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EF2 tornado in Stewart County, Tennessee

Tornado May 23, 2011 · Stewart County, Tennessee

EF2
Rating
13.3 mi
Path length
150 yd
Path width
2
Injuries
$250K
Damage as recorded
$12K
Crop damage
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 150 yards (0.09 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF2 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF2 is considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, consistent with estimated gusts of 111–135 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

Damage began near the intersection of Bumpus Mills and Brazzie Dock Roads and was continuous at least 13 miles northeast across Ft. Campbell. The last visible evidence of damage was 1/2 mile east of the Intersection of State Route 20 and Big Rock Road.

The most significant damage, as the result of an EF-2 tornado with winds near 120 mph, was along Cherry Hollow Rd. just northeast of the Big Rock community. Several homes suffered significant roof damage including one with a complete roof loss. An occupied mobile home was totally destroyed with debris scattered at least 100 yards into a field.

The wider storm

During the morning hours on Monday, May 23rd, severe thunderstorms occurred across two counties in Middle Tennessee. This resulted in a thunderstorm wind damage events in these two counties. Also, a severe thunderstorm occurred during the late afternoon hours this same day in Stewart County, resulting in an EF-2 Tornado touchdown and associated damage across portions of that county.

Began near Bumpus Mills (36.5497, -87.8276).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 293512. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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