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482 NOUS42 KFFC 302237 CCA PNSFFC GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-011015- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 636 PM EDT WED APR 30 2014 ...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 4/28/14 WHITFIELD COUNTY TORNADO EVENT... RATING: EF-1 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 97 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 3.4 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 100 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: APR 28 2014 START TIME: 11:05 PM EDT START LOCATION: 5 MILES EAST OF COHUTTA / WHITFIELD COUNTY / GA START LAT/LON: 34.9510/-84.8718 END DATE: APR 28 2014 END TIME: 11:10 PM EDT END LOCATION: 4 MILES WNW OF GREGORY / WHITFIELD COUNTY / GA END_LAT/LON: 34.9876/-84.8321 SURVEY_SUMMARY: TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST EAST OF COHUTTA AT ABOUT 50 YARDS WIDE THEN PROCEEDED NORTHEAST AND COLLAPSED A CHICKEN COOP KILLING 16000 CHICKENS. THE TORNADO ALSO DESTROYED A FARM STRUCTURE NOT IN USE IN THE SAME LOCATION. IT THEN PROCEEDED FURTHER NORTHEAST AND GREW WIDER TO 100 YARDS WHERE IT SNAPPED SOME TREES AND CROSSED THE STATE LINE INTO TENNESSEE. 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. $$ SS/PAA/ARG/AKB