Friday, December 17, 2021

Middle Tennessee Tornadoes

The December 11, 2021 will tie as Middle Tennessee’s fifth-largest tornado outbreak ever.
There were 15 tornadoes in Middle Tennessee on Saturday.That is on top of five other tornadoes earlier in the month.

According to the National Weather Service, the timing is also unusual.
From 1811 to 2020, there had only been 16 tornadoes in December in Middle Tennessee.

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN

900 PM CST WED DEC 15 2021

 

UPDATED NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR DECEMBER 10-11, 2021 TORNADO EVENT...


.UPDATE...COMBINED NWS MEMPHIS, NWS NASHVILLE AND NWS PADUCAH 

PORTIONS OF LONG TRACK TORNADO INTO ONE NARRATIVE, AND ALSO 

COMBINED CLAY COUNTY TN AND MONROE COUNTY KY TORNADO INFO. 

UPDATED NORTHWEST HICKMAN COUNTY, DICKSON, AND KINGSTON SPRINGS 

TORNADO PATHS BASED ON NASA SATELLITE IMAGERY, AND INCREASED 

WINDS SLIGHTLY WITH THE HENDERSONVILLE TORNADO. ALSO ADDED 1 

MINOR INJURY FOR THE MOUNT JULIET TORNADO. A TOTAL OF 15 

TORNADOES HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE WITH THIS 

EVENT. 


.#1 NEWBERN TN TO ELKTON KY EF3...


RATING:                 EF3

ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    160 MPH

PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  122.7 MILES

PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   1038.0 YARDS

FATALITIES:             0

INJURIES:               10


START DATE:             12/10/2021

START TIME:             10:32 PM CST

START LOCATION:         1 ENE NEWBERN / DYER COUNTY / TN

START LAT/LON:          36.1197 / -89.2592


END DATE:               12/11/2021

END TIME:               12:36 AM CST

END LOCATION:           4 W ELKTON / TODD COUNTY / KY

END LAT/LON:            36.8137 / -87.2344


SURVEY SUMMARY:

THE FIRST OBSERVED DAMAGE WAS IN NEWBERN NEAR WASHINGTON STREET.

THE TORNADO MOVED NORTHEAST, UPROOTING AND SNAPPING NUMEROUS TREES

ALONG ITS PATH. SEVERAL HOMES HAD SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAGE. THE

TORNADO INITIALLY PRODUCED EF-1 DAMAGE BUT WHILE PROGRESSING

NORTHEAST, IT CONTINUED TO STRENGTHEN TO EF3 AS IT APPROACHED

DRESDEN, TN. SEVERAL BUILDINGS AND HOMES IN DOWNTOWN DRESDEN

SUFFERED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OR WERE COMPLETELY DESTROYED. THE

TORNADO SLIGHTLY WEAKENED AND MOVED NORTHEAST TOWARD PARIS LANDING

AND EVENTUALLY CROSSED THE TENNESSEE RIVER. 5 PEOPLE WERE INJURED

IN WEST TENNESSEE. 


