Açıklama: Recorded by Management @ Wal*Mart in New Albany, MS. -------- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 804 PM CDT SAT MAY 3 2008 ...UNION COUNTY MISSISSIPPI STORM DAMAGE ASSESSMENT SURVEY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONDUCTED A GROUND SURVEY OF THE UNION COUNTY TORNADO THAT WENT THROUGH THE COMMUNITY OF ENTERPRISE...THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY...AND THE COMMUNITY OF KEOWNVILLE. BASED ON THE SURVEY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCLUDED THERE WERE THREE TORNADO SEGMENTS. THE FIRST SEGMENT OCCURRED IN THE ENTERPRISE COMMUNITY OF WESTERN UNION COUNTY. THIS TORNADO RESULTED IN EF-2 DAMAGE...WITH WINDS OF 135 MPH...AND WAS UP TO 1/4 OF A MILE WIDE AND AROUND 3 MILES IN LENGTH. NUMEROUS HOMES...A CHURCH AND SEVERAL LARGE BUILDINGS WERE DAMAGED. ONE HOME HAD TOTAL ROOF LOSS AND EXTERIOR WALL COLLAPSE...AND ONE LARGE METAL BUILDING SUFFERED MODERATE DAMAGE. THE SECOND SEGMENT RESULTED IN SEVERAL BRIEF TOUCHDOWNS IN THE GLENFIELD AREA AND COLONIAL GARDENS SUBDIVISION OF NEW ALBANY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALSO RATED THIS TORNADO SEGMENT AS EF-2 DAMAGE WITH WINDS OF 120 MPH. THE PATH WAS UP TO 100 YARDS WIDE AND 1 MILE LONG. AT LEAST 10 HOMES SUSTAINED DAMAGE WITH TWO HOMES HAVING TOTAL ROOF LOSS AND SOME EXTERIOR WALL COLLAPSE. A THIRD SEGMENT INDICATED SEVERAL ADDITIONAL BRIEF TOUCHDOWNS IN THE KEOWNVILLE AREA. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RATED THIS TORNADO SEGMENT AS EF-1 DAMAGE WITH WINDS OF 95 MPH. SEVERAL HOMES SUSTAINED ROOF DAMAGE WITH A PARTIAL GARAGE WALL COLLAPSE. THE PATH WAS UP TO 75 YARDS WIDE AND 1 AND A HALF MILES LONG. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE UNION COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR THEIR HELP AND SUPPORT IN ASSESSING THE DAMAGE. $$ (<<)

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