...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY CONFIRMS STORM DAMAGE IN
PULASKI COUNTY WAS THE RESULT OF STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...

A SURVEY OF STORM DAMAGE NEAR DUBLIN AND FAIRLAWN FOUND THE DAMAGE
WAS CAUSED BY STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

NEAR DUBLIN...A LINE OF SHOWERS WITH SEVERE WINDS DAMAGED AN
ESTIMATED 10 STRUCTURES...MOSTLY MINOR. MOST OF THIS DAMAGE
OCCURRED ALONG CROSSBOW DRIVE AND CHICWOOD DRIVE. A DETACHED
GARAGE WAS ALSO DESTROYED ON BLACK HOLLOW ROAD. WIND GUSTS WERE
ESTIMATED TO BE 70-80 MPH.

IN FAIRLAWN...A WALL OF A COMMERCIAL BUILDING WAS DAMAGED AND
SEVERAL TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN AROUND 351 PM ON JANUARY 30TH. MOST
OF THIS DAMAGE OCCURRED NEAR PULASKI AVENUE AND PEPPERS FERRY
BOULEVARD. ESTIMATED WIND GUSTS WERE 70-80 MPH.

MUCH OF THIS DAMAGE WAS THE RESULT OF A GUSTNADO...WHICH IS A
SMALL WHIRLWIND...WHICH FORMS AS AN EDDY IN THUNDERSTORM
OUTFLOWS. THESE GUSTNADOES TYPICALLY ONLY EXTEND 30 TO 300 FEET
OFF THE GROUND WITH NO APPARENT CONNECTION TO THE CONVECTIVE CLOUD
ABOVE. AS A RESULT...THESE ARE NOT TORNADOES.