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EF1 tornado in Cheatham County, Tennessee

Tornado March 28, 2009 · Cheatham County, Tennessee

EF1

Rating

5.0 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

$100K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 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

Tornado began along State Highway 249, about two miles northeast of Ashland City, and continued for five miles along Highway 249 to just north of Mount Zion. Numerous hardwood trees were either snapped off or were completely uprooted along the path, one modular home was destroyed on Rob Newman Road, and three other homes were significantly damaged on Bearwallow Road and Bennett Road. Winds were estimated at around 100 mph.

The wider storm

Ahead of an approaching cold front, severe thunderstorms developed across the western half of middle Tennessee.

Began near Ashland City (36.3005, -87.0446).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Rutherford County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 158491. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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