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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
319 PM CDT FRI MAY 10 2024
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 05/08/24 TORNADO EVENT UPDATE 1
UPDATE
ADDED CEDAR HILL/SPRINGFIELD EF-1 TORNADO, AND THE
PROSPECT EF-2 TORNADO. ALSO ADDED ADDITIONAL DETAILS TO THE
COLUMBIA EF-3 TORNADO AND THE CHRISTIANA EF-0 TORNADO.
CEDAR HILL/SPRINGFIELD EF1 TORNADO
RATING: EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 4.88 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 150 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 05/08/2024
START TIME: 02:40 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 8 SSW ADAMS / MONTGOMERY COUNTY / TN
START LAT/LON: 36.4837 / -87.1442
END DATE: 05/08/2024
END TIME: 02:51 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 6 SSW CEDAR HILL / ROBERTSON COUNTY / TN
END LAT/LON: 36.4661 / -87.0629
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A VERY WEAK TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST EAST OF I 24 AT THE END OF
MAYO RD IN A WOODED AREA. THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF TOPPING AND
TWISTING OF A FEW TREES. ALONG STROUDVILLE RD AT TONY DARDEN RD,
THERE WERE 3 TREES DOWN THAT HAD BEEN CLEANED UP BY HIGHWAY
DEPARTMENT. WITNESSES SAID THEY SAW A MUCH GREAT FUNNEL ALOFT AND
ONLY ONE SMALL PART WAS TOUCHING THE TREES. WHEN THE TORNADO GOT TO
HIGHWAY 256 AND RIDGE RD IT INCREASED IN SPEED AND WIDTH AND TURNED
SOUTH SOUTHEASTWARD. A BARN HAD PANELS AND SHEETING TORN OFF AND 2
TREES WERE UPROOTED OFF 256. ALONG RIDGE ROAD, 3 HOMES HAD SHINGLE
AND ROOFING MATERIAL LOSS, ALONG WITH GUTTER AND SOFFIT DAMAGE. ONE
HOME HAD 14 TREES SNAPPED OR UPROOTED, AND ONE FELL ON THEIR HOME.
ALONG RIDGE RD, DRONE PHOTOGRAPHY SHOWED DOZENS AND DOZENS OF TREES
TOPPED, TWISTED, UPROOTED AND SNAPPED. AN OLDER 20 BY 40 BARN WAS
PICKED UP AND THROWN OFF TO A NORTHEASTERLY DIRECTION, WITH METAL
SHEETING THROWN WELL UP INTO THE TREES AND WRAPPED AROUND THE TREE.
THE TORNADO TOOK A HARD TURN BACK TO THE EAST AT THE VERY END OF THE
TRACK. THE TORNADO TOPPED TWISTED AND UPROOTING TREES. IT ALSO
DAMAGED METAL SHEETING ON A BARN NEAR RIDGE ROAD.
COLUMBIA EF-3 TORNADO
RATING: EF-3
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 140 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 12.94 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 900 YARDS
FATALITIES: 1
INJURIES: 1
START DATE: 05/08/2024
START TIME: 05:37 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 3 ESE COLUMBIA / MAURY COUNTY / TN
START LAT/LON: 35.6091 / -87.0004
END DATE: 05/08/2024
END TIME: 06:07 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 6 WNW CHAPEL HILL / MARSHALL COUNTY / TN
END LAT/LON: 35.672 / -86.789
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ALONG THE DUCK RIVER EAST OF COLUMBIA AND
MOVED NORTHEAST CAUSING TREE DAMAGE AND MINOR STRUCTURE DAMAGE ON
MOUNT OLIVET RD. MULTIPLE HOMES RECEIVED DAMAGE ALONG COTHRAN RD
AND CRANFORD HOLLOW RD BEFORE THE TORNADO MOVED NORTH OF HIGHWAY
412. MORE INTENSE DAMAGE BEGAN TO OCCUR ON OLD HIGHWAY 99 AND
BLACKBURN LANE WHERE LARGE SECTIONS OF ROOFS WERE
REMOVED AND HUNDREDS OF TREES WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. THE TORNADO
REACHED ITS MAXIMUM STRENGTH ALONG BLACKBURN RD AND LASEA RD WHERE
LARGE TRANSMISSION POWER TRUSSES WERE COLLAPSED, A HOUSE WAS
DESTROYED WITH ONLY SMALL INTERIOR WALLS STILL STANDING, AND A
MOBILE HOME WAS SWEPT AWAY. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST DAMAGING
ADDITIONAL HOMES BEFORE CROSSING I-65 NEAR MILE MARKER 47. MORE
HOMES WERE DAMAGED ALONG RALLY HILL CUTOFF RD AND KEDRON RD. THE
TORNADO CROSSED HIGHWAY 431 NEAR KEDRON RD BEFORE LIFTING JUST PAST
THE MAURY/MARSHALL COUNTY LINE.
