EF1 tornado — Rutherford County, Tennessee

EF1 tornado in Rutherford County, Tennessee

Tornado March 28, 2009 · Rutherford County, Tennessee

EF1

Rating

1.0 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

$4.4M

Damage as recorded

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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 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 touchdown near Scott Street and caused some damage to businesses there, and continued across broad street where it caused significant damage to shops in the Jackson Heights Mall, especially a bank and a movie theater, were several people experienced minor injuries. Several vechiles in the parking lot were also damaged. The tornado also caused major damage to the Boys and Girls Club located on Jones Boulevard. Numerous trees and power lines along with minor structural damage was observed to homes north of Lokey Avenue, and there was some structural damage to businesses on Memorial Boulevard near Clark Boulevard. Maximum winds were estimated at 90 mph.

The wider storm

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

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 158505. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

EF1 tornado in Rutherford County, Tennessee

What the National Weather Service wrote

The wider storm

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