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A DAMAGE ASSESSMENT TEAM FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL MISSOURI HAS PERFORMED A SURVEY OF TORNADOES WHICH STRUCK THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA ON MAY 4 2003. _______________________________________________________________ PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 912 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003 A DAMAGE ASSESSMENT TEAM FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL MISSOURI HAS PERFORMED A SURVEY OF TORNADOES WHICH STRUCK MIAMI COUNTY IN KANSAS...CASS...JOHNSON AND PETTIS COUNTIES IN MISSOURI ON MAY 4 2003. RESULTS OF THE SURVEY INDICATE FOUR DISTINCT TORNADO PATHS IN THESE COUNTIES...AND ONE OF THE TORNADOES RECEIVED A MAXIMUM RATING OF F2 ON THE FUJITA DAMAGE SCALE. THE FIRST EVIDENCE OF A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN WAS NOTED NEAR BLACK RIVER RANCH ON WEST 391ST AND SOMERSET...ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEW LANCASTER IN RURAL MIAMI COUNTY. DAMAGE WAS NOTED FROM THE RANCH TO APPROXIMATELY ONE HALF MILE IN LENGTH FROM THE TOUCHDOWN...WITH A WIDTH OF 200 FEET. DAMAGE TO RANCH BUILDINGS WAS RATED F1 ON THE FUJITA SCALE. INTERMITTENT F0 DAMGE WAS NOTED FURTHER NORTH AND EAST INTO SOUTHWEST CASS COUNTY BEFORE THE PATH OF THE TORNADO ENDED. A SECOND TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST SOUTHWEST OF THE CORNER OF EAST 299TH STREET AND SYCAMORE GROVE ROAD IN NORTHEAST CASS COUTNY. THE TORNADO DAMAGE PATH WAS APPROXIMATELY 860 FEET BEFORE IT BRIEFLY LIFTED BEFORE CROSSING MISSOURI ROUTE 7...AND HAD AN INTERMITTENT PATH LENGTH OF ABOUT 15 MILES...TO NEAR THE INERSECTION OF MISSOURI ROUTE 131 AND MISSOURI ROUTE 2 IN JOHNSON COUNTY MISSOURI. DAMAGE WAS NOTED ALONG THIS PATH TO ABOUT EAST 185TH STREET AND INDEX ROAD...WITH EMERGENCY MANANGEMENT VISUAL REPORTS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE PATH. EYEWITNESS REPORTS INDICATED THIS TORNADO HAD TWO VORTICES NEAR Z HIGHWAY AND ROUTE 7. DAMAGE WAS NOTED SOUTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF EAST 283RD STREET AND 0BANNON ROAD. THE TORNADO PRODUCED F2 DAMAGE TO A HOUSE ABOUT 1/8 MILE SOUTH OF THE AFORMENTIONED INTERSECECTION. DAMAGE OF F0 TO F1 INTENSITY WAS NOTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS TORNADOS PATH. THE THIRD TORNADO TOUCHDOWN WAS OBSERVED ABOUT A HALF MILE NORTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION SE 401ST ROAD AND SE 300TH ROAD...OR NEAR THE CITY LANDFILL. DAMAGE OF F1 INTENSITY WAS NOTED AT THIS LOCATION TO A PRIVATE BUSINESS. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST TO NEAR WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE BEFORE DISSIPATING. DAMAGE ALONG THIS PATH WAS RATED F0 THROUGH THIS AREA. THE TORNADO WAS CONFIRMED BY WEATHER OBSERVERS AT WHITEMAN. THE FOURTH TORNADO BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN IN RURAL WESTERN PETTIS COUNTY NEAR BUCKLEY ROAD AND GUIER ROAD. A POLE BARN WAS DESTROYED WITH A BOAT THROWN ABOUT AN EIGHTH OF A MILE AND SOME FENCE DAMAGE. THIS TORNADO WAS ALSO RATE F0. GRAPHICAL MAPS OF THESE TORNADO PATHS....ANNOTATED WITH FUJITA DAMAGE ASSESMENTS...WILL