THE TORNADO CLIPPED THE FORT DONELSON NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD AREA 

OF EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN CALLOWAY COUNTY, KENTUCKY WHERE IT BLEW 

DOWN SEVERAL TREES, THEN CROSSED THE TENNESSEE RIVER INTO THE 

LAND BETWEEN THE LAKES AREA OF STEWART COUNTY AND DID MASSIVE 

TREE DAMAGE TO HEAVILY WOODED AREAS UPROOTING THOUSANDS OF TREES 

ALONG ITS PATH. THE TORNADO STRUCK A WELL CONSTRUCTED SINGLE 

FAMILY BRICK HOME NEAR BEAR CREEK WHERE IT TOOK OFF THE ROOF AND 

TOP STORY. IT THEN CONTINUED TO TRAVEL NORTHEAST WHERE IT PASSED 

INDIAN BRANCH AND MORGAN BRANCH WHERE IT CONTINUED TO UPROOT TREES

AND DESTROYED SOME FARM OUTBUILDINGS, LIFTED THE ROOFS OFF OF 

SOME SINGLE AND DOUBLE WIDE MOBILE HOMES AND COMPLETELY 

FLATTENED SOME BARNS AND SINGLE WIDE STRUCTURES. THE MOST 

WIDESPREAD AND SEVERE DAMAGE IN STEWART COUNTY WAS BETWEEN INDIAN

BRANCH AND MORGAN BRANCH, TO THE SOUTH OF BUMPUS MILLS. THE 

TORNADO THEN CONTINUED NORTHEAST ACROSS THE FAR NORTHWEST CORNER 

OF FORT CAMPBELL ARMY BASE CONTINUING TO BLOW DOWN TREES BEFORE 

MOVING INTO KENTUCKY. THE TORNADO RECEIVED A MAXIMUM RATING OF 

EF2 IN STEWART COUNTY, AND 1 PERSON WAS INJURED.


THE TORNADO PASSED JUST SOUTH OF THE CITY OF LAFAYETTE, KENTUCKY 

WHERE IT IMMEDIATELY STRUCK A BARN AND KNOCKED DOWN SEVERAL 

ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION LINES. THE TORNADO TRACKED NORTHEAST OVER

MOSTLY OPEN COUNTRY BEFORE CAUSING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO SEVERAL 

HOMES OFF OF BODDIE ROAD AND DARNELL ROAD. MORE SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE

OCCURRED TO SEVERAL HOMES, FARM OUTBUILDINGS, AND STRUCTURES ON 

PALMYRA ROAD. A MOBILE HOME WAS COMPLETELY DEMOLISHED AND 

SIGNIFICANT ROOFING DAMAGE WAS DONE TO A BRICK HOME ON HERNDON 

OAK GROVE ROAD. AS THE TORNADO APPROACHED INTERSTATE 24, MOSTLY 

TREE DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED WITH A FEW STRUCTURES IMPACTED AS WELL. 

ONCE THE TORNADO CROSSED FORT CAMPBELL BLVD, ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO 

ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION LINES WAS OBSERVED INCLUDING OVER A DOZEN 

WOOD POLES SNAPPED. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST CAUSING MOSTLY

TREE DAMAGE BEFORE COMPLETELY DESTROYING FOUR TOBACCO BARNS AND 

DAMAGING THREE EQUIPMENT GARAGES OFF OF BRADSHAW ROAD. TWO OTHER 

BUILDINGS WERE ALSO HEAVILY DAMAGED ALONG WITH MULTIPLE SILOS 

DESTROYED. DAMAGE ESTIMATES WERE IN THE MILLIONS ACCORDING TO THE 

OWNERS FOR JUST THIS ONE FARM. THE TORNADO THEN TOOK STRAIGHT AIM 

FOR THE CITY OF PEMBROKE WHERE SIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE WAS 

OBSERVED ALONG WITH MULTIPLE HOUSES WITH ROOF DAMAGE. ONCE THE 

TORNADO MOVED OUT OF PEMBROKE, TWO MOBILE HOMES WERE COMPLETELY 

DESTROYED WITH THE OCCUPANTS INJURED. THE TORNADO THEN CROSSED 

INTO TODD COUNTY WHERE MOSTLY TREE DAMAGE AND DAMAGE TO 

FARM/OUTBUILDINGS WERE OBSERVED. THE TORNADO THEN LIFTED JUST 

BEFORE IMPACTING THE CITY OF ELKTON WHERE STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS 

BECAME DOMINANT. THE TORNADO RECEIVED A MAXIMUM RATING OF EF2 IN 

CHRISTIAN COUNTY AND EF1 IN TODD COUNTY, AND 4 PEOPLE WERE 

INJURED. THE NEXT TORNADO THEN TOUCHED BACK DOWN JUST TO THE EAST 

ACROSS THE TODD/LOGAN COUNTY LINE.


.#2 PERRY/HUMPHREYS COUNTY EF1...


