National Weather Service Raw Text Product
Displaying AFOS PIL: PNSMEG Received: 2013-04-28 21:53 UTC
Previous in Time Latest Product Next in Time
View All KMEG Products for 28 Apr 2013 View All PNS Products for 28 Apr 2013 View As Image Download As Text
136 NOUS44 KMEG 282153 PNSMEG TNZ089-291000- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 453 PM CDT SUN APR 28 2013 ...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR SATURDAY APRIL 27 2013 TORNADO EVENT... .OVERVIEW... .TORNADO IN BELMONT...FAYETTE COUNTY... RATING: EF-1 PEAK WIND /ESTIMATED/: 105 MPH PEAK LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1 MILE PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 250 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 1 MINOR START DATE: 04/27/13 START TIME: 9:13 PM CDT START LOCATION: BELMONT COMMUNITY..OR 3.5 MILES SE OF MASON. START LAT/LON: 35.3745950 / -89.49563054 END DATE: 04/27/13 END TIME: 9:18 PM CDT END LOCATION: BELMONT COMMUNITY 6.5 MILES SW OF STANTON. END LAT/LON: 35.37621365 / -89.47584305 SURVEY SUMMARY: THE TORNADO BEGAN JUST NORTHEAST OF EXIT 35 ON I-40 IN THE BELMONT COMMUNITY IN EAST FAYETTE COUNTY.THE MOST SIGNIGICANT DAMAGE WAS TO A LARGE BARN THAT WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED. SEVERAL OTHER OUTBUILDINGS WERE ALSO DESTROYED. THE TORNADO THEN CONTINUED MOVING NORTHEAST WHERE IT SNAPPED AND OVERTURNED MANY TREES. A RURAL CHURCH ALSO SUFFERED DAMAGE WHEN IT WAS MOVED ABOUT 15 FEET FROM ITS FOUNDATION. THE TORNADO ENDED IN A WOODED AREA JUST TO THE NORTH OF OLD 59 DRIVE ABOUT ONE MILE EASTNORTHEAST OF THE BELMONT COMMUNITY. ONE MINOR INJURY WAS SUSTAINED AT A RESIDENCE NEAR THE END OF THE TRACK. NOTE: INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA. $$