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EF0 tornado in Hickman County, Tennessee

Tornado February 5, 2008 · Hickman County, Tennessee

EF0
Rating
0.1 mi
Path length
20 yd
Path width
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NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. 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 Only (35.8708, -87.6639).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF3 Macon County 24 deadEF2 Hickman CountyEF2 Benton CountyEF1 Wayne CountyEF1 Perry CountyEF1 Sumner CountyEF1 Benton CountyEF0 Sumner CountyEF0 Williamson CountyEF0 Perry CountyEF0 Davidson CountyEF0 Dickson County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 79153. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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