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EF0 tornado in Pickett County, Tennessee

Tornado December 6, 2021 · Pickett County, Tennessee

EF0
Rating
3.0 mi
Whole path
200 yd
Path width
$25K
Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Overton County → Pickett 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 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 near the Monroe community east of Garrett Town Lane and moved eastward, blowing down a few trees. It crossed Highway 111 causing damage to fencing around the recycling plant and downed several more trees. As it continued east, the tornado strengthened, blowing down dozens of trees and destroying several outbuildings along Bethsadia Road, Ester Jones Road, and Big Hollow Road. Debris was blown hundreds of yards away along this portion of the path. The tornado lifted near Dale Hollow Lake. This tornado is the first December tornado on record for Pickett 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 Midway (36.4803, -85.1748).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Bedford CountyEF0 Trousdale CountyEF0 Lawrence CountyEF0 Overton County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 999309. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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