RATING:                 EF1

ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    100 MPH

PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  12.2 MILES

PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   250.0 YARDS

FATALITIES:             0

INJURIES:               0


START DATE:             12/11/2021

START TIME:             02:15 AM CST

START LOCATION:         6 WNW LOBELVILLE / PERRY COUNTY / TN

START LAT/LON:          35.7999 / -87.8877


END DATE:               12/11/2021

END TIME:               02:26 AM CST

END LOCATION:           11 NNE LOBELVILLE / HICKMAN COUNTY / TN

END LAT/LON:            35.8981 / -87.7078


SURVEY SUMMARY:


DAMAGE FROM THIS TORNADO STARTED IN NORTHERN PERRY COUNTY WITH SOME 

UPROOTED TREES ALONG CROOKED CREEK ROAD. AN OVERTURNED RV AND ROOF

WAS TORN OFF A BARN ALONG HIGHWAY 13 IN HUMPHREYS COUNTY AS THE 

TORNADO MOVED NORTHEAST, AND UPROOTED AS WELL AS SNAPPED TREES 

JUST NORTH OF I-40 NEAR MILE MARKER 146. MORE TREES WERE UPROOTED 

FURTHER NORTHEAST OF THAT LOCATION BEFORE DISSIPATING JUST BEFORE 

THE HICKMAN COUNTY LINE.



.#3 NORTHWEST HICKMAN EFO...


RATING:                 EF0

ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    85 MPH

PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  7.69 MILES

PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   100.0 YARDS

FATALITIES:             0

INJURIES:               0


START DATE:             12/11/2021

START TIME:             02:33 AM CST

START LOCATION:         12 S MCEWEN / HICKMAN COUNTY / TN

START LAT/LON:          35.9217 / -87.6347


END DATE:               12/11/2021

END TIME:               02:39 AM CST

END LOCATION:           10 SW DICKSON / HICKMAN COUNTY / TN

END LAT/LON:            35.9649 / -87.5083


SURVEY SUMMARY:

THIS TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN FAR NORTHWEST HICKMAN COUNTY EAST OF

SPENCE HOLLOW ROAD AND MOVED NORTHEAST ACROSS BERRYMAN HOLLOW

ROAD, I-40 NEAR OLD SALT LICK ROAD, AND OLD BEAVER CREEK ROAD

BEFORE ENDING NEAR TEXAS 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.



.#4 DICKSON EF2...


RATING:                 EF2

ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    135 MPH

PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  10.1 MILES

PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   500.0 YARDS

FATALITIES:             0

INJURIES:               2


START DATE:             12/11/2021

START TIME:             02:43 AM CST

START LOCATION:         8 SSW DICKSON / HICKMAN COUNTY / TN

START LAT/LON:          35.9819 / -87.4683


END DATE:               12/11/2021

END TIME:               02:51 AM CST

END LOCATION:           BURNS / DICKSON COUNTY / TN

END LAT/LON:            36.0523 / -87.3134


SURVEY SUMMARY:

THIS TORNADO BEGAN NEAR BRAMBLING SPRINGS ROAD SOUTH OF I-40 WHERE

IT BLEW DOWN NUMEROUS TREES. THE TORNADO CROSSED I-40 NEAR MILE

MARKER 166 ALONG PINEY ROAD WHERE IT SNAPPED AND UPROOTED TREES ON

N MOUNT SINAI ROAD. THE MOST INTENSE DAMAGE OCCURRED ON MURRELL

DRIVE WHERE MULTIPLE HOMES WERE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED AS

THEY SHIFTED OFF OF THEIR FOUNDATIONS, EXPERIENCED EXTENSIVE ROOF

DAMAGE, OR HAD EXTERIOR WALLS COLLAPSE. IN ADDITION TO THE

STRUCTURAL DAMAGE, HUNDREDS OF TREES WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED IN

THE SAME AREA. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST DAMAGING TREES ON

LENA ROAD, AND CAUSING ROOF DAMAGE TO HOMES ON STEPHEN STREET AND

RIDGECREST DRIVE. THE STORM CROSSED HIGHWAY 46, SNAPPING ELECTRIC

POLES ALONG PRINTWOOD DRIVE. IT WEAKENED FROM THAT POINT, DAMAGING

MULTIPLE TREES BEFORE DISSIPATING NEAR BURNS. THE TRACK OF THIS

TORNADO WAS EXTENDED USING HIGH RESOLUTION NASA SATELLITE 

IMAGERY.



