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EF1 tornado in Henry County, Tennessee

Tornado February 24, 2018 · Henry County, Tennessee

EF1

Rating

3.9 mi

Path length

75 yd

Path width

$50K

Damage as recorded

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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 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

A weak tornado tracked northeast of Paris knocking down trees and a few power poles.

The wider storm

A strong cold front interacted with a very unstable airmass across the Midsouth during the afternoon and evening hours of February 24h. All facets of severe weather occurred.

Began near India (36.3321, -88.2714).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Obion County EF0 Obion County EF0 Gibson County EF0 Weakley County EF0 Weakley County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 740265. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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