EF2 Tornado — Decatur, Tennessee

2011-02-24 · near Bible Hill, Decatur, Tennessee

Event narrative

A tornado moved from Carroll County into Decatur County and continued northeast. Major damage was sustained to a mobile home in the Five Forks area. A large grain bin was tossed 50 yards and destroyed and there was minor damage to homes and trees in the Bible Hill area. Several tombstones were also overturned and damaged in Bible Hill. The most significant damage occurred on Blue Bird Circle at the Lick Creek Inlet. Eight homes sustained enough damage to render them uninhabitable along with damage to private boat docks and pontoon boats. A roof to a floating boat dock was lifted off of its foundation and tossed approximately one half mile across the inlet and destroyed. Damage to homes and businesses were estimated at 1.285 million dollars.

Wider weather episode

A warm front pushed north from the gulf coast and stalled across northern sections of the Mid-South during the early morning hours on February 24th. Widespread showers and thunderstorms developed along the stalled front producing very heavy rain. Late that afternoon and evening a cold front pushed across the Mid-South. An intense squall line developed in advance of the front with widespread damaging winds, hail, and flash flooding across the Mid-South. A tornado also occurred over Decatur County Tennessee.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 288783. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.