN NWS
STORM DATA.

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