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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Morristown TN
619 PM EST Sun Jan 12 2020 /519 PM CST Sun Jan 12 2020/


...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 1/11/20 TORNADO EVENT...

A strong cold front crossed the region during the evening hours 
on Saturday, January 11, 2020. A line of severe thunderstorms 
developed ahead of this front and produced widespread straight 
line wind damage across the region. A brief area of rotation 
formed within this squall line over eastern Claiborne County. This
brief circulation spawned a weak EF-0 tornado that made a brief 
and intermittent damage path through the north sides of New 
Tazewell and Tazewell.

.Tazewell, TN Tornado...

Rating:                 EF-0
Estimated Peak Wind:    65 mph
Path Length /statute/:  3.3 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   30 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             01/11/2020
Start Time:             05:55 PM EST
Start Location:         0.3 Miles NW New Tazewell / Claiborne County / TN
Start Lat/Lon:          36.4452 / -83.6048

End Date:               01/11/2020
End Time:               05:58 PM EST
End Location:           1.7 Miles NNE Tazewell / Claiborne County / TN
End Lat/Lon:            36.4775 / -83.5638

Survey Summary: The tornado initially touched down on Pine Avenue
to the NW of New Tazewell blowing off half of the roof of a barn
and uprooting or snapping several trees. The tornado then produced
sub-severe damage until it uprooted a large pine tree onto a 
house on Cherokee Circle and damaged roof shingles and shutters of
a house on Linden Street. The house on Linden Street had a 
quarter of the roof shingles peeled off on the southeast corner 
along with two window shutters blown off on the same side. Sub-
severe damage then continued along the path until Murphy Mill Road
where soffits were damaged on the front porch of a house and 
multiple trees were uprooted or snapped in different directions on
the properties across the street.

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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