EF2 Tornado — Gibson, Tennessee

2025-02-15 · near Tuckers Corner, Gibson, Tennessee

Event narrative

An EF-2 tornado began just east of Laneview Concord Road southeast of Tuckers Corner in Gibson County around 7:01 PM CST on February 15. A tree fell on a home near the corner of Twin Creek Road and Thetford Road. The tornado continued just north of Thetford Road, causing tree damage including multiple uprooted trees and large branches snapped through a slightly wooded area. The tornado crossed Thetford Road, with additional tree damage noted. The tornado appeared to intensify as it crossed Milan Hwy (Hwy 45E), with the most severe damage occurring between Milan Hwy and Mt. Pisgah Road. Several homes were damaged in this area. Multiple homes on Mt. Pisgah Rd had large sections of their roofs removed and were surrounded by significant tree damage and debris. A barn was also destroyed and shifted off the foundation on Mt. Pisgah Rd. Damage mostly in the form of snapped and uprooted trees continued northeastward toward Idlewild Hollyleaf Rd. The tornado led to additional trees snapped along Walnut Grove Road (the last notable damage), before lifting just to the east around 7:11 PM CST. Peak wind estimated at 115 mph.

Wider weather episode

An upper-level trough crossed the Four Corners region and dipped into northern Mexico on February 14, 2025. In response, deep southwesterly flow set up over the Lower Mississippi Valley and advected Gulf moisture poleward. Showers and thunderstorms blossomed across the region during the early morning hours on February 15, 2025. Meanwhile, a warm front quickly accelerated northward during the morning of February 15th as surface low pressure traversed the Southern Plains. The front stalled across the northern parts of the Mid-South. Heavy rainfall was focused along and north of the stalled front with 4 to 7 inches falling north of Interstate 40. Flash flooding was common across northwest Tennessee into northeast Arkansas during the day on February 15th. The event transitioned toward severe weather during the evening of February 15th as the airmass south of the warm front destabilized. The surface low tracked into north-central Arkansas and a line of severe storms developed and pushed across the Mid-South during the evening hours of February 15th exiting into Middle Tennessee and northern Alabama by midnight. Damaging winds, large hail, and a few weak tornadoes occurred. A levee overtopped and then breached in the Rives, TN area on February 16th, resulting in major flooding in the town.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1236840. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.