987 NOUS44 KMEG 132208 PNSMEG ARZ028-036-TNZ048>050-088-089-141015- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 408 PM CST MON DEC 13 2021 ...PRELIMINARY NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 12/10/21 TORNADO EVENT- WEST TENNESSEE PORTION- UPDATE 1... .OVERVIEW... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED A LONG-TRACK TORNADO THAT CAUSED DAMAGE FROM NEWBERN, TN TO PARIS LANDING, TN AND EVENTUALLY CROSSED THE TENNESSEE RIVER. .TORNADO IN #1 NEWBERN TO PARIS LANDING... RATING: EF-3 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 160 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 71.6 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 1038 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 5 START DATE: DEC 10 2021 START TIME: 1032 PM CST START LOCATION: SW NEWBERN START LAT/LON: 36.12 / -89.26 END DATE: DEC 10 2021 END TIME: 1148 PM CST END LOCATION: PARIS LANDING END LAT/LON: 36.50 / -88.07 SURVEY SUMMARY: THE FIRST OBSERVED DAMAGE WAS A FEW MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEWBERN, TN NEAR WASHINGTON STREET. THE TORNADO MOVED NORTHEAST, UPROOTING AND SNAPPING NUMEROUS TREES ALONG ITS PATH. SEVERAL HOMES HAD SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAGE. THE TORNADO INITIALLY PRODUCED EF-1 DAMAGE BUT WHILE PROGRESSING NORTHEAST, IT CONTINUED TO STRENGTHEN AS IT APPROACHED DRESDEN, TN. SEVERAL BUILDINGS AND HOMES IN DOWNTOWN DRESDEN SUFFERED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OR WERE COMPLETELY DESTROYED. THE TORNADO SLIGHTLY WEAKENED AND MOVED NORTHEAST TOWARD PARIS LANDING AND EVENTUALLY CROSSED THE TENNESSEE RIVER INTO STEWART COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. && 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: INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA. $$ SB/MW
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