...PRELIMINARY SUMMARY OF TORNADOES IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

AFTER INTERVIEWING EMA DIRECTORS WHO HAVE DONE STORM SURVEYS AND ASSESSMENTS...9 TORNADOES WERE OBSERVED IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

SUNDAY MAY 4, 2003

1135 PM- F0- 8 MILES EAST OF DOVER (STEWART COUNTY).

MONDAY MAY 5, 2003

1253 AM- F2- CLARKSVILLE- (MONTGOMERY COUNTY)

1255 AM- F1- FROM STROUDVILLE TO 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CROSS PLAINS. DAMAGE TO SPRINGFIELD INDUSTRIAL PARK. APPROXIMATE PATH LENGTH IS 24 MILES.

0130 AM- F0- 15 NORTHEAST CENTERVILLE (HICKMAN COUNTY)

0145 AM- F0- NEAR THOMPSON STATION (WILLIAMSON COUNTY)

0230 AM- F0- LAVERGNE INDUSTRIAL PARK (RUTHERFORD COUNTY). PATH LENGTH .70 MILES.

1048 AM- F0- 2 MILES EAST OF ETHRIDGE (LAWRENCE COUNTY). TORNADO DESTROYED A BARN.

1150 AM- F1- 4 MILES SOUTH OF PETERSBURG NEAR HIGHWAY 431 (LINCOLN COUNTY) ONE HOUSE DESTROYED AND ONE HOME DAMAGED.

255 PM- F0- NEAR KINGSTON SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (CHEATHAM COUNTY).

THE NWS APPRECIATES THE HELP OF EMA DIRECTORS, AMATEUR RADIO MEMBERS AND SKYWARN SPOTTERS FOR THEIR INPUT IN THIS REPORT.

JERRY ORCHANIAN