BE POSTED WITHIN THE NEXT DAY OR TWO ON THE PLEASANT HILL WEB SITE FOUND AT WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/EAX. ________________________________________________________________ AXUS44 KOHX 062125 PNSBNA TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075>080-093>097-071200- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 425 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003 ...PRELIMINARY SUMMARY OF TORNADOES IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE... AFTER INTERVIEWING EMA DIRECTORS WHO HAVE DONE STORM SURVEYS AND ASSESSMENTS...9 TORNADOES WERE OBSERVED IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. SUNDAY MAY 4, 2003 1135 PM- F0- 8 MILES EAST OF DOVER (STEWART COUNTY). MONDAY MAY 5, 2003 1253 AM- F2- CLARKSVILLE- (MONTGOMERY COUNTY) 1255 AM- F1- FROM STROUDVILLE TO 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CROSS PLAINS. DAMAGE TO SPRINGFIELD INDUSTRIAL PARK. APPROXIMATE PATH LENGTH IS 24 MILES. 0130 AM- F0- 15 NORTHEAST CENTERVILLE (HICKMAN COUNTY) 0145 AM- F0- NEAR THOMPSON STATION (WILLIAMSON COUNTY) 0230 AM- F0- LAVERGNE INDUSTRIAL PARK (RUTHERFORD COUNTY). PATH LENGTH .70 MILES. 1048 AM- F0- 2 MILES EAST OF ETHRIDGE (LAWRENCE COUNTY). TORNADO DESTROYED A BARN. 1150 AM- F1- 4 MILES SOUTH OF PETERSBURG NEAR HIGHWAY 431 (LINCOLN COUNTY) ONE HOUSE DESTROYED AND ONE HOME DAMAGED. 255 PM- F0- NEAR KINGSTON SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (CHEATHAM COUNTY). THE NWS APPRECIATES THE HELP OF EMA DIRECTORS, AMATEUR RADIO MEMBERS AND SKYWARN SPOTTERS FOR THEIR INPUT IN THIS REPORT. ____________________________________________________________________ NOUS44 KMEG 100146 AAA PNSMEM PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 846 PM CDT FRI MAY 9 2003 UPDATED TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONCERNING THE MADISON AND HENDERSON COUNTY TORNADO TRACKS OF MAY 4TH 2003... ...F-4 TORNADO DAMAGE SURVEYED IN THE JACKSON TENNESSEE AREA FROM SUNDAY MAY 4 2003... ...F2 TORNADO DAMAGE SURVEYED IN HENDERSON COUNTY OF WEST TENNESSEE FROM SUNDAY MAY 4 2003... ...F2 TORNADO DAMAGE SURVEYED IN DYER COUNTY OF WEST TENNESSEE FROM SUNDAY MAY 4 2003... ...F3 TORNADO DAMAGE SURVEYED IN CROSS COUNTY OF EAST ARKANSAS FROM SUNDAY MAY 4 2003... ...F2 TORNADO DAMAGE SURVEYED IN HENRY COUNTY OF WEST TENNESSEE FROM SUNDAY MAY 4 2003... ...F1 TORNADO DAMAGE SURVEYED IN CARROLL COUNTY OF WEST TENNESSEE FROM SUNDAY MAY 4 2003... ...F-2 TORNADO DAMAGE IN LEE AND ITAWAMBA COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI FROM TUESDAY MAY 6 2003... ...F-2 TORNADO DAMAGE IN CHICKASAW AND MONROE COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI FROM WEDNESDAY MAY 7 2003... PRELIMINARY DAMAGE SURVEYS NOW INDICATE THAT TWO TORNADOES MOVED ACROSS MADISON COUNTY AND THE JACKSON TENNESSEE METROPOLITAN AREA ON THE NIGHT OF SUNDAY MAY 4TH 2003 INTO THE MORNING OF MONDAY MAY 5TH 2003. THE FIRST TORNADO PRODUCED LOW END F-4 TORNADO DAMAGE IN DOWNTOWN JACKSON...WITH ADDITIONAL F-1 TO F-3 DAMAGE ALONG AN 18 MILE CONTINUOUS PATH. THIS TORNADO CONTINUED EAST ON A NON-CONTINUOUS PATH FOR AN ADDITIONAL 18 MILES...PRODUCING MORE F-1 TO F-2 DAMAGE. PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENTS