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EF1 Tornado — Bradley, Tennessee

2011-04-27 · near Mc Donald, Bradley, Tennessee

Direct deaths

$75K

Property damage

10.5 mi

Path length

120 yds

Path width

Event narrative

Ooltewah-to-Cleveland Tornado. An EF1 tornado continued its path to the northeast from Hamilton county almost parallel to I-75 into western Bradley County. The tornado path showed a slight right bend at near 35.140N/84.993W, then continued to the northeast into the north side of Cleveland. The 90 mph wind downed numerous trees and slightly to moderately damaged several roofs throughout its path. A 56 year old man was killed due to flying debris and trees landing on the vehicle he was driving.

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 300747. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.