Storm Survey for 4/19/2013 EF1 tornado Crystal Ridge, TN

Snow in the Rockies; Showers and Thunderstorms Along the Gulf Coast; Potential Winter Storm for Northern Mid-Atlantic and Interior New England

A winter-like pattern will continue over much of the Lower 48 over the next few days, with snow stretching from the Rockies today into the Middle Mississippi Valley on Monday. Showers and thunderstorms will develop along the Gulf Coast and Southeast on Monday. As the storm moves northward late Monday into Tuesday, winter weather is possible from the Central Appalachians to Interior New England. Read More >

.LINCOLN/MOORE TORNADO... RATING: EF-1 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 105 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 6.80 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 400 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: 04/19/13 START TIME: 2:03 AM START LOCATION: CRYSTAL RIDGE ROAD NEAR MULBERRY CREEK START LAT/LON: 35.2169/-86.4448 END DATE: 04/19/13 END TIME: 2:15 AM END LOCATION: BAKERTOWN ROAD NEAR STORY LANE END LAT/LON: 35.2669/-86.3351 SURVEY_SUMMARY: THE TORNADO FIRST TOUCHED DOWN JUST SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50/FAYETTEVILLE HIGHWAY NEAR CRYSTAL RIDGE ROAD CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO A BARN AND SNAPPING A FEW TREES ALONG MULBERRY CREEK. THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO MOVE EAST NORTHEAST...CROSSING GATTISTOWN ROAD SNAPPING AND UPROOTING BOTH SOFT AND HARDWOOD TREES. THE TORNADO REACHED EF-1 INTENSITY AT THIS POINT ALONG ITS TRACK. THE TORNADO THEN NEARLY PARALLELED LOUSE CREEK ROAD AS IT MOVED INTO MOORE COUNTY. EF-1 DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED TO MAINLY SOFT AND HARDWOOD TREES IN THIS AREA. THE TORNADO THEN CROSSED SPENCER RIDGE ROAD AND GOOSE BRANCH ROAD. LARGE HARDWOOD TREES WERE SNAPPED OFF AT THE BASE AS IT MOVED ACROSS THE RIDGELINE. IN THIS AREA...THE TORNADO REACHED ITS WIDEST PATH OF ROUGHLY 400 YARDS AND GREATEST INTENSITY WITH WINDS ESTIMATED NEAR 105 MPH. AS THE TORNADO CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTHEAST...IT CROSSED HIGHWAY 50/WINCHESTER HIGHWAY. LARGE TREES WERE DOWNED IN THIS AREA WITH A WIDE SWATH OF LINES DOWN HERE. A TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLE WAS ALSO SNAPPED NEAR THE TOP IN THIS AREA. TREE DAMAGE WAS NOTED ALONG NORMAN WEISMAN ROAD WITH ROOF PEELED OFF A LARGE BARN. A LARGE TREE WAS UPROOTED AND FELL ON THE BACK OF A HOUSE ON DAMRON ROAD WITH OTHER LARGE TREES UPROOTED IN THE VICINITY. THE TORNADO CROSSED BEECH HILL ROAD BEFORE LIFTING ON THE EAST SIDE OF BAKERTOWN ROAD. SURVEYED BY: SCHULLER AND DARDEN 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