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F1 tornado in Cheatham County, Tennessee

Tornado April 7, 2006 · Cheatham County, Tennessee

F1
Rating
18.8 mi
Whole path
100 yd
Path width
$6.0M
Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Dickson County → Cheatham County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F1 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F1 meant moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken; the scale paired it with winds of 73–112 mph, figures later judged too high, especially toward the top of the scale, and revised downward in the Enhanced Fujita scale. Ratings then, as now, came from the damage.

What the National Weather Service wrote

One home was destroyed in Cheatham County, 13 homes had major damage, and 9 homes, farms and businesses had moderate damage. The tornado hit Greenbrier, TN in Cheatham County as an F1. Several homes had shingles off their roofs. Large trees were snapped and uprooted. This tornado also did F1 damage in Ashland City. There was roof damage to a hospital and nearby buildings. A large communications tower was blown down near the hospital. Many residential homes had roofs peeled, and large trees were snapped and uprooted in Ashland City.

Began near Ashland City (36.2833, -87.1667).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5500705. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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