PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 853 AM CDT SAT JUN 13 2009 ...EF-1 TORNADO DAMAGE SURVEYED IN BARTLETT TENNESSEE... A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TEAM SURVEYED TORNADO AND WIDESPREAD STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE IN BARTLETT TENNESSEE THIS MORNING. THE TEAM DISCOVERED DAMAGE ASSOCIATED WITH A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF BARTLETT BOULEVARD AND ELMORE ROAD. THIS TORNADO SNAPPED NUMEROUS HARDWOOD TREES AND CAUSED MINOR ROOF DAMAGE TO SEVERAL HOMES. THE TEAM ESTIMATED WINDS TO BE 105 MPH AND RATED THE DAMAGE AS EF-1. THE TORNADO DAMAGE WIDTH WAS 30 YARDS AND THE LENGTH WAS 150 YARDS. THIS TORNADO DAMAGE WAS EMBEDDED IN WIDESPREAD STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE FROM COVINGTON PIKE TO KIRBY/WHITTEN ROAD IN BARTLETT. LARGE TREES AND POWER LINES CONTINUE TO BLOCK SOME ROADS IN THE AREA AND POWER REMAINS OUT ACROSS MANY LOCATIONS IN THE CITY. THE TEAM ESTIMATED WINDSPREAD WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO 90 MPH. $$ INGRAM/OKULSKI DAMAGE SURVEY TEMPLATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1126 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2009 ...PRELIMINARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAMAGE SURVEY DETERMINES AN EF2 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN OLIVE BRANCH MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON... THE TOUCHDOWN STARTED AT 458 PM CDT AT THE TRUCK WEIGHING SCALES ON HIGHWAY 78...ONE MILE SOUTHEAST OF GOODMAN ROAD...WHICH IS HIGHWAY 302. THE TORNADO HAD A NON CONTINUOUS TRACK TO THE EAST..NORTHEAST FOR 2.9 MILES...ENDING A FEW HUNDRED YARDS EAST OF HACKS CROSS ROAD...ABOUT A HALF OF A MILE SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 302. IT IS ESTIMATED THE MAXIMUM WIDTH WAS ABOUT 75 YARDS...WHILE THE MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WINDS WERE 120 MPH. THERE IS WIDESPREAD DAMAGE ACROSS OLIVE BRANCH...WITH NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN...SOME WHICH HAVE FALLEN ON HOUSES. AT LEAST THREE HOMES SUSTAINED EF2 DAMAGE. NUMEROUS HOMES HAVE SUBSTANTIAL ROOF OR SHINGLE DAMAGE. THE DESOTO COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS ONE MINOR INJURY IN OLIVE BRANCH. THE TORNADO FORMED ON THE LEADING EDGE OF A BOW ECHO WHICH PRODUCED 60 TO 80 MILE AN HOUR STRAIGHT LINE WINDS ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF THE MIDSOUTH. $$