PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 329 PM CST WED JAN 4 2023 ...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 01/03/23 TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WIND EVENT... .UPDATE #1 TO ADD TORNADO TRACK IN HAYWOOD COUNTY TENNESSEE .HAYWOOD COUNTY TORNADO... RATING: EF-0 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 80 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.4 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 100 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: JAN 03, 2023 START TIME: 2:24 AM CST START LOCATION: 4 SSW BROWNSVILLE, TN START LAT/LON: 35.55/-89.29 END DATE: JAN 03, 2023 END TIME: 2:27 AM CST END LOCATION: 2 S BROWNSVILLE, TN END LAT/LON: 35.57/-89.26 A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ON SHAW CHAPEL ROAD 4 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF BROWNSVILLE, TN. NUMEROUS TREES SUSTAINED DAMAGE WITH BROKEN LIMBS WITH A COUPLE OF TREES UPROOTED. THE TORNADO THEN TRACKED TO THE NORTHEAST OVER AN OPEN FIELD AND BEGAN TO DISSIPATE AS IT CROSSED OVER WINDROW ROAD. A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE AT THIS LOCATION SUSTAINED MINOR SHINGLE DAMAGE. NO ADDITIONAL DAMAGE WAS NOTED BEYOND THIS POINT..DESOTO COUNTY TORNADO... RATING: EF-0 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 70 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.4 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 100 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: JAN 03, 2023 START TIME: 6:05 AM CST START LOCATION: 3 E OLIVE BRANCH, MS START LAT/LON: 34.9561/-89.7784 END DATE: JAN 03, 2023 END TIME: 6:07 AM CST END LOCATION: 4 E OLIVE BRANCH, MS END LAT/LON: 34.9561/-89.7543 THIS SHORT-LIVED TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR POLK LANE AND SILO DRIVE IN NORTHEAST DESOTO COUNTY WHERE MINOR TREE DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED. THE TORNADO TRAVELED TO THE EAST AND IMPACTED THE BRAYBOURNE SUBDIVISION. MINOR ROOF DAMAGE WAS NOTED IN THIS SUBDIVISION AS SEVERAL HOUSES HAD SHINGLES REMOVED. SOME OTHER DAMAGE OBSERVED WERE NUMEROUS FENCES BLOWN OVER IN THE SUBDIVISION. THE TORNADO LIFTED JUST EAST OF THIS AREA.
.UNION COUNTY TORNADO... RATING: EF-1 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 95 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.9 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 150 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: JAN 03, 2023 START TIME: 9:07 AM CST START LOCATION: 1 NNW ETTA START LAT/LON: 34.4851/-89.2079 END DATE: JAN 03, 2023 END TIME: 9:10 AM CST END LOCATION: 1 ENE ETTA END LAT/LON: 34.4744/-89.1780 A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR HIGHWAY 30 IN UNION COUNTY AND MOVED TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST ALONG THE HIGHWAY. DAMAGE MAINLY CONSISTED OF DAMAGE TO HARDWOOD AND SOFTWOOD TREES THAT WERE EITHER SNAPPED OR UPROOTED ALONG AND JUST NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30. THE TORNADO PEAK INTENSITY IS ESTIMATED AT 95 MPH BASED ON THE DAMAGE TO THE TREES. AS THE TORNADO MOVED TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST, ROOF DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED TO ONE RESIDENCE AND A CHURCH. THE TORNADO DISSIPATED TO THE EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 14 AND HIGHWAY 30.
.TISHOMINGO COUNTY DAMAGING WIND... DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED TO A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE ON FRONT STREET WITH PARTIAL ROOF REMOVAL AND LOSS OF BRICK FACADE. FARTHER TO THE SOUTHEAST, DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED TO A BARN ON HARGETT ROAD. THE LAST DAMAGE NOTED WAS ALONG COUNTY ROAD 366 WHERE A MANUFACTURED HOME SUSTAINED ROOF DAMAGE WITH SEVERAL TREES UPROOTED NEARBY. ANALYSIS OF THE DAMAGE WAS DETERMINED REAR-FLANK DOWNDRAFT GUSTS UP TO 75 MPH. THIS DATA IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO FURTHER REVISION BASED ON NEW EVIDENCE. && EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES: EF0...WEAK......65 TO 85 MPH EF1...WEAK......86 TO 110 MPH EF2...STRONG....111 TO 135 MPH EF3...STRONG....136 TO 165 MPH EF4...VIOLENT...166 TO 200 MPH EF5...VIOLENT...>200 MPH NOTE: THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENTS AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA. $$ AC/TAB
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