...SURVEY OF TORNADOES THAT STRUCK PERRY...HICKMAN...DICKSON...
DAVIDSON AND SUMNER COUNTIES...


OFFICIALS OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONDUCTED A TWO DAY GROUND
SURVEY OF MULTIPLE TORNADOES THAT OCCURRED IN PERRY...HICKMAN...
DICKSON...DAVIDSON AND SUMNER COUNTIES DURING THE EVENING OF
FEBRUARY 5TH AND MORNING OF FEBRUARY 6TH, 2008.

BASED ON THE OBSERVED DAMAGE IN PERRY...HICKMAN...DICKSON...AND
DAVIDSON COUNTIES...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETERMINED THAT
THE TORNADOES WERE RATED AN EF-0 ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA INTENSITY
SCALE, HAVING WINDS NEAR 85 MPH.

IN SUMNER COUNTY...THERE WERE TWO TORNADOES NOTED. THE FIRST TORNADO
STRUCK WESTERN SUMNER COUNTY AND WAS DETERMINED TO BE AN EF-0...AND
THE SECOND TORNADO WAS DETERMINED AS AN EF-1 WITH WINDS NEAR 110 MPH.

THE EF-1 TORNADO IN SUMNER COUNTY TOUCHED DOWN APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES
NORTHWEST OF GALLATIN...NEAR LIBERTY...AND CONTINUED FOR ABOUT 10
MILES TO 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF GALLATIN...NEAR GRABALL. THIS TORNADO
CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO TREES AND MINOR ROOF DAMAGE TO HOMES IN
ITS PATH. THE TORNADO WAS APPROXIMATELY 200 YARDS WIDE AT ITS PEAK
INTENSITY.

THE EF-0 TORNADOES IN PERRY...HICKMAN...DICKSON...DAVIDSON...AND
WESTERN SUMNER COUNTIES PRODUCED MAINLY MINOR TREE DAMAGE.

THIS DAMAGE WAS CAUSED BY SUPERCELL NUMBER THREE THAT PRODUCED SIX
SEPARATE TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS ALONG ITS TRACK.

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DAVIS/LAROSA