EF0 tornado in Lawrence County, Tennessee

An EF0 tornado touched down on South Hood Road and moved northeast blowing down numerous trees. More trees were blown down with minor damage to outbuildings on North Bradley Road and Mount Lebanon Road. The worst damage occurred along Granddaddy Road at Gore Road, where numerous large trees were snapped and uprooted and outbuildings damaged. One large tree fell onto a home crushing much of the structure. The tornado apparently lifted south of Robertson Road. Damages are estimated.

A storm system and its associated cold front racing across the Great Plains combined with moist southerly flow at the surface resulted in a line of thunderstorms that impacted Middle Tennessee on February 16, 2023. As this line moved into the area that provided abundant wind shear and sufficient instability, they strengthened and quickly turned severe. Several reports of large hail and damaging winds were received, and three tornadoes were confirmed across southern Middle Tennessee. While these three tornadoes were weak with 2 EF0s and 1 EF1, they were the first tornadoes in Middle Tennessee since January 1, 2022.