EF2 tornado in Trousdale County, Tennessee
Tornado February 5, 2008 · Trousdale County, Tennessee
NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Sumner County → Trousdale County → Macon County → Monroe County, Kentucky → Cumberland County, Kentucky; the totals above are for the whole tornado.
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 880 yards (0.50 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.
What the National Weather Service wrote
Tornado ripped a gas plant and caused a gas leak and fire at the Columbia Gulf Transmission Company at 5422 Green Grove Road in Hartsville, TN. The fire eventually burned itself out. Two people were killed, and 5 people were injured. Ten homes were destroyed, and 23 homes had major 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 Paynes Store (36.4171, -86.2698).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
12 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 79650. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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