PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1040 PM CST WED FEB 6 2008 ...DAMAGE SURVEY DETERMINES EF-3 TORNADO ACROSS FAR NORTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY... THE INITIAL TORNADO TOUCHDOWN OCCURRED NEAR AKIN ROAD ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HEBRON OR 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EXIT 42 OFF OF INTERSTATE 40 AROUND 625 PM CST. THE TORNADO DOWNED NUMEROUS LARGE TREES AND SEVERAL POWER LINES AS IT HEADED NORTHEAST. ONCE THE TORNADO APPROACHED YUM YUM ROAD...IT DESTROYED A SHED... KILLING A MAN THAT WAS SITTING IN A PICKUP TRUCK INSIDE THE SHED. THE TORNADO THEN CONTINUED NORTHEAST TWISTING AND DOWNING TREES BEFORE LIFTING AROUND 627 PM CST. THE PATH LENGTH OF THIS TORNADO WAS ABOUT 2 MILES. THE MAXIMUM WIDTH WAS 500 FEET. THE HIGHEST ESTIMATED WINDS WERE AROUND 140 MPH. A TORNADO WARNING WAS IN EFFECT FROM 601 PM CST TO 645 PM CST FOR FAYETTE COUNTY. A TORNADO WATCH WAS IN EFFECT AS WELL. #################################################################### PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 657 PM CST WED FEB 6 2008 ...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAMAGE SURVEY CREW DETERMINES EF-2 TORNADO IN NORTHEAST SHELBY COUNTY AND SOUTHEAST TIPTON COUNTY TENNESSEE... THE INITIAL TORNADO TOUCHDOWN OCCURRED ONE QUARTER MILE EAST OF THE BRUNSWICK ROAD INTERCHANGE ALONG HIGHWAY 385 IN THE SALEM ESTATES SUBDIVISION. THE ROOF OF ONE HOME WAS PARTIALLY REMOVED ALONG WITH SEVERAL BLOWN OUT WINDOWS. SOME MINOR TREE DAMAGE WAS ALSO OBSERVED ALONG THIS PORTION OF THE TORNADO TRACK AND THE TORNADO IN THIS AREA HAS BEEN RATED AS AN EF-0 WITH WIND SPEEDS ESTIMATED BETWEEN 80 AND 85 MPH. THE WIDTH OF THE TORNADO WAS ESTIMATED TO BE APPROXIMATELY 25 YARDS. THE TORNADO TRACK WAS NON-CONTINUOUS FOR THE NEXT 6 MILES WITH SPORADIC TREE DAMAGE. SIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE...ALONG WITH 2 COLLAPSED...AND 1 TWISTED POWER LINE SUPPORT TOWERS WERE OBSERVED. THIS DAMAGE WAS ALONG MOOSE ROAD NEAR WEST BEAVER CREEK WITH A WIDTH OF 100 TO 150 YARDS. DAMAGE IN THIS AREA WAS CONSISTENT WITH LOW END EF-2 DAMAGE WHERE WINDS SPEEDS WERE ESTIMATED TO BE AROUND 120 MPH. THE TORNADO TRAVELED AN ADDITIONAL 3 MILES CONTINUOUSLY TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST. EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE WAS NOTED ALONG STAFFORD ROAD WHERE LARGE TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. IN ADDITION...2 LARGE AND WELL CONSTRUCTED NEW HOMES WERE HEAVILY DAMAGED. THE FIRST HOME HAD GREATER THAN 50% OF ITS ROOF REMOVED ALONG WITH ALL WINDOWS BLOWN OUT. BRICK WAS ALSO DISLODGED FROM PORTIONS OF THE STRUCTURE. THE SECOND HOME RECEIVED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE WITH THE ENTIRE SECOND STORY REMOVED. INSIDE WALLS WERE COMPROMISED AND DEBRIS DEPOSITED INSIDE THE HOUSE AND ALSO INTO THE FRONT YARD. MOST WINDOWS WERE ALSO BLOWN OUT. THIS PORTION OF THE TORNADO HAS BEEN RATED EF-2 WITH WINDS ESTIMATED AT AROUND 125 MPH AND A WIDTH OF 100 TO 150 YARDS. ONE MINOR INJURY OCCURRED WITHIN THIS SEGMENT OF THE TORNADO. THIS PORTION OF THE TORNADO TRACK EXPERIENCED THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE ALONG ITS PATH. