EF0 tornado in Wilson County, Tennessee
Tornado July 2, 2015 · Wilson County, Tennessee
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 the National Weather Service wrote
An EF0 tornado touched down intermittently along Old Shannon Road and moved east across Bartons Creek Road, Old Murfreesboro Road and Highway 231 before lifting along Maddox Simpson Parkway. Scattered trees and tree limbs were blown down along the path, and a fence and trash cans at a Speedway Gas Station on Highway 231 were blown northeast onto Maddox Simpson Parkway. Video from security cameras at the gas station recorded the tornado approaching and passing over the gas station. Maximum winds were estimated at 75 mph.
The wider storm
Scattered showers and thunderstorms developed across Middle Tennessee during the afternoon and evening hours on July 2. Some of these storms became supercells with low level rotation, and produced 5 weak tornadoes along with several other funnel clouds and wind damage. Showers and thunderstorms spread eastward into the Upper Cumberland region during the evening on July 2 and continued through the night and into the morning on July 3, causing widespread major flash flooding. Dozens of homes and businesses were flooded, and many roadways were washed out and closed. One man was killed in Cumberland County when he drove off a 30 foot ravine created by a washed out roadway.
Began near Lebanon Arpt (36.1673, -86.3412).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
4 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 594255. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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