FROM A HELICOPTER FLY OVER CONDUCTED ON THE MORNING OF FRIDAY MAY 9TH...INDICATED THAT THE JACKSON-MADISON COUNTY TORNADO CONTINUED ON TO PRODUCE THE LEXINGTON-HENDERSON COUNTY TORNADO DAMAGE (SEE MORE CONCERNING DAMAGE FROM THE LEXINGTON-HENDERSON COUNTY TORNADO BELOW). THE SECOND TORNADO THAT PRODUCED ANOTHER DAMAGE PATH ACROSS MADISON AND HENDERSON COUNTIES WAS RATED AT F-1 TO F-2 INTENSITY ALONG A NON-CONTINUOUS PATH...STARTING 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF NEELY AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE BEMIS AREA. IN THESE AREAS...THE TORNADO WAS ESTIMATED TO BE ONE-HALF MILE WIDE AND PRODUCED F-2 TORNADO DAMAGE. SEVERAL HOUSES IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO WERE HEAVILY DAMAGED...INCLUDING EXTENSIVE ROOF DAMAGE. THE INITIAL DAMAGE PATH WAS ESTIMATED TO BE 5 MILES IN LENGTH. THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PRODUCED THIS TORNADO CONTINUED ON TO THE EAST...PRODUCING ADDITIONAL SHORT-TRACKED TORNADOES TO THE SOUTHWEST OF LEXINGTON IN HENDERSON COUNTY. IN THESE AREAS...A 7 MILE LONG NON-CONTINUOUS DAMAGE PATH WAS DOCUMENTED WITH A TORNADO WIDTH ESTIMATED BETWEEN 100 TO 200 YARDS. SEVERAL HOUSES IN THE AREA EXPERIENCED ROOF DAMAGE. THIS TORNADO WAS RATED AS AN F-1 ON THE FUJITA TORNADO INTENSITY SCALE. THERE ARE NOW 11 CONFIRMED FATALITIES...WITH 2 FATALITIES CONFIRMED IN THE CITY OF JACKSON...AND 9 ADDITIONAL FATALITIES ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF MADISON COUNTY. ALL 9 FATALITIES THAT OCCURRED IN THE COUNTY WERE IN MOBILE HOMES. THE 2 FATALITIES IN THE CITY WERE IN CONVENTIONAL BUILDINGS. TORNADO DAMAGE WAS RATED AS F-2 ON THE FUJITA SCALE IN EAST JACKSON...WHERE IT PRODUCED EXTENSIVE TORNADO DAMAGE TO THE PROCTOR AND GAMBLE INDUSTRIAL PLANT. IN ADDITION...THE TORNADO CAUSED SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE LOCAL POWER AND WATER UTILITIES THROUGHOUT MADISON COUNTY...ESPECIALLY IN THE CITY OF JACKSON. THE WATER SUPPLY HAS ALSO BEEN CUT OFF. PRELIMINARY DAMAGE SURVEYS INDICATE THAT THE TORNADO THAT MOVED ACROSS HENDERSON COUNTY ON THE NIGHT OF SUNDAY MAY 4TH 2003 INTO THE MORNING OF MONDAY MAY 5TH 2003...PRODUCED F1 TO F-2 TORNADO DAMAGE FROM CRUCIFER IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF THE COUNTY TO JUST EAST OF LEXINGTON. THE F2 INTENSITY OCCURRED NEAR CRUCIFER AND ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF LEXINGTON. THE TORNADO AT ITS WIDEST EXTENT WAS FOUR TENTHS OF A MILE WIDE. THERE WERE 20 INJURIES...OF WHICH 8 WERE SERIOUS. TWENTY EIGHT MOBILE HOMES AND 4 CONVENTIONAL HOMES ACROSS THE COUNTY WERE COMPLETELY DESTROYED. IN LEXINGTON 2 HOMES WERE DESTROYED WITH 17 HEAVILY DAMAGED. FOURTEEN BUSINESSES WERE HEAVILY DAMAGED IN LEXINGTON. PRELIMINARY DAMAGE SURVEYS INDICATE THAT THE TORNADO THAT MOVED ACROSS DYER COUNTY ON SUNDAY MAY 4TH 2003...PRODUCED F1 TO F-2 TORNADO DAMAGE FROM THE DYERSBURG AREA NORTHEAST TO NEWBERN. THE TORNADO RATED AT F1 INTENSITY ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF DYERSBURG INCREASED TO F2 IN PARTS OF THE CITY AND THEN DECREASED TO F1 AS THE TORNADO TRACKED TOWARD NEWBERN. THE DAMAGE PATH WAS NOT CONTINUOUS. TEN PEOPLE WERE INJURED ACROSS THE COUNTY. THE NUMBER OF HOMES DAMAGED WAS 170 WITH 40 OF THOSE DESTROYED. THE ROOF AND BACK WALL OF A MOTEL WAS BLOWN OFF IN SOUTHWEST DYERSBURG AND 20 MOBILE HOMES WERE DESTROYED. A FACTORY WAS DAMAGED IN DOWNTOWN DYERSBURG. ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF DYERSBURG...A WALL OF A HIGH SCHOOL WAS BLOWN OUT. NUMEROUS TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN NEWBERN. PRELIMINARY DAMAGE SURVEYS INDICATE THAT THE TORNADO THAT MOVED ACROSS CROSS COUNTY ON SUNDAY MAY 4TH 2003...PRODUCED F1 TO F-3 TORNADO DAMAGE FROM HILTON EAST TO VANNDALE. THE TORNADO RATED AT F3 INTENSITY OCCURRED IN IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY NEAR HILTON AND WAS RATED F1 NEAR VANNDALE BEFORE DISSIPATING. ONE INJURY WAS REPORTED IN THE HILTON AREA. FIVE HOMES WERE DESTROYED AND 4 HOMES WERE DAMAGED IN THE HILTON AREA. THREE HOMES WERE DAMAGED IN THE VANNDALE AREA. PRELIMINARY DAMAGE SURVEYS INDICATE THAT THE TORNADO THAT MOVED THROUGH HENRY COUNTY ON SUNDAY MAY 4TH 2003...PRODUCED DAMAGE BETWEEN F0 AND F1 FROM JUST SOUTH OF MIDWAY UP TO THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF PARIS. THE TORNADO THEN PRODUCED SCATTERED F2 DAMAGE FROM THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF PARIS TO JUST EAST OF PARIS. THE TORNADO CONTINUE MOVING NORTHEAST PRODUCING F0 TO F1 DAMAGE TO NEAR THE SUNNY SIDE AREA. THE TORNADO REACHED ONE-QUARTER MILE IN WIDTH. TWO PERSONS WERE TREATED FOR MINOR INJURIES. ABOUT 127 STRUCTURES WERE DAMAGED IN THE COUNTY WITH 95 OF THOSE BUILDINGS IN THE CITY OF PARIS. AMONG THE BUILDINGS THAT WERE DAMAGED INCLUDE THE PARIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THE TENNESSEE VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION TRAINING CENTER. AN AUTO PARTS STORED AND A CHURCH WERE BOTH DESTROYED. PRELIMINARY DAMAGE SURVEYS INDICATE THAT A TORNADO BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN IN CARROLL COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF ATWOOD. THE TORNADO WAS RATED AS AN F1 AND WAS ONLY ON THE GROUND FOR ABOUT ONE-QUARTER OF A MILE. A SECOND TORNADO MAY HAVE TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE TOWN OF HOLLOW ROCK BUT FURTHER INVESTIGATION WILL BE DONE TO DETERMINE THE TYPE OF DAMAGE DONE IN THAT AREA. PRELIMINARY DAMAGE SURVEYS INDICATE THAT A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ACROSS PARTS OF CRAIGHEAD AND MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES IN ARKANSAS ON SUNDAY MAY 4TH 2003. THE TORNADO BEGAN ABOUT 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF BLACK OAK IN CRAIGHEAD COUNTY AND ENDED ABOUT 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF MANILA IN MISSISSIPPI COUNTY. THE TORNADO WAS RATED AS AN F1. ONE MOBILE HOME IN MANILA WAS OVERTURNED AND DESTROYED. SEVERAL OTHER HOMES SUFFERED ROOF DAMAGE WITH MAINLY SHINGLES BLOWN OFF. ONE FARM HAD 6 FARM PIVOTS DAMAGED. SEVERAL SHEDS WERE DESTROYED. PRELIMINARY DAMAGE SURVEYS INDICATE THAT A SHORT...NARROW TRACKED TORNADO OCCURRED ALONG THE LEE AND ITAWAMBA COUNTY LINE IN THE SHILOH COMMUNITY LOCATED NEAR MANTACHIE. THE TORNADO WAS 100 YARDS WIDE AND 1 MILE LONG. INITIAL DAMAGE ESTIMATES RATED THIS TORNADO AS AN F-2 