EF1 tornado in Lincoln County, Tennessee

A tornado touched down just southeast of Parker Valley Lane. At this location, numerous trees were uprooted or snapped. The tornado continued its path east-southeast across Swan Creek Road, uprooting or snapping additional hardwood trees. The tornado moved across an area of open field before approaching the intersection of along Hopper Road, uprooting or knocking down more trees along its way. The tornado intensified a bit as it approached the intersection of Stevenson Road and Hopper Road before continuing east-southeast along Hopper Road. Numerous trees were snapped or uprooted along its track. As it approached Little Swan Creek, the tornado tore off around 25% of the roof of a home, while continuing to uproot and snap large trees. The tornado turned more to the southeast along Hopper Road and with similar tree damage observed. As the tornado approached the intersection of Gunter Hollow Road, two barn structures were heavily damaged and a small portion (15%) of the roof of a barn was torn off. Additional trees were uprooted or snapped. The tornado weakened significantly after it moved less than a half of a mile east-southeast along Gunter Hollow Road before lifting.

A significant outbreak of tornadoes occurred in two waves during the evening of the 8th and early morning hours of the 9th. The first wave occurred as multiple supercell thunderstorms developed across southern middle Tennessee and far north central Alabama. These storms moved east during the evening hours, producing ## tornadoes in southern middle Tennessee.

A break in the activity was then followed by a line of thunderstorms that dropped southeast through southern middle Tennessee into north central and northeast Alabama after Midnight through the early morning hours. The line produced ## tornadoes in southern middle Tennessee, a couple of which continued into northeast Alabama.