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EF1 tornado in Henderson County, Tennessee

Tornado July 30, 2009 · Henderson County, Tennessee

EF1

Rating

3.7 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

$50K

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

A tornado touched down near Mills Darden Road. The tornado moved northeast and lifted near Old Jackson Road. A few outbuildings were damaged or destroyed along the path. Multiple trees and power lines were knocked down as well. A mobile home was moved from the foundation into a power pole.

The wider storm

A cold front approached the Mid-South during the afternoon hours of July 30th, 2009. A low pressure center developed along the front as the front moved into the area. The low pressure helped to spawn several tornadoes across the Mid-South. In addition, other storms produced damaging winds, large hail and flash flooding into the evening hours.

Began near Chapel Hill (35.6113, -88.5007).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

3 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF1 Shelby County 1 dead EF0 Lauderdale County EF0 Henderson County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 190835. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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