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EF0 tornado in Williamson County, Tennessee

Tornado February 6, 2008 · Williamson County, Tennessee

EF0

Rating

1.6 mi

Path length

300 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 300 yards (0.17 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 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

Minor tree damage.

The wider storm

The Super Severe Weather Outbreak on Feb. 5, 2008 produced supercelluar thunderstorms, well in advance of a multicell line of thunderstorms. The whole episode lasted about 6 hours. This occurred ironically while many states, including Tennessee, were participating in the Super Tuesday Primary Election. Fortunately, polls had already closed in the mid state when these tornadoes struck.

Began near Kingfield (35.8875, -87.0542).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF3 Macon County 24 dead EF2 Hickman County EF2 Benton County EF1 Wayne County EF1 Perry County EF1 Sumner County EF1 Benton County EF0 Sumner County EF0 Perry County EF0 Hickman County EF0 Davidson County EF0 Dickson County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 79135. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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