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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
209 PM EDT FRI MAY 30 2025
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 05/30/2025 TORNADO EVENT
LUTTRELL TORNADO
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 85 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.00 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 200 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 5
START DATE: 05/30/2025
START TIME: 08:36 AM EDT
START LOCATION: 4 NW SWEETWATER / LOUDON COUNTY / TN
START LAT/LON: 35.6534 / -84.5193
END DATE: 05/30/2025
END TIME: 08:38 AM EDT
END LOCATION: 4 NNW SWEETWATER / MONROE COUNTY / TN
END LAT/LON: 35.6562 / -84.4839
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST WEST OF HOLT RD IN LUTTRELL WITH
REAR FLANK DOWNDRAFT WINDS CAUSING SOME STRAIGHT-LINE WIND DAMAGE
TO TREES JUST SOUTH OF THE PRIMARY TRACK. NUMEROUS EF0 DAMAGE
INDICATORS WERE OBSERVED TO HOMES AND BARNS ALONG HOLT RD. A
CAMPER TRAILER WAS ROLLED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE TORNADO TRACKED EAST
WHERE IT IMPACTED A FARM ALONG NEW HOPE RD WHERE IT PRODUCED EF0
WIND DAMAGE AND ROLLED ANOTHER CAMPER TRAILER. THE INJURIES
OCCURRED WITHIN THE CAMPER TRAILERS. THE TORNADO THEN DISSIPATED
WITHIN FIELDS BETWEEN NEW HOPE RD AND POND CREEK RD.
EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:
EF0.....65 TO 85 MPH
EF1.....86 TO 110 MPH
EF2.....111 TO 135 MPH
EF3.....136 TO 165 MPH
EF4.....166 TO 200 MPH
EF5.....>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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