EF1 tornado in Hickman County, Tennessee

This tornado touched down in far northwest Hickman County east of Spencer Hollow Road and moved northeast across Pewitt Hollow Road, Berryman Hollow Road, I-40 near Old Salt Lick Road, and Old Beaver Creek Road before ending west of Garners Creek Road. The track of this tornado was determined using high resolution NASA satellite imagery. Numerous trees were uprooted along the path which closed I-40 for many hours. No structure damage was reported in this very rural area. Based on newly available high resolution satellite imagery, this tornado was upgraded to EF-1 in March 2023 due to the large number of trees blown down, and the path adjusted, widened and extended to the west by 1 mile.

One of the worst tornado outbreaks ever recorded in the United States struck the Midwest, Ohio Valley, and Tennessee Valley from the evening hours on December 10 into the morning hours on December 11, 2021. Across Middle Tennessee, a total of 16 tornadoes were determined to have touched down, making this the 5th largest tornado outbreak on record in Middle Tennessee. These tornadoes injured 8 people across Middle Tennessee and caused millions of dollars in property and tree damage in many counties. These tornadoes, combined with the 5 tornadoes that occurred just a few days earlier across Middle Tennessee on December 6, 2021, set a new record for the number of tornadoes during the month of December. In addition, many counties that had tornadoes in December 2021 had never recorded a tornado in the month of December before, including Stewart, Humphreys, Cheatham, Wilson, Trousdale, Overton, Pickett, Coffee, and Grundy Counties.