Tornado's Strike Tennessee

...RESULTS FROM STORM DAMAGE SURVEY...

...EF0 TORNADO TOUCHDOWN CONFIRMED IN RUTHERFORD COUNTY...
...EF1 TORNADO TOUCHDOWN CONFIRMED IN CHEATHAM COUNTY...

A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASSESSMENT TEAM SURVEYED DAMAGE TODAY IN
CHEATHAM AND RUTHERFORD COUNTIES. THE TEAM DETERMINED AN EF0 TORNADO
WITH MAXIMUM WINDS OF 90 MPH TOUCHED DOWN IN MURFREESBORO...AND AN
EF1 TORNADO WITH MAXIMUM WINDS NEAR 100 MPH WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
DAMAGE IN CHEATHAM COUNTY.

THE TORNADO IN MURFREESBORO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR SCOTT STREET AND
CAUSED SOME DAMAGE TO BUSINESSES THERE...AND CONTINUED ACROSS BROAD
STREET WHERE IT CAUSED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO SHOPS IN THE JACKSON
HEIGHTS MALL. THE TORNADO ALSO CAUSED MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE BOYS AND
GIRLS CLUB LOCATED ON JONES BOULEVARD. NUMEROUS TREES AND MINOR
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED TO HOMES NORTH OF LOKEY AVENUE...AND
THERE WAS SOME STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO BUSINESSES ON MEMORIAL BOULEVARD
NEAR CLARK BOULEVARD. THE TOTAL PATH LENGTH OF THE TORNADO WAS JUST
OVER A MILE...AND THE WIDTH WAS ABOUT 50 YARDS.

IN CHEATHAM COUNTY...THE TORNADO BEGAN ALONG STATE HIGHWAY
249...ABOUT 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF ASHLAND CITY...AND CONTINUED FOR 5
MILES ALONG HIGHWAY 249 TO JUST NORTH OF MOUNT ZION. THE DAMAGE PATH
WAS 50 YARDS WIDE...BUT INCREASED TO AROUND 100 YARDS WIDE. NUMEROUS
HARDWOOD TREES WERE EITHER SNAPPED OFF OR WERE COMPLETELY UPROOTED
ALONG THE PATH...1 MODULAR HOME WAS DESTROYED ON ROB NEWMAN
ROAD...AND 3 OTHER HOMES WERE SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED ON BEARWALLOW
ROAD AND BENNETT ROAD.

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