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EF2 Tornado — Benton, Tennessee

2008-02-05 · near Faxon, Benton, Tennessee

$10.0M

Property damage

4.2 mi

Path length

440 yds

Path width

Event narrative

The tornado came out of northern Benton County and caused damage in Houston County. Trees were uprooted and snapped, and homes were damaged along Highway 147 from the Tennessee River to just west-northwest of McKinnon. There were 20 power poles down on Danville Rd. Worst damage was from Big Sandy to Faxon to Grannys Branch.

Fourteen homes were destroyed, and one other had major damage. About half of these homes were mobile homes.

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 79137. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.