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EF3 tornado in Cumberland County, Kentucky

Tornado February 5, 2008 · Cumberland County, Kentucky

EF3
Rating
50.3 mi
Whole path
440 yd
Path width
24
Deaths
63
Injuries
$27.8M
Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Sumner County, Tennessee → Trousdale County, Tennessee → Macon County, Tennessee → Monroe County → Cumberland County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 440 yards (0.25 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF3 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF3 is severe damage: whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, consistent with estimated gusts of 136–165 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

This was the end point of a tornado that crossed into Monroe County, Kentucky from Sumner County, Tennessee. The tornado moved through a rural area of Cumberland County and lifted about three miles southwest of Marrowbone.

The wider storm

A cold front along with a strong upper level low produced a squall line that crossed central Kentucky. This set off widespread severe weather, and spawned several tornadoes.

Began near Mud Camp (36.7771, -85.5759).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF3 Allen County 4 deadEF2 Shelby CountyEF2 Nelson CountyEF2 Nelson CountyEF2 Harrison CountyEF2 Hardin CountyEF2 Hardin CountyEF2 Washington CountyEF1 Hart CountyEF1 Meade CountyEF1 Franklin CountyEF1 Washington CountyEF1 Mercer CountyEF0 Shelby CountyEF0 Clark CountyEF0 Spencer CountyEF0 Spencer County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 79196. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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