PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1000 AM CST MON JAN 25 2010

...NWS CONFIRMS EF-0 TORNADO DAMAGE IN ROBERTSON COUNTY FROM SUNDAY... 

A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN SUNDAY JANUARY 24 ON THE SOUTH CENTRAL 
GROWERS GREENHOUSE NEAR THE SPRINGFIELD-ROBERTSON COUNTY AIRPORT AND 
HIGHWAY 41 IN ROBERTSON COUNTY.  THE TORNADO THEN CONTINUED ON A 3.6 
MILE PATH NORTHEAST.  THE LAST EVIDENCE OF DAMAGE WAS AT A RESIDENCE 
ALONG BARREN PLAINS ROAD...HIGHWAY 25.

A GREENHOUSE ROOF WAS DAMAGED NEAR THE BEGINNING OF THE DAMAGE PATH. 
THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE WAS NEAR HIGHWAY 25 WHERE THE ROOF OF A 
BARN WAS RIPPED OFF AND A SMALL SHED WAS DESTROYED. A FEW TREES WERE 
SNAPPED AT THE RESIDENCE.  VERY LITTLE DAMAGE WAS NOTED WITH THE 
MOBILE HOME.

THIS WAS THE FIRST RECORDED JANUARY TORNADO IN ROBERTSON COUNTY IN 
MORE THAN TEN YEARS.

$$

SUMMARY...

STRENGTH...EF-0
WIND SPEED ESTIMATE...85 MPH
PATH LENGTH...3.6 MILES
TOUCHDOWN LAT/LON...36.5492  -86.9137
WIDTH...50 YARDS
TOUCHDOWN TIME...340 PM CST  (BASED ON RADAR)
TOUCHDOWN END TIME...355 PM CST  (BASED ON RADAR)


MICHAEL E. DAVIS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE