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Tornado in Murfreesboro, TN

Davis Nolan, WKRN TV, Nashville, TN

For the 3rd time in 4 years, killer tornadoes devastated parts of Middle Tennessee near Nashville. On April 10th, 2009 (Good Friday) at least 8 tornadoes were confirmed, including an EF-4 that killed two people in Murfreesboro, TN, a highly populated (100,000 plus) suburb 25 miles southeast of Nashville.

I will present our stormtracking of the event including catching the EF-4 live on a traffic cam as it crossed I-24 into Murfreesboro.

I will include a brief synoptic explanation, as well as stats from SPC that show that Tennessee has had the greatest number of fatalities in the nation since1999, and why.

  Recorded presentation

Session 2, Severe Weather Coverage: Case Studies
Monday, 22 June 2009, 10:45 AM-11:15 AM, Pacific Northwest Ballroom

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