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F2 tornado in Wilson County, Tennessee

Tornado April 16, 1998 · Wilson County, Tennessee

F2
Rating
27.4 mi
Whole path
880 yd
Path width
$1.0M
Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Wilson County → Trousdale 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 F2 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F2 meant considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted; the scale paired it with winds of 113–157 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

This tornado was the same one that struck downtown Nashville. The tornado was seen moving from west to east about a mile south of the NWS office. The tornado caused many trees to be uprooted, power lines were knocked down, signs damaged or blown down, and there was roof damage to homes. The Mt. Juliet Little League field was littered with aluminum and lumber blown from Marvin's Lumber Yard. Part of a roof was taken off First Bank in Mt. Juliet. The tornado continued into southern Trousdale county.

Began near Green Hill (36.2300, -86.5700).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

3 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

F3 Davidson County 1 deadF2 Davidson CountyF0 Cheatham County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5641111. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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