Thursday, March 24, 2011

KOHX [242128]: Preliminary Local Storm Report

NWUS54 KOHX 242128
LSROHX

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
427 PM CDT THU MAR 24 2011

..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..

0619 PM TORNADO 2 E WATERTOWN 36.10N 86.10W
03/23/2011 WILSON TN NWS STORM SURVEY

HUNDREDS OF TREES WERE UPROOTED OR SNAPPED ALONG A NEARLY
CONTINUOUS 6 MILE PATH. SEVERAL HOMES SUFFERED
SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAGE...AND A COUPLE BARNS AND
OUTBUILDINGS WERE DESTROYED. THE TORNADO CLIPPED THE FAR
SOUTHWESTERN TIP OF SMITH COUNTY AS IT MOVED INTO DEKALB
COUNTY. THE TORNADO MOVED ACROSS THE NORTH SIDE OF THE
TOWN OF ALEXANDRIA WHERE TREE AND ROOF DAMAGE WAS NOTED.
THE LAST EVIDENCE OF DAMAGE WAS ALONG LOWER HELTON ROAD 2
MILES EAST OF ALEXANDRIA.

0654 PM TORNADO 8 WNW SPARTA 35.98N 85.61W
03/23/2011 WHITE TN NWS STORM SURVEY

DAMAGE BEGAN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF INDIAN MOUND ROAD
AND OLD SMITHVILLE HIGHWAY. HUNDREDS OF TREES WERE
UPROOTED OR SNAPPED ALONG A NEARLY CONTINUOUS 9 MILE
PATH. THREE HOMES HAD COMPLETE ROOF LOSS...AND A MOBILE
HOME WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED WITH DEBRIS SCATTERED OVER
A LARGE AREA. AROUND A DOZEN BARNS AND OUTBUILDINGS WERE
DESTROYED. THIS TORNADO WAS BEEN RATED EF-2 WITH MAXIMUM
WIND SPEEDS NEAR 115 MPH.

0703 PM TORNADO 13 SSE MURFREESBORO 35.68N 86.31W
03/23/2011 RUTHERFORD TN NWS STORM SURVEY

DAMAGE OCCURRED ON WALNUT GROVE ROAD NEAR HWY 231...SOME
TREES WERE UPROOTED AND A SMALL PORTION OF SHINGLES WERE
REMOVED FROM A FEW HOMES. A COUPLE OF OUTBUILDINGS WERE
ALSO DAMAGED. THE TORNADO HAS BEEN RATED EF-0 WITH
MAXIMUM WIND SPEEDS AROUND 80 MPH.


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TJ

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