ON THE FUJITA TORNADO INTENSITY SCALE. THE TORNADO OCCURRED AROUND 1030 PM CDT ON TUESDAY MAY 6TH 2003. A TOTAL OF SIX MOBILE HOMES WERE DESTROYED AND 1 MOBILE HOME WAS DAMAGED. OF THE SEVEN MOBILE HOMES...ONE WAS LOCATED IN LEE COUNTY WHILE THE OTHER SIX WERE SITUATED IN ITAWAMBA COUNTY. TWO VEHICLES NEAR THE SIX MOBILE HOMES WERE ROLLED ONTO THEIR ROOFS. A CARPORT WAS DEMOLISHED ALONG WITH A COUPLE OF BARNS AND OUTBUILDINGS. NUMEROUS TREES WERE BLOWN OVER AS WELL. A TORNADO WARNING FOR LEE COUNTY WAS ISSUED AT 934 PM CDT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CDT. A TORNADO WARNING WAS ISSUED FOR ITAWAMBA COUNTY AT 1012 PM CDT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM CDT. THIS WARNING HIGHLIGHTED THE POTENTIAL FOR A TORNADO IN MANTACHIE. AT 1023 PM CDT...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR LEE COUNTY WAS EXTENDED UNTIL 1045 PM CDT. RESIDENTS OF THE MOBILE HOMES EVACUATED TO A NEARBY STORM SHELTER BEFORE THE TORNADO OCCURRED. ONE MAN SUFFERED A MINOR CUT ON HIS LEG...OTHERWISE THERE WERE NO SERIOUS INJURIES. ADDITIONAL DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED NEAR THE HOUSTON AREA IN CHICKASAW COUNTY. AS OF THURSDAY MAY 8TH...ADDITIONAL INVESTIGATION OF THE DAMAGE PATH INDICATED THAT THE TORNADO FIRST TOUCHED DOWN 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF HOUSTON IN CHICKASAW COUNTY...ON THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE CHICKASAW COUNTY WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA. SEVERAL TREES WERE DOWNED IN THIS REGION AND DAMAGE ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT THE TORNADO WAS AT F-1 STRENGTH AT THAT TIME. THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO PRODUCE F-1 TO F-2 TORNADO DAMAGE ALONG ITS NON-CONTINUOUS PATH AND F-0 DAMAGE BEFORE DISSIPATING JUST WEST OF THE MONROE COUNTY AIRPORT. THE LENGTH OF THIS TORNADO PATH WAS DETERMINED TO BE 29 MILES. OTHER AREAS WHERE DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED INCLUDE THE EGYPT AREA AND AREAS TO THE NORTH OF ABERDEEN. PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT THE TORNADO AVERAGED ONE-QUARTER MILE IN WIDTH ALONG THE ENTIRE TORNADO DAMAGE PATH. PRELIMINARY REPORTS CONTINUE TO INDICATE THAT AN ESTIMATED 6 MOBILE HOMES AND 2 CONVENTIONAL HOMES WERE DESTROYED NEAR THE TOWN OF EGYPT...ALONG PORTIONS OF EGYPT AND COUNTY LINE ROADS. AN ADDITIONAL 4 MOBILE HOMES...4 CONVENTIONAL HOMES...AND SEVERAL BARNS...SHEDS...AND OUTBUILDINGS WERE DESTROYED OR HEAVILY DAMAGED ALONG WEST ABERDEEN ROAD AND COUNTY LINE ROAD NEAR ABERDEEN. REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES ALONG PORTIONS OF BOX ROAD...COONTAIL ROAD...AND GOOSE CREEK ROAD HAVE ALSO BEEN RECEIVED. NO SERIOUS INJURIES OCCURRED IN THESE AREAS...BUT THERE WERE A FEW REPORTS OF MINOR INJURIES. FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THE DAMAGE SITES WILL BE PROVIDED AS SOON AS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.
| LOCAL STORM REPORTS |
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0540 PM 3 N CHETOPA KS TORNADO
05/04/03 LABETTE EOC REPORTED TWO
TORNADOES. THE FIRST ONE
WAS CROSSING HIGHWAY 59
WITH A SECOND TORNADO CLOSE
BEHIND WITH THE SAME TRACK.
