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EF3 Tornado — Lawrence, Tennessee

2008-04-11 · near Gaitherville, Lawrence, Tennessee

Injuries

$3.0M

Property damage

10.3 mi

Path length

100 yds

Path width

Event narrative

Many homes had roof damage especially on Coffee McGee Rd. An outbuilding was damaged on Crawfish Rd. Trees and utility poles were down along U.S. Highway 64 or Waynesboro Highway. Trees were down in Mt. Ararat Cemetery. The worst damage was a downed TVA electrical transmission tower east of U.S. Highway 43 on Hagan Rd. Metal debris was flung up and got stuck about a hundred feet above the ground in an electrical transmission tower. Numerous trees were snapped and uprooted.

Newspaper article stated 56 homes had damage, with 12 homes being complete losses, and there were mainly mobile homes having comp;lete;

There was one minor injury.

Wider weather episode

There were six confirmed tornadoes on April 11, 2008. Large hail and straight line winds were also reported.

View location on OpenStreetMap → (35.2677, -87.4027)

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 92471. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.