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SPC coordinates: Start: 33.90 / -86.90 End: 34.18 / -86.55
Note: Exact tornado path may not be straight and/or continuous.
I plotted the official latitude and longitude points given by the SPC and compared that with communities mentioned in the Storm Data Summary and by Grazulis: Phelan, Berlin, Fairview. Valley Grove is mentioned too but couldn’t pinpoint that location. Grazulis also mentions Good Hope. Grazulis commented on Twitter that “Valley Grove” is a church near Good Hope.
Just looking at those locations alone, the official track looks to be too south. In fact, the beginning and end points are in Blount County.
Grazulis also mentions Holly Pond. That is closer to the SPC path but seems out of sync with the other communities that were mentioned. Grazulis commented on Twitter that the new version of Significant Tornadoes will remove the reference to Holly Pond. He said that damage could have been from another tornado or NW of Holly Pond, not NE of this area.
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