EF0 tornado in Davidson County, Tennessee
Tornado December 11, 2021 · Davidson County, Tennessee
NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Davidson County → Davidson County → Wilson County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 75 yards (0.04 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 EF-1 tornado touched down on the east side of Percy Priest Lake near Cooks Landing Court and Stewarts Ferry Pike in Davidson County, and moved north-northeast generally along New Hope Road. Many trees were uprooted with EF-0 roof and siding damage to several homes in Davidson County. The tornado strengthened to EF-1 and turned more northeastward as it crossed into Wilson County, causing minor to moderate damage to numerous homes in the Cobblestone Landing and Eagle Trace subdivisions. One home on Partridge Drive suffered severe damage with the garage and east side of the house being blown out. Further to the northeast, dozens of trees were uprooted along Old Lebanon Dirt Road and Division Street, and Mount Juliet Elementary School suffered minor roof damage. The most significant damage occurred in the Willoughby Station subdivision as dozens of homes between Melbourne Terrace and Greenhill Road received minor to moderate roof and exterior damage, and one person was injured by flying glass. The tornado weakened as it continued northeast, but continued to blown down trees and cause EF-0 damage to homes in the Vernon Hills subdivision and along Wilson Drive and Tate Lane. The tornado apparently lifted after crossing Lebanon Road west of Mount Juliet Road. Wilson County Emergency Management reported a total of 163 homes were damaged in Wilson County. Total path length of this tornado was 7.67 miles.
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 Seven Pts (36.1424, -86.5901).
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 999730. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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