PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
505 PM CST TUE NOV 23 2010
...TORNADOES CONFIRMED IN SIMPSON COUNTY BY NWS SURVEY TEAM...
TORNADO #1...
COUNTY/COUNTIES: SIMPSON
BEGINNING POINT: 2 MILES NW HARRISVILLE AT 1030 AM CST
ENDING POINT: 1 MILE SSW BRAXTON AT 1050 AM CST
RATING: EF1, MAX ESTIMATED WINDS 100 MPH
PATH LENGTH: 8 MILES
MAXIMUM WIDTH: 150 YD
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
SUMMARY OF DAMAGE: THE TORNADO APPEARS TO HAVE BEGUN NEAR HIGHWAY
469 JUST NORTHWEST OF THE HARRISVILLE COMMUNITY. THE TORNADO MOVED
EAST NORTHEAST, DOWNING NUMEROUS TREES, SOME POWERLINES, AND DAMAGED
SOME FENCES. THE MOST INTENSE DAMAGE WAS ON DEER CAMP ROAD, WHERE A
LARGE NUMBER OF TREES WERE UPROOTED AND SNAPPED, POWERLINES WERE
DOWNED, AND ONE POWER POLE WAS SNAPPED. AS THE TORNADO APPROACHED
BRAXTON, IT CAUSED ROOF DAMAGE TO ONE HOME, AND DAMAGED OR DESTROYED
SEVERAL OUTBUILDINGS. THE TORNADO DISSIPATED JUST SOUTH SOUTHWEST
OF BRAXTON BEFORE CROSSING HIGHWAYS 149/49.
TORNADO #2...
COUNTY/COUNTIES: SIMPSON
BEGINNING POINT: 2 MILES NE MARTINSVILLE AT 1135 AM CST
ENDING POINT: 3.5 MILES ENE MARTINSVILLE AT 1140 AM CST
RATING: EF1, MAX ESTIMATED WINDS 95 MPH
PATH LENGTH: 2.5 MILES
MAXIMUM WIDTH: 75 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
SUMMARY OF DAMAGE: THE INITIAL DAMAGE WAS NOTED NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF WARREN AND WARREN COOK ROADS, WHERE SEVERAL TREES
WERE DOWNED. THE TORNADO MOVED EAST AND CAUSED ITS MOST INTENSE
DAMAGE NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF WARREN COOK AND COLE ROADS. A
CHICKEN HOUSE WAS NEARLY DESTROYED, TWO OTHER CHICKEN HOUSES
SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE, A ROOF WAS BLOWN OFF A MOBILE HOME,
A FEW OTHER HOMES SUSTAINED SOME ROOF DAMAGE, AND NUMEROUS TREES
WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. THE TORNADO THEN CAUSED ROOF DAMAGE TO
A HOUSE ON BILL COLLINS ROAD. THE TORNADO APPEARS TO HAVE
DISSIPATED JUST AFTER CROSSING HIGHWAY 540, WHERE A COUPLE OF PINE
TREES HAD THEIR TOPS BLOWN OFF AND SOME LIMBS WERE BLOWN DOWN.
THREE LARGE TREES WERE ALSO BLOWN DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 541 JUST NORTH
OF THE MARTINVILLE COMMUNITY; HOWEVER, THIS DAMAGE APPEARED TO BE
STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE.
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