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F3 tornado in Davidson County, Tennessee

Tornado April 7, 2006 · Davidson County, Tennessee

Rating

22.7 mi

Whole path

880 yd

Path width

Deaths

128

Injuries

$79.0M

Damage as recorded

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 880 yards (0.50 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F3 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F3 meant severe damage: whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned; the scale paired it with winds of 158–206 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

The tornado destroyed many residential homes in Goodlettsville. Significant damage was done to the Metro Baptist Church with part of the roof blown off and front of church blown away. This tornado destroyed 25 homes, 13 homes or businesses with major damage and 31 with moderate damage/.

Began near Goodlettsville (36.3167, -86.7667).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5500765. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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