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EF1 tornado in Moore County, Tennessee

Tornado December 6, 2021 · Moore County, Tennessee

EF1

Rating

8.0 mi

Whole path

80 yd

Path width

$30K

Damage as recorded

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 80 yards (0.05 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

A tornado moved into Moore County from Bedford County, crossing Brinkley Road where several trees were uprooted. It continued to move to the east, continually uprooting trees as it crossed Ledford Mill Road. As the tornado continued its eastward progression, numerous trees were uprooted and a large barn had part of its roof removed near Motlow College Road. Peak wind speeds were estimated at 86 mph.

The wider storm

A line of thunderstorms during the morning hours produced sporadic wind damage and an EF-1 tornado in Moore County.

Began near Cumberland Spgs (35.3939, -86.2935).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 989709. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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