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Chester County, TN EF-0 Tornado

 

Tornado Track Map:

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Survey Results:

  

...PRELIMINARY EF-0 TORNADO IN CHESTER COUNTY TENNESSEE...

* COUNTY:  CHESTER

* LOCATION/TIME OF EVENT: CHESTER COUNTY AT 900 PM ON APRIL 26 2011

* BEGIN POINT: 35.4529, -88.51625

* END POINT: 35.47845, -88.47143

* RATING: EF-0

* ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 70 MPH

* PATH LENGTH: 7.9 MILES

* FATALITIES: 0
* INJURIES: 0

* SUMMARY OF DAMAGES: NUMEROUS TREETOPS BROKEN OFF AND MANY LARGE TREES
  BROKEN...DOWNED OR BOTH.  SEVERAL PEOPLE BELIEVE THEY SAW THE TORNADO.

 

Radar Images:

Beginning of the tornado in Chester County. Beginning of the tornado in Chester County.
Peak of the tornado in Chester County. Peak of the tornado in Chester County.
End of the tornado in Chester County. End of the tornado in Chester County.