EF3 Tornado — Greene, Tennessee

2011-04-27 · near Greystone, Greene, Tennessee

Event narrative

Horse Creek Tornado. A NWS storm survey reported an EF3 tornado touched down in Greene County in the Horse Creek area, near the path where the Camp Creek tornado had passed about 1 hour and 40 minutes before. The tornado continued northeast into Washington county. It had a total path length of about 14 miles and a path width of 1000 yards. The maximum wind of 160 mph downed trees and also damaged and destroyed many houses and trailers. Multiple barns were destroyed. Two people died in the tornado...one in Greene County and one in Washington County. The fatalities were a 63 year old women (Greene County) and a 47 year old man (Washington County), both dying in their homes. The death in Greene County occurred on Morgan Branch Road. Approximate damage was 15 houses destroyed with 40 damaged; 10 mobile homes destroyed, and around 25 farms with structures destroyed.

In total, between the Camp Creek and Horse Creek tornadoes in Greene County there were 7 deaths, 293 injuries with 10 admitted to hospitals; 54 houses destroyed with 156 damaged; 46 mobile homes destroyed and 78 damaged, one public building destroyed, and structures on 88 farms destroyed with 109 damaged.

Wider weather episode

Favorable atmospheric conditions resulted in a deadly tornado outbreak across east Tennessee on the 27th. The thunderstorms produced more than 50 tornadoes across the east Tennessee area with 32 deaths and more than 200 injured. The tornadoes produced from light to heavy damage to hundreds of homes and businesses. Hail as large as baseballs was also reported.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 297632. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.