Mt. Vernon Tornado (DeKalb Co) Now Rated EF4

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
456 PM CDT TUE APR 27 2010

…UPDATED STORM SURVEY INFORMATION ON MOUNT VERNON TORNADO IN
DEKALB COUNTY…

…TORNADO HAS BEEN UPGRADED FROM EF-3 TO EF-4 INTENSITY…

MORE DETAILED SURVEY INFORMATION OF THE TORNADO THAT IMPACTED
AREAS FROM MOUNT VERNON TO DOG TOWN IN SOUTHEAST DEKALB COUNTY HAS
BEEN COMPLETED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND LOCAL EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL. ADDITIONAL FINDINGS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

* EVENT TYPE: TORNADO
* EVENT DATE: 04/24/10

* ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 170 MPH
* PRELIMINARY RATING: EF-4

* PATH LENGTH: 7.3 MILES
* MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH: 1/4 TO 1/2 MILE

* INJURIES: AT LEAST 5
* SUMMARY: AS PART OF A SEPARATE STORM…THIS TORNADO IMPACTED
AREAS FROM MOUNT VERNON TO DOG TOWN IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST DEKALB
COUNTY. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OCCURRED NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 80 AND 55 WHERE THE MCNUTT MEMORIAL
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH AND A TWO-STORY RESIDENCE ACROSS THE
STREET WERE BOTH DESTROYED. OAK TREES NEARBY WERE DEBARKED AS
WELL. SOME STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO RESIDENCES ALONG COUNTY ROAD 79
OCCURRED…JUST WEST OF HIGHWAY 176. FARTHER WEST WHERE THE
TORNADO INITIALLY TOUCHED DOWN…SEVERAL SINGLE WIDE MANUFACTURED
HOMES WERE DESTROYED ALONG COUNTY ROAD 60…BETWEEN COUNTY ROAD
822 AND 892. NUMEROUS LARGE TREES WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED.

SEVERAL INJURIES OCCURRED WITH THIS TORNADO BUT AN EXACT NUMBER
IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.

THESE FINDINGS ARE PRELIMINARY AND ARE SUBJECT TO ADJUSTMENT.
PICTURES AND SUMMARY MATERIALS WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEB
PAGE AT WEATHER.GOV/HUNTSVILLE /ALL LOWER CASE/.

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