Thunderstorm Wind — Rutherford, Tennessee

2016-05-04 · near Milton, Rutherford, Tennessee

Direct deaths

$4K

Property damage

39 EG

Magnitude

Event narrative

Rutherford County EMA reported a 64 year old male riding an ATV was killed on his property in the 7000 block of Ruel McKnight Road by a tree blown down on top of him. Tree was reportedly old and rotten with no other tree damage in the area. EMA estimated winds around 45 mph.

Wider weather episode

A line of strong to marginally severe thunderstorms moved across Middle Tennessee during the afternoon hours on May 4. A few reports of large hail and wind damage were received, along with far more numerous reports of pea to dime size hail and wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph across Montgomery, Robertson, Sumner, Wilson, Smith, Jackson, Pickett, Fentress, Putnam, DeKalb, Coffee, and Bedford Counties. One man was killed in the Milton area of northeast Rutherford County when a tree was blown down onto him while he was riding an ATV.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 627799. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.