EF0 tornado in Dickson County, Tennessee
Tornado November 18, 2017 · Dickson County, Tennessee
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 75 yards (0.04 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
A small, brief EF-0 tornado touched down southwest of the intersection of Little Barton's Creek Road and Woods Valley Road northwest of Cumberland Furnace and moved northeast. A home suffered minor roof damage, a travel trailer was blown onto its side, and a carport was destroyed on Woods Valley Road. Just east of Woods Valley Road on Little Barton's Creek Road, one barn was destroyed, another barn was damaged, and an outbuilding was heavily damaged by a fallen tree. Another home and an adjacent barn further to the east suffered minor roof damage. Dozens of trees were snapped or uprooted in all directions along the path. Maximum winds were estimated at 80 mph. The beginning point, ending point, and path length of this tornado were adjusted slightly in May 2019 based on new high resolution satellite imagery available in Google Earth.
The wider storm
A line of strong to severe thunderstorms, known as a Quasi-Linear Convective System (or QLCS), moved rapidly across Middle Tennessee at 60 mph from west to east between 3 PM and 7 PM CST on Saturday, November 18, 2017. This line of storms produced widespread damaging winds in many counties generally along and north of the I-40 corridor. In addition to the damaging winds, the QLCS produced 4 confirmed tornadoes which damaged numerous homes and other buildings.
Began near Woods Vly (36.2995, -87.4099).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
3 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 726770. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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