PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 350 PM CDT SUN APR 25 2010 ...NWS CONFIRMS EF-1 TORNADO IN PERRY AND HUMPHREYS COUNTIES FROM SATURDAY... A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURVEY TEAM CONDUCTED A DAMAGE SURVEY IN PERRY AND HUMPHREYS COUNTIES. A TORNADO WITH MAX WINDS OF 100 MPH ENTERED PERRY COUNTY NEAR SIMMS ROAD ALONG THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE TENNESSEE RIVER. DAMAGE CONTINUED NORTHEASTWARD...FOR A LENGTH OF 13.8 MILES AND A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 300 YARDS. HUNDREDS OF SOFT AND HARD WOOD TREES WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. THERE WAS SOME ROOF DAMAGE NOTED. $$ SUMMARY... CAUSE OF DAMAGE...TORNADO WIND SPEED ESTIMATE...100 MPH EF SCALE...EF-1 DAMAGE PATH LENGTH...13.8 MILES DAMAGE WIDTH...300 YARDS START POINT...35.789 -87.973 END POINT...35.882 -87.754 THOMAS JOHNSTONE MICHAEL E. DAVIS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE ____________________________ PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 644 PM CDT SUN APR 25 2010 ...PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT... ...NWS CONFIRMS EF-0 TORNADO IN MACON COUNTY FROM SATURDAY... A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONDUCTED A DAMAGE SURVEY IN MACON COUNTY. A TORNADO WITH MAX WINDS OF 85 MPH TOUCHED DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 52 AND ROCKY MOUND ROAD. DAMAGED CONTINUED TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST FOR AN APPROXIMATELY LENGTH OF 1.5 MILES AND A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 50 YARDS. MULTIPLE SHALLOW ROOTED TREES WERE UPROOTED WITH ONE SMALL BARN DESTROYED. $$ SUMMARY... CAUSE OF DAMAGE...TORNADO WIND SPEED ESTIMATE...85 MPH EF SCALE...EF-0 DAMAGE PATH LENGTH...1.5 MILES DAMAGE WIDTH...50 YARDS START POINT...36.534 -86.190 END POINT...36.554 -86.179 MICHAEL E. DAVIS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE _______________________________ PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 228 PM CDT MON APR 26 2010 ...NWS CONFIRMS EF-1 TORNADO IN HICKMAN COUNTY FROM SATURDAY... A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONDUCTED A DAMAGE SURVEY IN HICKMAN COUNTY. A TORNADO WITH MAX WINDS OF 90 MPH TOUCHED DOWN SOUTHWEST OF THE AETNA COMMUNITY ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 48. DAMAGED CONTINUED TO THE NORTHEAST ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 48 FOR A LENGTH OF 2 MILES AND A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 100 YARDS. HUNDREDS OF TREES WERE UPROOTED AND SNAPPED WITH A COUPLE OF SMALL SHEDS AND TRAILER DESTROYED. SOME MINOR ROOF DAMAGE WAS NOTED ON A DOZEN HOMES. $$ SUMMARY... CAUSE OF DAMAGE...TORNADO WIND SPEED ESTIMATE...90 MPH EF SCALE...EF-1 DAMAGE PATH LENGTH...2 MILES DAMAGE WIDTH...100 YARDS START POINT...35.6478 -87.5184 END POINT...35.6674 -87.4962 MICHAEL E. DAVIS RALPH TROUTMAN NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE