EF0 tornado in Weakley County, Tennessee
Tornado February 5, 2008 · Weakley County, Tennessee
NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Weakley County → Henry County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 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
A tornado touched down on the west side of Powell Levee Road. The tornado knocked down trees. The tornado then crossed the road and damaged a mobile home and several trees on the east side of the road. The tornado then crossed into Henry County, Tennessee.
The wider storm
A strong low pressure system tracked from Northern Arkansas into Southern Missouri during the evening hours of February 5th, 2008. Supercells developed out ahead of the system during the late afternoon into the early evening. The storms produced tornadoes, large hail and damaging winds. As the supercells moved east during the evening, a cold front moved into West Tennessee. A squall line developed along the front and produced another round of large hail and damaging winds. The front continued to push east into the overnight hours.
Began near Palmersville (36.4232, -88.5298).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
11 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 82428. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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