PROSPECT EF-2 TORNADO
RATING: EF-2
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 115 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 6.58 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 600 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 1
START DATE: 05/08/2024
START TIME: 07:50 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 6 ENE LESTER / GILES COUNTY / AL
START LAT/LON: 35.0223 / -87.0382
END DATE: 05/08/2024
END TIME: 08:00 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 3 SSW ELKTON / GILES COUNTY / TN
END LAT/LON: 35.0211 / -86.9222
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ALONG CASE ROAD SOUTHWEST OF PROSPECT WHERE
SOME TREES WERE DAMAGED. AS THE TORNADO CONTINUED EAST, TWO HOMES
SUSTAINED ROOF DAMAGE, AND A MANUFACTURED HOME WAS COMPLETELY
REMOVED FROM ITS BASE AND DESTROYED. ADDITIONAL STRUCTURES WERE
DAMAGED ALONG CASE ROAD AS THE TORNADO HEADED EAST, THEN DAMAGED
SOME METAL OUTBUILDINGS OFF OF BETHEL PROSPECT ROAD SOUTH OF THE
TOWN OF PROSPECT. ADDITIONAL TREES AND MINOR ROOF DAMAGE WAS FOUND
OFF OF CIRCLE DRIVE AND VETO ROAD SOUTHEAST OF PROSPECT. SOME LARGER
TREE DAMAGE WAS FOUND ALONG EL REED ROAD, AND FURTHER EAST ALONG THE
ELK RIVER BEFORE DISSIPATING.
CHRISTIANA EF-0 TORNADO
RATING: EF-0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 80 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 3.11 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 125 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 05/08/2024
START TIME: 06:31 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 9 ESE EAGLEVILLE / RUTHERFORD COUNTY / TN
START LAT/LON: 35.6942 / -86.5031
END DATE: 05/08/2024
END TIME: 06:36 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 9 NW BELL BUCKLE / RUTHERFORD COUNTY / TN
END LAT/LON: 35.6975 / -86.4491
SURVEY SUMMARY:
AN EF-0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF THREET RD AND
NEW ZION RD. THE TORNADO MOVED EAST ALONG NEW ZION RD SNAPPING LARGE
BRANCHES OFF FROM HARDWOOD TREES. TREES WERE UPROOTED NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF MIDLAND RD AND JONES RD. THE TORNADO CONTINUED EAST
ALONG JONES RD SNAPPING LARGE LIMBS AND UPROOTING A FEW TREES
BEFORE THE TORNADO TRANSITIONED TO STRAIGHT LINE WINDS NEAR THE GRAY
FOX NEIGHBORHOOD.
EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:
EF0.....65 TO 85 MPH
EF1.....86 TO 110 MPH
EF2.....111 TO 135 MPH
EF3.....136 TO 165 MPH
EF4.....166 TO 200 MPH
EF5.....>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.
BARNWELL/HURLEY/MUELLER
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