.#5 BURNS EF1...


RATING:                 EF1

ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    110 MPH

PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  5.3 MILES

PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   175.0 YARDS

FATALITIES:             0

INJURIES:               0


START DATE:             12/11/2021

START TIME:             02:49 AM CST

START LOCATION:         2 SSE BURNS / DICKSON COUNTY / TN

START LAT/LON:          36.0257 / -87.3051


END DATE:               12/11/2021

END TIME:               02:54 AM CST

END LOCATION:           3 SSW WHITE BLUFF / DICKSON COUNTY / TN

END LAT/LON:            36.0643 / -87.2343


SURVEY SUMMARY:

THIS TORNADO DEVELOPED JUST SOUTHEAST OF THE DICKSON EF2 TORNADO

NORTH OF I-40 NEAR MILE MARKER 175. DAMAGE WAS SEEN ON GARTON 

ROAD WHERE THERE WERE LARGE BRANCHES BROKEN OFF TREES. THE TORNADO

CONTINUED NORTHEAST WHERE MORE UPROOTED TREES WERE SEEN ALONG 

HIGHWAY 96 AND BEECH GROVE WAY. MORE BRANCHES WERE BROKEN FURTHER 

TO THE NORTHEAST AND EAST ALONG JC BROWN ROAD, JOHNNY HALL ROAD, 

AND BAKERS WORK ROAD BEFORE ENDING NEAR BAKERS WORK ROAD. 



.#6 KINGSTON SPRINGS EF2...


RATING:                 EF2

ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    125 MPH

PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  10.43 MILES

PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   400.0 YARDS

FATALITIES:             0

INJURIES:               1


START DATE:             12/11/2021

START TIME:             02:56 AM CST

START LOCATION:         1 E WHITE BLUFF / DICKSON COUNTY / TN

START LAT/LON:          36.1048 / -87.1934


END DATE:               12/11/2021

END TIME:               03:07 AM CST

END LOCATION:           4 NNE PEGRAM / CHEATHAM COUNTY / TN

END LAT/LON:            36.1667 / -87.0262


SURVEY SUMMARY:

THIS TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR HIGHWAY 70 BETWEEN WHITE BLUFF AND

KINGSTON SPRINGS, AND CONTINUED EAST-NORTHEAST WHERE IT PRODUCED

ROOF DAMAGE TO A FEW HOMES. WHILE STAYING NORTH OF HIGHWAY 70,

THERE WAS DAMAGE TO HOMES ON SNEED ROAD WHERE ROOF SECTIONS WERE

REMOVED, AND HAD SEVERAL TREES SNAPPED. SEVERAL MORE HOMES AND

TREES WERE DAMAGED ALONG HIGHWAY 70, INCLUDING A FEW BUSINESSES,

WITH MAINLY ROOF DAMAGE. A BARN HAD ITS WALLS COLLAPSE BETWEEN OLD

BUTTERWORTH ROAD AND CEDAR HILL ROAD. SOME ELECTRICAL POLES WERE

DAMAGED ON CEDAR HILL ROAD BEFORE THE TORNADO MOVED FURTHER

NORTHEAST, DAMAGING MORE TREES, AND DISSIPATING BEFORE THE

DAVIDSON COUNTY LINE. THE TRACK OF THIS TORNADO WAS ADJUSTED 

USING HIGH RESOLUTION NASA SATELLITE IMAGERY.



.#7 BELLS BEND/JOHN TUNE/BORDEAUX EF0...


