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EF1 Tornado — Clay, Tennessee

2021-12-11 · near Hermitage Spgs, Clay, Tennessee

$500K

Property damage

5.8 mi

Path length

75 yds

Path width

Event narrative

This EF-1 tornado touched down in Hermitage Springs just south of Highway 52 where it uprooted trees. Moving along and just north of Highway 52, the tornado continued to blow down trees and causing shingle damage to multiple homes. The worst damage occurred along Old Clementsville Road where four large agricultural buildings were destroyed. The tornado continued northeast, damaging the roof of a home on Clementsville Road. Scattered tree damage was noted as the path continued into Monroe County, Kentucky, where it caused EF-0 damage to a barn and trees along Beech Groves Boles Road. The tornado continued to weaken as it moved northeast damaging a few trees before lifting near Verona Road east of Hestand, Kentucky. The path length in Tennessee was around 5.78 miles, with a total path length of 11.16 miles.

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 999753. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.