PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
525 PM CST TUE NOV 12 2002
 
...STORM SURVEY CONDUCTED IN JACKSON COUNTY ILLINOIS...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF DAMAGE THAT 
OCCURRED ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN EASTERN JACKSON COUNTY. BASED ON 
STORM SPOTTER REPORTS AND THE DAMAGE PATTERN...IT WAS DETERMINED 
THAT A WEAK TORNADO OCCURRED. THE TORNADO OCCURRED OVER SPARSELY 
POPULATED FARM COUNTRY AND CAUSED RELATIVELY LITTLE DAMAGE.

DATE OF STORM...    NOV. 10
TIME...             APPROX. 145 PM CST TO 157 PM CST
LOCATION...         3 MI NORTHWEST OF DESOTO TO 5 EAST OF ELKVILLE
TYPE OF EVENT...    F-0 TORNADO
PATH LENGTH...      APPROX. 9 MILES
PATH WIDTH...       APPROX. 100 YARDS
PEAK WIND...        ESTIMATED 70 MPH

THE DAMAGE WAS GENERALLY VERY LIGHT. SOME SHINGLES WERE BLOWN OFF A 
BARN NEAR THE END OF THE DAMAGE PATH. OTHER DAMAGE INCLUDED TREE 
TOPS BROKEN OFF AND POWER POLES BENT. LOOSE DEBRIS SUCH AS TIN AND 
PAPER WAS BLOWN AROUND. DAMAGE WAS ESTIMATED AT LESS THAN FIVE 
THOUSAND DOLLARS.