Multiple EF-1 Tornadoes Confirmed in Cherokee, Cobb, and Fulton Counties

If you haven't already heard, the NWS has determined that two EF-1 tornadoes 
touched down in Cherokee, Cobb, and Fulton Counties yesterday. Here are two of the preliminary reports.

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
353 PM EDT FRI JUN 14 2013
...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR JUNE 13 2013 TORNADO EVENT - UPDATE #4... ...EF-1 TORNADO IN CHEROKEE COUNTY...
...EF-1 TORNADO IN CHEROKEE-COBB-FULTON COUNTIES...
...SURVEY TEAM STILL IN THE FIELD...

.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 W

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 SOUTH TOWARDS CANTON CAUSING GENERALLY TREE DAMAGE. HUNDREDS OF TREES WERE SNAPPED ORUPROOTED. 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.

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 EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA.

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.CHEROKEE-COBB-FULTON COUNTY TORNADO...
RATING: EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 110 MPH

PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: TO BE DETERMINED
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: TO BE DETERMINED

FATALITIES: 0 I
NJURIES: 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: 33.9368/-84.3831

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 JOHNSON FERRY ROAD AND RIVERSIDE DRIVE... WEAKENING TO AN EF-0 AS IT MOVED INTO FULTON COUNTY. THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO DOWN TREES AS IT TRACKED SOUTHEAST ACROSS RIVERSIDE DRIVE... THEN DOWNING LARGE LIMBS AND SPLITTING TREES NEAR ABERNATHY ROAD BEFORE LIFTING.

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.

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