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EF1 tornado in Stewart County, Tennessee

Tornado October 18, 2007 · Stewart County, Tennessee

EF1

Rating

7.9 mi

Whole path

500 yd

Path width

$110K

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Calloway County, Kentucky → Stewart County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 500 yards (0.28 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Numerous trees were snapped and uprooted. Trees were lying in different directions. Damage was noted along Route 206 in Land Between the Lakes Park.

The wider storm

A Tornado Watch was in effect for much of Middle Tennessee Thursday afternoon and evening. Squall line type thunderstorms developed and produced some wind damage, mainly downed trees and power lines. One tornado occurred in extreme northwest part of Stewart County.

Began near Model (36.6500, -88.0401).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 56862. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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