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NOUS44 KMEG 282346
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ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-
MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-291200-

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
646 PM CDT SUN APR 28 2013

...NWS MEMPHIS SURVEY TEAMS IDENTIFY TORNADO DAMAGE IN SOUTHWEST
TENNESSEE AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

.TORNADO IN POPE...PANOLA COUNTY...

RATING:                           EF2 
PEAK WIND /ESTIMATED/:            112 MPH 
PEAK LENGTH /STATUTE/:            0.75 MILES 
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:             75 YARDS 
FATALITIES:                       NONE 
INJURIES:                         NONE

START DATE:                       04/27/2013
START TIME:                       9:55 PM 
START LOCATION:                   2.25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF POPE
MISSISSIPPI START LAT/LON:        N/A

END DATE:                         4/27/2013
END TIME:                         9:57 PM 
END LOCATION:                     2.75 MILES SOUTHEAST OF POPE 
END LAT/LON:                      N/A

SURVEY SUMMARY: SHORT TRACK TORNADO. TWO HOUSES HAD ROOF DAMAGE. A
SHOP WAS DESTROYED. AN RV AND FLAT BED TRUCK WAS OVERTURNED.
TRACTOR SHED ROOF AND SMALL METAL SHED HAD ROOF DAMAGED. TREES
DAMAGED.

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.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
SIGNIFICANT 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 UPROOTED 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 EAST-NORTHEAST 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.

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