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EF1 tornado in Morgan County, Tennessee

Tornado April 2, 2024 · Morgan County, Tennessee

EF1
Rating
2.9 mi
Path length
150 yd
Path width
$10K
Damage as recorded
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 150 yards (0.09 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 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

The tornado began near Summers Hill Road and Deer Lodge Highway producing EF-1 damage in Downtown Sunbright with damage to numerous residential and commercial structures. The tornado continued northeast across White Oak Creek crossing the railroad tracks near the intersection of Dynatex Rd and Raymond Webb Road. There was damage to some metal building structures, hardwood trees, and barns in this area. Primary structure damage along the path of the tornado was uplift, peeling, and partial removal of roofs. The tornado re-intensified and tracked along Mill Creek Road producing damage to several homes and barns before the tornado dissipated near Davis Road.

The wider storm

A strong low pressure system, complete with a sweeping cold front, generated thunderstorms across Tennessee and the wider region. One discrete supercell thunderstorm produced a tornado in the northern portions of the Cumberland Plateau in East Tennessee.

Began near Sunbright (36.2420, -84.6725).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1173929. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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