EF1 tornado in Lincoln County, Tennessee

The tornado started near Bates Lane in the Carmargo community of Lincoln county. Trees were uprooted and snapped with some falling on a mobile home. The tornado continued to track east northeast with many trees twisted and snapped. Minor structural damage was noted to many houses with shingles blown off and damage to car ports. Along Old Carmargo road, an anchored mobile home was lifted up and rolled. The occupants were unharmed. Several vehicles were damaged in this area. Near the intersection with highway 231, several power poles were snapped at the base and a roof was blown off a trailer.

A powerful storm system roared across the Southeast United States on Wednesday, April 27, 2011. This storm system would be responsible for one of the largest and deadliest tornado outbreaks to ever impact much of the southeastern region.

The powerful storm system that affected the National Weather Service, Huntsville service area would actually occur in three separate waves of severe weather that day. The first occurred during the early morning hours of April 27, 2011 roughly between the hours of 2 AM and 8 AM CDT, while the second occurred during the late-morning to early afternoon period. The third and most devastating wave occurred during the afternoon hours on Wednesday, with some of the most violent and destructive tornadoes to affect the central Tennessee Valley area in recent decades.

While the majority of the analysis and survey work conducted by the National Weather Service, Huntsville and its partners have been completed, there will undoubtedly be countless research studies conducted by both academia and operational personnel in order to further evaluate and understand the complex processes associated with this near unprecedented severe weather outbreak.