PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
520 PM CST THU MAR 1 2012

...EF-2 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY...
...MICROBURST WITH 80 TO 85 MPH WINDS IN FENTRESS COUNTY...

EF-2 TORNADO WITH MAXIMUM WIND SPEEDS AROUND 125 MPH TOUCHED DOWN
ALONG CASTRO-PUGH RD JUST NORTH OF PLATEAU ROAD. INTERMITTENT
DAMAGE CONTINUED TO THE EAST NORTHEAST FOR APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE
BEFORE THE DAMAGE BECAME CONTINUOUS ALONG CLEAR CREEK RD. HUNDREDS OF
TREES WERE UPROOTED AND SNAPPED AND A HOME SUFFERED ROOF DAMAGE IN
THIS AREA.

THE TORNADO CONTINUED EAST NORTHEAST AND REACHED EF-2 INTENSITY IN
THE RINNIE COMMUNITY ALONG HIGHWAY 127. A BRICK HOME SLID OFF ITS
FOUNDATION AND WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED AND ANOTHER HOME LOST IT`S
ENTIRE ROOF. A DOUBLE WIDE MOBILE HOME ALONG HOLLOW ROAD WAS
COMPLETELY DESTROYED WITH DEBRIS TOSSED HUNDREDS OF YARDS. AT
LEAST A THOUSAND TREES WERE UPROOTED OR SNAPPED AROUND THIS
LOCATION.

THE LAST EVIDENCE OF DAMAGE WAS ALONG TODD ROAD TO THE EAST OF
HIGHWAY 127.

IN FENTRESS COUNTY THE NWS AND FENTRESS COUNTY EMA SURVEYED DAMAGE
ALONG PRESS BEATTY ROAD IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST PART OF THE COUNTY.
IT WAS DETERMINED A MICROBURST WITH MAXIMUM WINDS OF 80 TO 85 MPH
OCCURRED AROUND 355 PM. DOZENS OF TREES WERE DOWNED...INCLUDING
ONE WHICH CRUSHED A HOME`S GARAGE. THE MICROBURST PATH LENGTH WAS
AROUND 2 MILES WITH A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 50 YARDS.

SUMMARY
DATE...2/29/2012
RADAR ESTIMATED BEGIN TIME...4:30 PM
RADAR ESTIMATED END TIME...4:35 PM
MAXIMUM EF- SCALE RATING...EF2
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...125 MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...250 YARDS
PATH LENGTH...APPROXIMATELY 5.1 MILES
INJURIES...5
FATALITIES...2

THIS INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT
WEATHER.GOV/NASHVILLE.

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.

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TOM JOHNSTONE
NWS NASHVILLE



PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
312 PM CST THU MAR 1 2012


...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONFIRMS EF1 TORNADO OCCURRED IN
EASTERN DEKALB AND WESTERN WHITE COUNTIES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY TEAM HAS CONFIRMED THAT
DAMAGE OCCURRING IN EASTERN DEKALB COUNTY AND WESTERN WHITE COUNTY
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON WAS CAUSED BY A TORNADO. A MAXIMUM WIND SPEED
OF 90 MPH INDICATES THAT THIS TORNADO WAS AN EF1. TORNADO DAMAGE
BEGAN ABOUT 1 MILE NORTHWEST OF SMITHVILLE ALONG HIGHWAY 83 AND
ENDED ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPARTA IN WHITE COUNTY MAKING THE
DAMAGE PATH APPROXIMATELY 13 MILES. MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH WAS 200
YARDS. DAMAGE MAINLY CONSISTED OF DOZENS OF SNAPPED OR UPROOTED
TREES. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE WAS LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF
CENTER HILL LAKE WHERE A HOME ON STILTS WAS BLOWN OVER AND
DESTROYED RESULTING IN A FATALITY. OTHER DAMAGE CONSISTED OF MINOR
ROOF DAMAGE AND TREES BLOWN OVER ONTO STRUCTURES. SOME SMALLER
BARNS AND SHEDS WERE DAMAGED AS WELL. THERE WAS 1 CONFIRMED
FATALITY AND NO OTHER KNOWN INJURIES.

SUMMARY
DATE...2/29/2012
ESTIMATED TIME...APPROXIMATELY 3:47 PM
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF1
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...90 MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...200 YARDS
PATH LENGTH...APPROXIMATELY 13 MILES
INJURIES...0
FATALITIES...1

THIS INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/NASHVILLE.

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.



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BOUCHER