EF0 tornado in Davidson County, Tennessee
Tornado December 11, 2021 · Davidson County, Tennessee
NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Dickson County → Cheatham County → Davidson County → Davidson County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 300 yards (0.17 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.
What the National Weather Service wrote
This wide but weak tornado touched down in western Davidson County near Cub Creek Road and moved eastward across Bells Bend and Cockrill Bend just north of John Tune Airport, crossing the Cumberland River twice and blowing down numerous trees. Moving across the Cumberland River a third time, the tornado moved into the Bordeaux area of northwest Nashville where it caused major roof damage to a church, damaged a nursery, and damaged the roofs of numerous homes from Briley Parkway northeastward across Highway 12, Clarksville Pike, and Buena Vista Pike before lifting near Whites Creek Pike.
The wider storm
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.
Began near Scottsboro (36.1819, -86.9594).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
12 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 999627. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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