RATING:                 EF0

ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    85 MPH

PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  9.63 MILES

PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   100.0 YARDS

FATALITIES:             0

INJURIES:               0


START DATE:             12/11/2021

START TIME:             03:12 AM CST

START LOCATION:         7 NE PEGRAM / DAVIDSON COUNTY / TN

START LAT/LON:          36.1807 / -86.9703


END DATE:               12/11/2021

END TIME:               03:20 AM CST

END LOCATION:           3 NNW NASHVILLE / DAVIDSON COUNTY / TN

END LAT/LON:            36.2215 / -86.806


SURVEY SUMMARY:

THIS 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.



.#8 OLD HICKORY/HENDERSONVILLE EF1...


RATING:                 EF1

ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    100 MPH

PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  6.2 MILES 

PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   150.0 YARDS 

FATALITIES:       0 

INJURIES:               0


START DATE:             12/11/2021

START TIME:             03:31 AM CST

START LOCATION:         3 SW HENDERSONVILLE / DAVIDSON COUNTY /

TN

START LAT/LON:          36.2663 / -86.6501


END DATE:               12/11/2021

END TIME:               03:37 AM CST

END LOCATION:           3 E HENDERSONVILLE / WILSON COUNTY / TN

END LAT/LON:            36.2916 / -86.5439


SURVEY SUMMARY:

A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN OLD HICKORY ON ORCHARD DRIVE UPROOTING

SEVERAL LARGE TREES AND CAUSING ROOF DAMAGE TO MULTIPLE HOMES. IT

MOVED ACROSS OLD HICKORY LAKE AND DOWNED POWER LINES AND TREES

FROM WALTON FERRY TO SANDERS FERRY ROAD IN HENDERSONVILLE. THE

HEAVIEST DAMAGE OCCURRED ON PRIVATE DRIVE, CUMBERLAND HILLS DRIVE

AND LAKE VALLEY ROAD WHERE NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED

AND HOMES RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAGE. THE TORNADO CONTINUED

EAST, CROSSING OLD HICKORY LAKE ONCE AGAIN AND DOWNING TREES AND 

POWERLINES ON CARTER LANE IN NORTH MT. JULIET. THE STORM WEAKENED 

AND LIFTED ON SAUNDERSVILLE FERRY ROAD NEAR CROSSWINDS DRIVE.



.#9 MOUNT JULIET EF1...


RATING:                 EF1

ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    105 MPH

PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  7.6 MILES

PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   100.0 YARDS

FATALITIES:             0

INJURIES:               1


START DATE:             12/11/2021

START TIME:             03:31 AM CST

START LOCATION:         5 WNW RURAL HILL / DAVIDSON COUNTY / TN

START LAT/LON:          36.1422 / -86.5892


END DATE:               12/11/2021

END TIME:               03:39 AM CST

END LOCATION:           2 N MOUNT JULIET / WILSON COUNTY / TN

END LAT/LON:            36.232 / -86.5228


SURVEY SUMMARY:

THIS EF1 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 EF0 ROOF AND SIDING DAMAGE TO 

SEVERAL HOMES IN DAVIDSON COUNTY. THE TORNADO STRENGTHENED TO EF1 

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. THE TORNADO WEAKENED AS IT CONTINUED 

NORTHEAST, BUT CONTINUED TO BLOWN DOWN TREES AND CAUSE EF0 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. 1 PERSON RECEIVED A MINOR

INJURY IN THIS TORNADO. 



.#10 HERMITAGE EF0...