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST ACROSS MACEDONIA ROAD PRODUCING ADDITIONAL TREE DAMAGE AND MINOR DAMAGE TO 1 HOME AND A MOBILE HOME. ADDITIONAL TORNADO DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED ALONG HUGHES ROAD WHERE 5 HOMES SUSTAINED LIGHT TO MODERATE DAMAGE. ONE OF THE HOMES HAD SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PORTIONS OF THE ROOF AND ADJOINING UPPER LEVELS. THE OTHER 4 HOMES HAD DAMAGE TO THEIR ROOFS AND WINDOWS. LARGE TREES...SOME UP TO 3 FEET IN DIAMETER WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. DAMAGE IN THIS SECTION OF THE TORNADO TRACK HAVE BEEN RATED HIGH END EF-1 WITH WINDS ESTIMATED BETWEEN 100 AND 110 MPH AND A WIDTH OF 50 YARDS. THE TORNADO THEN TRAVELED NON-CONTINUOUSLY INTO SOUTHEAST TIPTON COUNTY AND RESULTED IN MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE...DOWNED UTILITY POLES...AND TREE DAMAGE AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 59 AND PICKENS STORE ROAD. TORNADO DAMAGE WAS ESTIMATED TO BE EF-0 WITH WINDS ESTIMATED AT AROUND 75 MPH. THE TORNADO DISSIPATED SHORTLY THEREAFTER. SPECIAL THANKS TO SHELBY COUNTY SHERIFFS AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS...THE TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION...ARLINGTON CITY OFFICIALS...AND LOCAL CITIZENS FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION REGARDING LOCATIONS OF DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ################################################################### PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 640 PM CST WED FEB 6 2008 ...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAMAGE SURVEY CREW DETERMINES TWO TORNADOES IN LAFAYETTE COUNTY MISSISSIPPI... TWO TORNADOES OCCURRED IN LAFAYETTE COUNTY ON THE EVENING OF FEBRUARY 5. THE TORNADOES WERE RATED EF1 AND EF3. THE EF1 TORNADO FIRST TOUCHED DOWN 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF OXFORD...SNAPPING OR UPROOTING MANY TREES AND DAMAGING A HOME AND OUTBUILDINGS. THE TORNADO MADE MULTIPLE TOUCHDOWNS ON ITS NORTHEAST PATH OVER A DISTANCE OF ABOUT 7 MILES. A FEW STRUCTURES WERE DAMAGED ALONG THE INTERMITTENT TRACK. THE EF3 TORNADO FIRST TOUCHED DOWN IN AN INDUSTRIAL AREA ABOUT 4 MILES NORTH OF DOWNTOWN OXFORD. THE TORNADO HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED SEVERAL BUILDINGS. THE TORNADO MOVED NORTHEAST AND REMAINED ON THE GROUND FOR ABOUT 8 MILES. THE TORNADO DESTROYED OR DAMAGED NUMEROUS HOMES AND OUTBUILDINGS AND NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. THE DAMAGE PATH WAS AT ONE POINT NEARLY A HALF MILE WIDE. THE WINDS WERE ESTIMATED TO BE BETWEEN 150-160 MPH. ##################################################################### PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 605 PM CST WED FEB 6 2008 ...MADISON COUNTY STORM DAMAGE ASSESSMENT SURVEY RESULTS... ...EF4 DAMAGE RATING AT UNION UNIVERSITY IN JACKSON TENNESSEE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONDUCTED A GROUND SURVEY OF UNION UNIVERSITY IN JACKSON, TENNESSEE. IN ADDITION...THE TEAM REVIEWED AERIAL SURVEY FOOTAGE CONDUCTED BY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS. BASED ON THESE SURVEYS THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCLUDED THERE WERE THREE TORNADO SEGMENTS IN MADISON COUNTY. THE FIRST SEGMENT WAS EF3 DAMAGE WITH WINDS OF 150 MPH. THIS TORNADO WAS UP TO 200 YARDS WIDE AND 5 MILES IN LENGTH. NUMEROUS HOMES...A CHURCH AND AN INTERSTATE 40 REST AREA WERE DAMAGED. EIGHT SEMI TRACTOR TRAILERS WERE BLOWN OFF INTERSTATE 40 DURING THE TORNADO/S PASSAGE. THE SECOND SEGMENT CAUSED TREMENDOUS DAMAGE AT UNION UNIVERSITY AND BUILDINGS NEAR THE U.S. HIGHWAY 45 BYPASS. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RATED THIS TORNADO SEGMENT AS EF4 DAMAGE WITH WINDS OF 170 MPH. THE PATH WAS UP TO 125 YARDS WIDE AND 2 1/2 MILES LONG. A THIRD SEGMENT IMPACTED AREAS NORTHEAST OF JACKSON. NUMEROUS HOMES AND A FIRE STATION WERE SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED. THIS TORNADO RECEIVED AN EF3 RATING WITH WINDS TO 145 MPH. IT ALSO WAS UP TO 100 YARDS WIDE AND 2 MILES LONG.