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EF1 tornado in Warren County, Tennessee

Tornado April 11, 2008 · Warren County, Tennessee

EF1
Rating
15.0 mi
Path length
250 yd
Path width
$1.1M
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 250 yards (0.14 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 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

The tornado damaged dozens of homes, including a few with major damage. The tornado demolished at least 2 barns. Trees were snapped and uprooted.

A newspaper article stated that 3 homes were completely destroyed, 5 homes were severely damaged, and 50 to 60 homes had some damage.

The wider storm

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

Began near Mc Minnville (35.6800, -85.9760).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF3 Lawrence CountyEF3 Giles CountyEF2 Bedford CountyEF1 Dickson CountyEF1 White CountyEF0 Marshall CountyEF0 Coffee County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 92476. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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