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EF0 tornado in Warren County, Tennessee

Tornado February 5, 2020 · Warren County, Tennessee

EF0
Rating
6.3 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 West Green Hill Road where it snapped a few trees. It continued east-northeast where trees snapped on top of a mobile home on Pigeon Hill Road. A house on Short Mountain Road received minor damage to the front porch and garage. A barn was completely destroyed on Womack Road. Numerous trees were uprooted and snapped along the path before finally lifting near Gath Lucky 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 Bates Hill (35.7451, -85.9171).

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 878873. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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