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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1134 PM CST Sat Feb 22 2014

...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 02/20/2014 TORNADO EVENT...UPDATE

.OVERVIEW...A DAMAGE ASSESSMENT WAS CONDUCTED BY PERSONNEL FROM THE 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST. LOUIS FOR FAYETTE COUNTY ILLINOIS...

RATING:                 EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    105 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  4.8 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   50 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             FEB 20 2014 
START TIME:             4:36 PM CST
START LOCATION:         2.8 MILES NORTHWEST OF BROWNSTOWN
START LAT/LON:          30.155 / -88.998

END DATE:               FEB 20 2014
END TIME:               4:42 PM CST 
END LOCATION:           5.0 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF BROWNSTOWN
END LAT/LON:            39.618 / -88.931


SURVEY SUMMARY:  THE TORNADO DEVELOPED 2.8 MILES NORTHWEST OF BROWNSTOWN
OR 0.3 MILES NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROADS 1900N AND 1375E.
ONE LARGE OLD TREE WAS DOWN WHILE SEVERAL LARGE BRANCHES ALONG A ROW OF
TREES WERE SNAPPED TWO THIRDS UP THE TRUNK. THE DAMAGE PATH WAS APPROXIMATELY
40 YARDS WIDE AND DAMAGE INTENSITY WAS RATED EF0. TWO WITNESSES OBSERVED
THE TORNADO NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROADS 2000 N AND 1450 E. THE
TORNADO WAS RAIN WRAPPED AND SKIPPED OVER THIS AREA. ONE LARGE MACHINE SHED
WAS DAMAGED ABOUT 150 YARDS SOUTHWEST OF THIS INTERSECTION WHILE THE SOUTHERN
PART OF ANOTHER BARN SOUTHEAST OF THE INTERSECTION WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED.
DEBRIS FROM BOTH STRUCTURES WERE TOSSED ABOUT ONE THIRD MILE TO THE NORTHEAST.
AT THE INTERSECTION OF 2100 N AND 1600 E THREE TALL WOODEN TRANSMISSION LINE
POLES WERE SNAPPED TWO THIRDS UP THE POLE AT THIS INTERSECTION. APPROXIMATELY
50 YARDS TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THIS INTERSECTION A MEDIUM SIZE MACHINE SHED WAS
SEVERELY DAMAGED WITH THE EAST AND SOUTH SIDES OF THE SHED SHREDDED AND TOSSED
ONE THIRD MILE TO THE NORTHEAST. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST AND DESTROYED
A LARGE MACHINE SHED HOUSING FARM EQUIPMENT. THE TORNADO TOTALLY SHREDDED THE
METAL PANELS AND TOSSED THEM OVER ONE THIRD MILE TO THE NORTH. A MEDIUM SIZE
MACHINE SHED APPROXIMATELY ONE HALF MILE TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE LARGE MACHINE
SHED LOST A FEW METAL ROOF PANELS.   
   

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 EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA. 

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