RATING:                 EF0

ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    85 MPH

PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  1.4 MILES

PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   50.0 YARDS

FATALITIES:             0

INJURIES:               0


START DATE:             12/11/2021

START TIME:             03:33 AM CST

START LOCATION:         5 SSW GREEN HILL / DAVIDSON COUNTY / TN

START LAT/LON:          36.1634 / -86.6223


END DATE:               12/11/2021

END TIME:               03:35 AM CST

END LOCATION:           4 SSW GREEN HILL / DAVIDSON COUNTY / TN

END LAT/LON:            36.1754 / -86.6038


SURVEY SUMMARY:

THIS BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE STONES RIVER AT I-40 IN

HERMITAGE AND MOVED NORTHEAST, CAUSING MINOR ROOF AND SIDING

DAMAGE TO NUMEROUS HOMES IN THE RIVERWOOD AND ADJACENT

SUBDIVISIONS. MORE HOMES WERE DAMAGED ON SEVILLE DRIVE, SEVERAL

TREES WERE UPROOTED, AND MULTIPLE BUILDINGS AT THE CHERRY CREEK 

AND CANYON RIDGE APARTMENTS SUFFERED ROOF AND EXTERIOR DAMAGE. THE

ROOF OF A MEDICAL BUILDING ON CENTRAL PIKE AT OLD HICKORY BLVD 

WAS ALSO DAMAGED BEFORE THE TORNADO LIFTED.



.#11 BETHPAGE EF0...


RATING:                 EF0

ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    85 MPH

PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  6.38 MILES

PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   50.0 YARDS

FATALITIES:             0

INJURIES:               0


START DATE:             12/11/2021

START TIME:             03:42 AM CST

START LOCATION:         4 N GALLATIN / SUMNER COUNTY / TN

START LAT/LON:          36.4398 / -86.4362


END DATE:               12/11/2021

END TIME:               03:47 AM CST

END LOCATION:           1.3 SW BETHPAGE / SUMNER COUNTY / TN

END LAT/LON:            36.4721 / -86.3298


SURVEY SUMMARY:

THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ON LINDSEY HOLLOW ROAD AND MOVED

NORTHEAST TOWARD PHOSPHATE LANE WHERE A FEW TREES WERE SNAPPED OR

UPROOTED, AN OUTBUILDING WAS DESTROYED, AND THE ROOF OF A HOME WAS

DAMAGED. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST CAUSING TREE DAMAGE ALONG

WRIGHTS LANE AND SOUTH DRY FORK ROAD. IT DAMAGED A FEW MORE TREES

BEFORE LIFTING AT HIGHWAY 31E NEAR HINTON ROAD.



.#12 CARTHAGE EF0...


RATING:                 EF0

ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    80 MPH

PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  7.3 MILES 

PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   75.0 YARDS

FATALITIES:             0 

INJURIES:               0


START DATE:             12/11/2021

START TIME:             04:05 AM CST

START LOCATION:         1 ENE SOUTH CARTHAGE / SMITH COUNTY / TN

START LAT/LON:          36.2441 / -85.9452


END DATE:               12/11/2021

END TIME:               04:10 AM CST

END LOCATION:           6 ENE CARTHAGE / JACKSON COUNTY / TN

END LAT/LON:            36.2949 / -85.8434


SURVEY SUMMARY:

THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ON UPPER FERRY ROAD IN CARTHAGE AND MOVED

NORTHEAST ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF CARTHAGE UPROOTING SEVERAL SMALL

TREES AND SNAPPING LARGE TREE LIMBS. THE STORM CROSSED THE

CUMBERLAND RIVER AND CAUSED TREE DAMAGE AND MODERATE ROOF DAMAGE

TO A STRUCTURE ON MCLURES BEND LANE EAST OF CARTHAGE. THE TORNADO

CONTINUED EAST, CROSSING THE CUMBERLAND RIVER AND SULLIVAN BEND

BEFORE LIFTING ON WAYNICK ROAD IN JACKSON COUNTY WHERE IT CAUSED

MINOR TREE DAMAGE.



.#13 CLAY COUNTY EF1...


