EF2 tornado in Scott County, Tennessee

Tornado April 8, 2021 · Scott County, Tennessee

EF2

Rating

3.2 mi

Whole path

200 yd

Path width

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 200 yards (0.11 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

The tornado started about two miles north of Norma. It began south of Straight Fork Road and ran nearly parallel to the road. Numerous trees were uprooted near the start of this path. As the tornado continued northeast, it damaged a barn and then caused significant roof damage to a home before crossing Straight Fork Road. Another home on the north side of the road had significant roof damage, and a stand along garage was completely destroyed. A 14-thousand pound camper trailer adjacent to the garage was rolled about 30 yards away. A double-wide mobile home was destroyed near Straight Fork Church Road. The tornado crossed Straight Fork Church Road and dissipated before crossing Highway 63.

The wider storm

A series of supercell thunderstorms moved across the Cumberland Plateau during the late afternoon hours of April 8. Large hail, damaging winds, and tornadoes were reported as the storms tracked toward the northeast. One of the supercells produced three tornado tracks as it moved through Scott County, with the strongest surveyed as an EF-2.

Began near Dean (36.3593, -84.3747).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 949300. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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