EF0 tornado in Sumner County, Tennessee

This small EF-0 tornado was determined through a combination of NWS storm surveys, NASA satellite imagery, and radar data, and touched down near Belotes Ferry Road in far northern Wilson County where it blew down a few trees. The tornado crossed the Cumberland River into the Belotes Bend area of Sumner County where it blew down dozens of trees in a narrow swath across inaccessible rural areas south of Harsh Lane and Preacher Robertson Road. The tornado again crossed the Cumberland River back into Wilson County where it continued to blow down trees in the Lytles Bend area west of Canoe Branch Road before lifting. Total path length of this tornado was 3.07 miles.

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.