RATING:                 EF1

ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    105 MPH

PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  7.41 MILES

PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   75.0 YARDS

FATALITIES:             0

INJURIES:               0


START DATE:             12/11/2021

START TIME:             04:20 AM CST

START LOCATION:         4.8 NE RED BOILING SPRING / CLAY COUNTY / TN

START LAT/LON:          36.5809 / -85.7738


END DATE:               12/11/2021

END TIME:               04:27 AM CST

END LOCATION:           1.3 E BOLES / MONROE COUNTY / KY

END LAT/LON:            36.6328 / -85.6582


SURVEY SUMMARY:

THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN HERMITAGE SPRINGS JUST SOUTH OF

HIGHWAY 52 WHERE IT UPROOTED TREES. IT PARALLELED HIGHWAY 52,

CONTINUING TO UPROOT TREES AND CAUSING SHINGLE DAMAGE TO MULTIPLE

HOMES. THE WORST DAMAGE OCCURRED ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF THE

HIGHWAY 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 DAMAGED A BARN

AND CAUSED MINOR TREE DAMAGE ALONG BEECH GROVES BOLES ROAD. THE

TORNADO CONTINUED TO WEAKEN AS IT MOVED NORTHEAST DAMAGING A FEW

TREES. IT LIFTED NEAR RHOTON CAVE ROAD. 



.#14 GILES COUNTY EF0...


RATING:                 EF0

ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    70 MPH

PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  2.1 MILES

PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   30.0 YARDS

FATALITIES:             0

INJURIES:               0


START DATE:             12/11/2021

START TIME:             06:17 AM CST

START LOCATION:         2 SSW ELKTON / GILES COUNTY / TN

START LAT/LON:          35.0402 / -86.9138


END DATE:               12/11/2021

END TIME:               06:19 AM CST

END LOCATION:           1 ESE ELKTON / GILES COUNTY / TN

END LAT/LON:            35.0505 / -86.8786


SURVEY SUMMARY:

THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF WITT RD AND 

BEASLEY BRANCH RD WHERE SOME SHINGLE WERE LOST ON A HOUSE, THE ROOF 

OF A SHED WAS BLOWN OFF AND A FEW TREES WERE UPROOTED OR HAD LARGE 

BRANCHES SNAPPED OFF. THE TORNADO CONTINUED ENE AND PARALLELED THE 

ELK RIVER UPROOTING ADDITIONAL TREES AND SNAPPING LARGE BRANCHES. 

THE TORNADO BLEW A SEMI TRUCK OFF OF I-65 BEFORE LIFTING EAST OF I-

65 ALONG THE ELK RIVER.



.#15 GRUNDY COUNTY EF1...


RATING:                 EF1

ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    90 MPH

PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  8.8 MILES

PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   100.0 YARDS

FATALITIES:             0

INJURIES:               0


START DATE:             12/11/2021

START TIME:             07:36 AM CST

START LOCATION:         1 N COALMONT / GRUNDY COUNTY / TN

START LAT/LON:          35.3475 / -85.7118


END DATE:               12/11/2021

END TIME:               07:45 AM CST

END LOCATION:           2 N PALMER / GRUNDY COUNTY / TN

END LAT/LON:            35.3916 / -85.5664


SURVEY SUMMARY:

THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN COALMONT AND QUICKLY PRODUCED 90 MPH

WINDS THAT UPROOTED MANY TREES ON FREEMONT ROAD. IT MOVED

NORTHEAST AND BLEW OUT THE WALLS OF A METAL BUILDING STRUCTURE AND

DOWNED ADDITIONAL TREES ON 20TH AVENUE SOUTH NEAR HIGHWAY 108. THE

TORNADO WEAKENED AS IT CROSSED THE HIGHWAY AND CONTINUED NORTHEAST.

IT UPROOTED AND SNAPPED TREES EAST OF GRUETLI LAAGER BEFORE

LIFTING NEAR CULLEN SAVAGE ROAD NORTH OF BARKERTOWN ROAD.


&&


EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE

FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:


EF0...WEAK......65 TO 85 MPH

EF1...WEAK......86 TO 110 MPH

EF2...STRONG....111 TO 135 MPH

EF3...STRONG....136 TO 165 MPH

EF4...VIOLENT...166 TO 200 MPH

EF5...VIOLENT...>200 MPH


NOTE:

THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO

CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENTS AND PUBLICATION IN NWS

STORM DATA.


$$


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