0726 PM LEACHVILLE AR TORNADO
05/04/03 MISSISSIPPI SOUTH OF LEACHVILLE ON
THE CRAIGHEAD
-MISSISSIPPI COUNTY LINE
WITH DEBRIS MOVING TOWARD
MANILA. REPORTED BY THE
DISTRICT COORDINATOR OF
THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL.
0729 PM BAY AR 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/04/03 CRAIGHEAD REPORTED BY SPOTTER.
0730 PM JONESBORO AR 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/04/03 CRAIGHEAD REPORTED BY CRAIGHEAD
COUNTY EMA.
0743 PM MANILA AR TORNADO
05/04/03 MISSISSIPPI EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO
HOUSES ON NORTH SIDE OF
TOWN. REPORTED BY
ARKANSAS STATE PATROL.
0745 PM WICHITA KS 70 MPH NON TSTM WIND GUST
05/04/03 SEDGWICK EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
REPORTED IN NORTHWEST AND
CENTRAL WICHITA,
FULLY-GROWN TREES UPROOTED,
SHINGLES PEELED FROM
SEVERAL HOMES AND WINDOWS
BROKEN FROM SEVERAL CARS IN
AREA FROM 21ST ST N TO 25TH
N AND FROM AMIDON TO I-235.
0750 PM MO TORNADO
05/04/03 DUNKLIN TORNADO ON THE GROUND AT
HWY TT 2 MILES NORTH OF
THE ARKANSAS STATE LINE.
REPORTED BY DUNKLIN
COUNTY EMA.
0752 PM MANILA AR TORNADO
05/04/03 MISSISSIPPI ROOF DAMAGE. MOBILE HOME
OVERTURNED. REPORTED BY
ARKANSAS STATE WARNING
POINT.
0755 PM SENATH MO 0.75 INCH HAIL
05/04/03 DUNKLIN FUNNEL SEEN ON NORTH EDGE
OF BLYTHVILLE. REPORTED
BY THE DISTRICT
COORDINATOR OF THE
MISSOURI BOOTHEEL.
0803 PM KENNETT MO 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/04/03 DUNKLIN REPORTED BY SPOTTER.
0920 PM TN TORNADO
05/04/03 DYER DAMAGE COUNTYWIDE.
SEVERAL TREES DOWN AND
MOBILE HOMES OVERTURNED.
REPORTED BY DYER COUNTY
SHERIFFS OFFICE.
0925 PM NEWBERN TN TORNADO
05/04/03 DYER TREES AND POWERLINES
DOWN. ROOFS BLOWN OFF
HOMES. DAMAGE TO A
CEMETARY. 72 MPH WINDS.
REPORTED BY SPOTTER.
0930 PM FINLEY TN TORNADO
05/04/03 DYER DAMAGE TO HOMES THROUGOUT
THE COMMUMITY. REPORTED
BY THE PUBLIC.
0948 PM DRESDEN TN WIND DAMAGE
05/04/03 WEAKLEY TREES DOWN. CAR MOVED BY
THE WIND. LARGE TV
TOWERS DOWN. POSSIBLE
FUNNEL CLOUD SIGHTED.
REPORTED BY SPOTTER.
1000 PM KEISER AR WIND DAMAGE
05/04/03 MISSISSIPPI HOMES DAMAGED. REPORTED
BY BLYTHEVILLE POLICE.
1040 PM COVINGTON TN 60 MPH WIND GUST
05/04/03 TIPTON REPORTED BY SPOTTER.
1040 PM YORKVILLE TN TORNADO
05/04/03 GIBSON SOUTH YORKVILLE AND HWY
105. REPORTED BY GIBSON
COUNTY EMA.
