...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR JUNE 13 2013 TORNADO EVENT - UPDATE - TopicsExpress

...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR JUNE 13 2013 TORNADO EVENT - UPDATE #7... ...EF-1 TORNADO IN CHEROKEE COUNTY... ...EF-1 TORNADO IN CHEROKEE-COBB-FULTON COUNTIES... .CHEROKEE COUNTY TORNADO... RATING: EF-1 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 105 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 8.5 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 75 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 9 START DATE: JUNE 13 2013 START TIME: 7:00 PM EDT START LOCATION: 4 MILES WNW CANTON START LAT/LON: 34.2662/-84.5574 END DATE: JUNE 13 2013 END TIME: APPROXIMATELY 7:25 PM EDT END LOCATION: 5 MILES SSE CANTON END LAT/LON: 34.1705/-84.4666 SURVEY SUMMARY: THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF PATRIOT TRAIL AND RAMPLEY TRAIL...THEN HEADED SOUTHEAST TOWARDS CANTON CAUSING GENERALLY TREE DAMAGE. HUNDREDS OF TREES WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. IN CANTON...ALONG MARIETTA ROAD AND HICKORY FLAT HIGHWAY...A CHEVRON GAS STATION HAD A PORTION OF ITS ROOF PEELED BACK AND A GAS PUMP BLOWN OVER. ALONG HICKORY FLAT HIGHWAY DOZENS OF TREES WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. THE TORNADO CURVED TO THE RIGHT...HEADING SOUTH-SOUTHEAST WITH ADDITIONAL TREE DAMAGE ALONG ITS APPROXIMATELY 8.5 MILE PATH. THE TORNADO LIFTED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF NEW LIGHT ROAD AND HICKORY ROAD. .CHEROKEE-COBB-FULTON COUNTY TORNADO... RATING: EF-1 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 110 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 12.95 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 200 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: JUNE 13 2013 START TIME: 7:30 PM EDT START LOCATION: 2 MILES S WOODSTOCK START LAT/LON: 34.0783/-84.5164 END DATE: JUNE 13 2013 END TIME: 7:43 PM EDT END LOCATION: SANDY SPRINGS END LAT/LON: 33.9548/-84.3478 SURVEY SUMMARY: THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN WITHIN A TENTH OF A MILE OF THE CHEROKEE-COBB COUNTY LINE INSIDE CHEROKEE COUNTY ALONG WOODHAVEN DRIVE...BRINGING DOWN TREES AND LARGE LIMBS. THE PORTION OF DAMAGE WITHIN CHEROKEE COUNTY WAS RATED AN EF0. THE TORNADO THEN TRACKED SOUTHEAST THROUGH COBB COUNTY...WITH SOME OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE WENDWOOD DRIVE NE AND NEAR BISHOP LAKE WHERE DOZENS OF TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED...MANY CAUSING DAMAGE TO HOMES. WITHIN COBB COUNTY THE TORNADO STRENGTHENED TO AN EF-1. THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO TRACK TO THE SOUTHEAST...MOVING OVER THE CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER NEAR MORGAN FALLS. IT RETAINED ITS EF1 STRENGTH AS IT SNAPPED AND UPROOTED DOZENS OF TREES ALONG THE RIVERBANK... AND DAMAGED ROOFS AT THE LAUREL AT OVERLOOK PARK APARTMENTS. NETTING POLLS AT THE DRIVING RANGE AT THE STEEL CANYON GOLF CLUB WERE DAMAGED...WITH THE NETTING RIPPED OFF OR TANGLED. THE TORNADO CONTINUED SOUTHEAST...SNAPPING OR UPROOTING TREES UNTIL IT FINALLY LIFTED JUST SHORT OF THE DEKALB COUNTY LINE...WHERE IT SNAPPED AND UPROOTED A FEW TREES ALONG TWIN BRANCH ROAD. 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 200MPH EF5...VIOLENT...>200MPH NOTE: THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENTS AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA.