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From: Jesse Ferrell (WeatherMatrix) (jesse{at}weathermatrix.net)
Date: Sun Nov 10 2002 - 21:11:31 EST
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
445 PM CST SUN NOV 10 2002
...NWS STORM SURVEY OF 4 TORNADOES IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
THE FIRST TORNADO WAS RATED F0 (40-72 MPH) AND BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN
ABOUT 1.2 MILES EAST OF THE I-24 INTERCHANGE ON HIGHWAY 76. TREES
WERE TREES TWISTED AND SNAPPED. THIS OCCURRED ABOUT 1250 AM CST
SUNDAY MORNING. THIS STORM COMPLEX HIT THE PORT ROYAL AREA AND
DROPPED A SECOND TORNADO AT 100 AM CST. THE F1 TORNADO (73-112 MPH)
DEMOLISHED 2 MOBILE HOMES AT THE 3400 BLOCK OF PORT ROYAL RD. THE
MOBILE HOMES WERE LIFTED OFF THEIR FOUNDATION AND THROWN ACROSS THE
ROAD. THERE WERE 2 FATALITIES. THE PATH LENGTH OF THIS TORNADO WAS
0.3 MILES WITH A PATH WIDTH OF 1/4 MILE.
THE THIRD TORNADO, AN F0, STRUCK AROUND 105 AM CST ABOUT A HALF MILE
NORTH OF WALNUT GROVE IN ROBERTSON COUNTY ON HIGHWAY 76. TREES WERE
TWISTED OFF AND INSULATION DEBRIS FROM THE MOBILE HOMES IN PORT
ROYAL WERE FOUND IN THIS LOCATION.
THE FOURTH TORNADO, IN SUMNER COUNTY, WAS THE STRONGEST AS AN F2
(113-157 MPH). THE TORNADO STRUCK AROUND 2 AM CST SUNDAY. THE
HEAVIEST DAMAGE WAS AT 404 GLEN HAVE ROAD IN PORTLAND.
2 MOBILE HOMES WERE DEMOLISHED AND BLOWN OFF THEIR FOUNDATION ON
COLLEGE ROAD. A CHRYSLER CIRRUS LX SEDAN WAS FLIPPED AND PUSHED 20
FEET. A FORD RANGER TRUCK FLIPPED AND ROLLED 90 FEET. A 6 INCH BY 6
INCH BOARD WAS HURLED THROUGH THE ROOF OF A MODULAR HOME. THE PATH
LENGTH OF THIS TORNADO WAS 2.6 MILES AND ABOUT 1/2 MILE WIDE.
A TORNADO WARNING WAS ISSUED AT 1211 AM CST SUNDAY FOR MONTGOMERY
COUNTY, 49 MINUTES BEFORE IT STRUCK PORT ROYAL. ANOTHER TORNADO
WARNING WAS ISSUED FOR SUMNER COUNTY AT 148 AM SUNDAY, 12 MINUTES
BEFORE IT STRUCK PORTLAND.
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