1050 PM TN 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/04/03 TIPTON REPORTED BY TIPTON COUNTY
EMA.
1058 PM COVINGTON TN TORNADO
05/04/03 TIPTON CONFIRMED TORNADO ON THE
GROUND AT PRYOR ROAD.
REPORTED BY SPOTTER.
1100 PM DYERSBURG TN TORNADO
05/04/03 DYER *** 1 DEAD ***
ALSO SEVERAL INJURIES AND
DAMAGE. REPORTED BY
DYERSBURG POLICE.
1110 PM PARIS TN TORNADO
05/04/03 HENRY CONFIRMED TORNADO AT
PARIS LANDING. REPORTED
BY SPOTTER.
1115 PM COVINGTON TN WIND DAMAGE
05/04/03 TIPTON SECOND FLOOR OF AIRPORT
TERMINAL BLOWN AWAY. FOUR
HANGERS HEAVILY DAMAGED.
REPORTED BY TIPTON COUNTY
EMA.
1120 PM GLEASON TN WIND DAMAGE
05/04/03 WEAKLEY TREES AND POWERLINES
DOWN. REPORTED BY HAM
RADIO OPERATOR.
1123 PM JACKSON TN TORNADO
05/04/03 MADISON CONFIRMED TORNADO AT
PARKWAY AND HOLLYWOOD IN
THE CITY. REPORTED BY THE
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
1130 PM PARIS TN WIND DAMAGE
05/04/03 HENRY ROOFS BLOWN OFF HOMES AND
BUSINESSES. REPORTED BY
HENRY COUNTY EMA.
1137 PM JACKSON TN TORNADO
05/04/03 MADISON CONFIRMED TORNADO AT I40
AND HOLLYWOOD IN THE
CITY. REPORTED BY MADISON
COUNTY EMA.
1140 PM JACKSON TN TORNADO
05/04/03 MADISON TORNADO IN DOWNTOWN
JACKSON. REPORTED BY
MADISON COUNTY EMA.
1140 PM JACKSON TN TORNADO
05/04/03 MADISON ROOF DAMAGE TO PROCTOR
AND GAMBLE FACTORY ON
EAST SIDE OF CITY.
VEHICLES NEARBY DAMAGED.
REPORTED BY SPOTTER.
1140 PM JACKSON TN TORNADO
05/04/03 MADISON *** 1 DEAD ***
ONE FATALITY CONFIRMED IN
A SUBDIVISION THAT
SUFFERED UNBELIEVABLE
DAMAGE. REPORTED BY
MADISON COUNTY EMA.
1140 PM JACKSON TN TORNADO
05/04/03 MADISON SEVERAL INJURIES IN
DOWNTOWN AREA. EOC
DAMAGED FROM A DIRECT
HIT. ALTERNATE EOC IN
OPERATION. COMMUNICATIONS
SYSTEM OUT. POST OFFICE
FEDERAL COURT HOUSE AND
BANKS DAMAGED.
1200 AM LEXINGTON TN WIND DAMAGE
05/05/03 HENDERSON EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO TWO
FACTORIES AND TREES DOWN.
REPORTED BY SPOTTER.
1200 AM JACKSON TN TORNADO
05/05/03 MADISON DAMAGE TO POLICE STATION
...FIRE STATION...JAIL
AND SEVERAL HOMES.
REPORTED BY MADISON
COUNTY EMA.
1200 AM ATWOOD TN TORNADO
05/05/03 CARROLL HOME DESTOYED AND SEVERAL
HOMES DAMAGED. TREES
DOWN. REPORTED BY CARROLL
COUNTY EMA.
1200 AM JACKSON TN TORNADO
05/05/03 MADISON *** 4 DEAD ***
FOUR FATALITIES
CONFIRMED. 911 CENTER
GONE. PROCTOR AND GAMBLE
FACTORY GONE. MAJORITY OF
DOWNTOWN BUILDINGS BADLY
DAMAGED. REPORTED BY
MADISON COUNTY 911.
0435 AM MOUNT PLEASANT MS TORNADO
05/05/03 MARSHALL HOMES DAMAGED IN CLEAR
CREEK. 4 TO 5 FOOT
DIAMETER TREE DOWN.
REPORTED BY FIRE
DEPARTMENT.