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EF0 tornado in Wilson County, Tennessee

Tornado May 6, 2024 · Wilson County, Tennessee

EF0
Rating
0.5 mi
Path length
50 yd
Path width
$25K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A brief EF0 tornado touched down along Big Springs Road north of Old Rome Pike around seven miles northeast of Lebanon. Several videos of the tornado were taken from nearby residents and firefighters. The only known damage was to trees. Damages are a rough estimate.

The wider storm

A broken line of thunderstorm tracked eastward across Middle Tennessee on May 6, 2024. With plenty of instability and modest shear, these thunderstorms became strong to severe, especially across eastern Middle Tennessee. Several reports of wind damage and large hail up to two inches in diameter were received. Two tornadoes were also confirmed. One was an EF-0 near Lebanon, and the other was an EF-1 near Smithville.

Began near Taylorsville (36.2551, -86.1835).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF1 Dekalb County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1166050. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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