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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED TIMES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
430 PM CDT THU JUN 6 2013

...PRELIMINARY DAMAGE SURVEY RESULTS FOR SOUTH OF WAGGONER IL...

* MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING:  EF-1

* FATALITIES:  NONE

* INJURIES:    NONE

* BEGIN TIME/LOCATION:  05/31/2013...902 PM
                        3.5 MILES SSW WAGGONER IL
                        LAT 39.3309  LONG -89.6815

* END TIME/LOCATION:    05/31/2013...0906 PM
                        1.6 MILES ESE WAGGONER IL
                        LAT 39.3705  LONG -89.6204

* MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WIND SPEED:  90-100 MPH

* PATH LENGTH:                   4.3 MILES

* MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH:            50 YARDS

* DISCUSSION/DAMAGE:

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PERSONNEL SURVEYED DAMAGE SOUTHWEST OF
WAGGONER ILLINOIS IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY AND DETERMINED THAT A WEAK
TORNADO OCCURRED OVER THIS AREA.

THE TORNADO INITIALLY TOUCHED DOWN 0.5 MILES SOUTH OF THE
INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 100 EAST AND 2200 NORTH OR 3.5 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF WAGGONER ILLINOIS. SEVERAL LARGE TREE LIMBS 6 TO
10 INCHES IN DIAMETER WERE BLOWN DOWN BY THE TORNADO. THE TORNADO
PATH AT THIS LOCATION WAS 30 YARDS WIDE. THE TORNADO TRAVELED
NORTHEAST AND DAMAGED ONE BARN AND A FEW OUTBUILDINGS ON COUNTY ROAD
2300N  AND 1.5 MILES WEST OF INTERSTATE 55. THE ROOF OF TWO
OUTBUILDINGS WERE UPLIFTED AND TOSSED 100 TO 150 YARDS TO THE
NORTHEAST. ANOTHER OUTBUILDING WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED ON COALFIELD
ROAD AND 0.5 MILES WEST OF I55. DAMAGE INTENSITY WAS RATED EF1.
DEBRIS FROM THIS MACHINE SHED WAS TOSSED ACROSS A CORN FIELD AND
ACROSS I55. THE TORNADO THEN DAMAGED A THIRD FARMSTEAD ON COUNTY
ROAD 2500N APPROXIMATELY A QUARTER OF A MILE EAST OF I55. WINDOWS
WERE BLOWN INWARD ON A TWO STORY FARM HOME AND TWO MACHINE SHEDS
WERE SEVERLY DAMAGED. THE DAMAGE INTENSITY WAS RATED EF1 AND DAMAGE
WAS 40 YARDS WIDE. THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO MOVE NORTHEAST AND
DOWNED LARGE BRANCHES 6 TO 10 INCHES IN DIAMETER ON EAST WAGGONER
ROAD 2.0 MILES EAST OF WAGGONER ILLINOIS. THE TORNADO DISSIPATED
FROM THIS POINT.

THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION WAS DETERMINED BY A NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE SURVEY TEAM AND IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING
FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE STORM DATA.

THIS INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LSX.  MORE INFORMATION WILL BE AVAILABLE AT
A LATER DATE WHEN SURVEYS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.

FOR REFERENCE...THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES
INTO THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:

EF0...WIND SPEEDS  65 TO  85 MPH
EF1...WIND SPEEDS  86 TO 110 MPH
EF2...WIND SPEEDS 111 TO 135 MPH
EF3...WIND SPEEDS 136 TO 165 MPH
EF4...WIND SPEEDS 166 TO 200 MPH
EF5...WIND SPEEDS GREATER THAN 200 MPH

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GLASS/PRZYBYLINSKI
National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office
