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EF0 tornado in Trousdale County, Tennessee

Tornado December 6, 2021 · Trousdale County, Tennessee

EF0
Rating
4.8 mi
Path length
100 yd
Path width
$15K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 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

An EF0 tornado touched down just east of Hankins Lane and continued eastward where it blew down several trees on Oldham Road. The tornado moved east along old Highway 25 where it toppled dozens of trees, destroyed a couple of barns and outbuildings, and blew an RV on top of a school bus. As the storm continued along its path, it downed trees south and southeast of downtown Hartsville. It weakened as it crossed Thompson Lane and Circle Lane, then lifted just south of Trousdale County Elementary School. This tornado is the first December tornado on record for Trousdale County.

The wider storm

After some isolated thunderstorms moved across Middle Tennessee during the afternoon and evening hours on December 5, a line of severe thunderstorms moved across Middle Tennessee during the early morning hours on December. This line of thunderstorms produced 5 tornadoes and numerous reports of wind damage.

Began near Paynes Store (36.3850, -86.2221).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Bedford CountyEF0 Lawrence CountyEF0 Overton CountyEF0 Overton County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 999286. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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