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EF0 tornado in Bedford County, Tennessee

Tornado February 5, 2020 · Bedford County, Tennessee

EF0
Rating
10.4 mi
Path length
50 yd
Path width
$10K
Damage as recorded
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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 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

This EF-0 tornado touched down on Old Unionville Road between the intersection of Ben Williams Road and Highway 41 N where some large tree branches were broken off of trees. Additional branches were broken off of trees along Highway 41 N and the tornado continued to travel northeast where a carport was damaged as well as numerous trees snapped near a home along Gregory Mill Road. On Old Nashville Dirt Road near Frank Martin Road there were several trees downed as well as some utility poles. Further up Frank Martin Road just past Parch Corn Creek additional trees were downed, and a barn roof was damaged. More damage along Frank Martin Road included roof damage near an industrial complex near Shelbyville Municipal Airport. Tornado continued northeast and caused more sporadic tree damage before dissipating on Fosterville Road.

The wider storm

After an unusually wet January, another strong storm system brought more heavy rainfall, flooding, and severe storms to parts of Middle Tennessee on February 5th. A line of strong to severe thunderstorms known as a QLCS (Quasi-linear Convective System) developed in northern Mississippi and moved across southern and eastern Middle Tennessee during the afternoon and evening hours. These storms spawned 6 weak tornadoes and widespread straight-line wind damage. In addition, heavy rainfall affected much of Middle Tennessee throughout the day, causing significant flooding in many areas.

Began near Anchor Mill (35.5495, -86.5358).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 878870. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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