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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
1105 AM EST THU DEC 24 2015

...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 12/23/15 TORNADO EVENT...

.A DAMAGE SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 
HAS CONFIRMED A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN WAYNE COUNTY LAST 
EVENING.

.CANTON TORNADO /WAYNE COUNTY/...

RATING:                 EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  2.0 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   100 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             DEC 23 2015 
START TIME:             643 PM EST
START LOCATION:         2 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF CANTON
START LAT/LON:          42.330/-83.463

END DATE:               DEC 23 2015
END TIME:               646 PM EST
END LOCATION:           4 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF CANTON
END_LAT/LON:            42.355/-83.445

SURVEY SUMMARY: AN NWS DAMAGE SURVEY DETERMINED THAT A TORNADO
TOUCHED DOWN IN A NEIGHBORHOOD JUST SOUTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION
OF WARREN ROAD AND N LILLEY ROAD IN CANTON. SEVERAL PINE TREES 
WERE KNOCKED DOWN ALONG WITH OTHER LARGE TREE LIMBS. EF-1 DAMAGE
WAS THEN FOUND AT A LIGHT INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE 
OF THE CANTON AIRPORT WHERE MULTIPLE BUILDINGS AND VEHICLES WERE 
DAMAGED. ADDITIONAL EF-0 DAMAGE WAS FOUND NEAR THE INTERSECTION
OF JOY ROAD AND HAGGERTY ROAD WERE A METAL ROOF WAS TAKEN OFF A 
GAS STATION AND MORE TREES WERE DAMAGED. THE TORNADO THEN LIFTED 
NEAR HAGGERTY ROAD AND NEWPORT DRIVE.

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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DRK