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EF2 tornado in Williamson County, Tennessee

Tornado February 5, 2008 · Williamson County, Tennessee

EF2

Rating

25.3 mi

Whole path

300 yd

Path width

Injury

$750K

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Hickman County → Williamson County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 300 yards (0.17 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF2 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF2 is considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, consistent with estimated gusts of 111–135 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

Homes damaged in Leaper Fork area. One house collapsed and another hit on Cold Water Rd.

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 Lampley Store (35.8547, -87.2142).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF3 Macon County 24 dead EF2 Benton County EF1 Wayne County EF1 Perry County EF1 Sumner County EF1 Benton County EF0 Sumner County EF0 Williamson County EF0 Perry County EF0 Hickman County EF0 Davidson County EF0 Dickson County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 84831. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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