Good Friday Tornado Outbreak- 04/10/09
Damage Surveys

Rutherford County Tornado

...MONDAY UPDATE...

...APRIL 10TH TORNADO IN MURFREESBORO REACHED EF-4 INTENSITY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT TEAM HAS DETERMINED
THAT THE TORNADO WHICH STRUCK MURFREESBORO ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON
REACHED EF-4 IN INTENSITY.  EF-4 INTENSITY...WITH WINDS NEAR 170
MPH...WAS REACHED IN THE HIGHLAND PARK DRIVE NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL AS
THE TOMAHAWK TRACE AREA.  SEVERAL WELL CONSTRUCTED HOMES WERE
DESTROYED IN THESE AREAS...HARDWOOD TREES WERE DEBARKED...AND
VEHICLES WERE TOSSED CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE.

THE TORNADO WHICH STRUCK FRIDAY WAS THE 28TH TORNADO TO HIT
RUTHERFORD COUNTY SINCE 1950.  IT WAS THE FIRST KILLER TORNADO
DURING THAT PERIOD.

A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURVEY CREW IS CURRENTLY SURVEYING DAMAGE
IN HUMPHREYS AND HOUSTON COUNTIES.  ANOTHER TEAM IS EN-ROUTE TO LOOK
AT DAMAGE IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY...AND POSSIBLY CANNON COUNTY IF TIME
ALLOWS.  A SURVEY OF MARSHALL AND NORTHERN GILES COUNTY IS SCHEDULED
FOR TUESDAY.

PICTURES AND ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT...

WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NASHVILLE

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FINAL SUMMARY (TIMES BASED ON RADAR)...

STRENGTH...EF-4
MAXIMUM WINDS...170 MPH
PATH LENGTH...23.25 MILES
WIDTH...MAXIMUM 750 YARDS
TOUCHDOWN TIME...1219 PM
TORNADO END TIME...1255 PM
BEGIN LAT/LON...35.7597  -86.8480
END LAT/LON...35.9145  -86.2789

TOM JOHNSTONE
WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST




...ADDITIONAL PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF MURFREESBORO TORNADO SURVEY...
...TORNADO LENGTH NOW OVER 23 MILES...
...FINAL SUMMARY WILL BE RELEASED MONDAY MORNING...

ADDITIONAL GROUND SURVEYS OF THE MURFREESBORO TORNADO INDICATE THAT
THE ACTUAL INITIAL TOUCHDOWN WAS JUST NORTH OF THE EAGLEVILLE
COMMUNITY IN FAR SOUTHWESTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY.  INTERMITTENT TREE
AND ROOF DAMAGE WAS NOTED BEGINNING AT A RESIDENCE NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF KELLEY ROAD AND HIGHWAY 41A.  INTERMITTENT TREE
DAMAGE CONTINUED NORTHEAST...WITH THE PATH BECOMING CONTINUOUS ALONG
ROCKY GROVE ROAD BETWEEN THE CEDAR GROVE AND PLEASANT HILL
COMMUNITIES.  THIS NEW DAMAGE EXTENDS THE TORNADO PATH LENGTH MORE
THAN 8 MILES TO OVER 23 MILES.

THE SURVEY TEAM INSPECTED CONTINUOUS DAMAGE FROM ROCKY GROVE ROAD
NORTHEAST TO A RESIDENCE ON NEWMAN ROAD APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES NORTH
OF THE WINDROW COMMUNITY.  EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE WAS NOTED ALONG THE
PATH...ALONG WITH MULTIPLE INSTANCES OF ROOF DAMAGE TO HOMES.
SEVERAL INSTANCES OF MULTI-VORTEX DAMAGE WERE NOTED.  THE MOST
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE WAS ON PATTERSON ROAD 1/2 MILE WEST OF WINDROW.
A BRICK HOME WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED AND THROWN ALMOST COMPLETELY
OFF ITS FOUNDATION.  THIS DAMAGE WAS AT LEAST EF3 IN INTENSITY.

ADDITIONAL AREAS BETWEEN STONES RIVER BATTLEFIELD AND MEDICAL CENTER
PARKWAY IN MURFREESBORO WHICH WERE UNREACHABLE ON SATURDAY WERE
SURVEYED TODAY.  2 HOMES ON WILKINSON PIKE AND 2 HOMES ON HIGHLAND
PARK DRIVE WERE COMPLETELY DESTROYED.  ONE OF THE HOMES DID APPEAR
TO BE PROPERLY ANCHORED TO IT`S FOUNDATION WHILE THREE WERE NOT.
THE DAMAGE HERE WAS HIGH END EF3 IN INTENSITY...AND MAY GO HIGHER IN
THE FINAL SURVEY RESULTS.

DUE TO AN OVER 8 MILE EXTENSION IN THE TORNADO PATH LENGTH WE WERE
NOT ABLE TO FINALIZE OUR SURVEY RESULTS TODAY.  THE FINAL SURVEY
FINDINGS WILL BE AVAILABLE MONDAY MORNING.

PICTURES AND ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT...

WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NASHVILLE

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SUMMARY (TIMES BASED ON RADAR)...

STRENGTH...AT LEAST EF3
PATH LENGTH...23.25 MILES
WIDTH...MAXIMUM ALMOST 1/2 MILE
TOUCHDOWN TIME...1219 PM
TORNADO END TIME...1255 PM
BEGIN LAT/LON...35.7597  -86.8480
END LAT/LON...35.9145  -86.2789

TOM JOHNSTONE
WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE

MICHAEL DAVIS
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OFFICER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE

...ADDITIONAL RESULTS OF MURFREESBORO TORNADO SURVEY...
...SURVEY WILL BE COMPLETED SUNDAY...

A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT TEAM COMPLETED AN
AERIAL SURVEY OF DAMAGE TODAY FROM THE FRIDAY, APRIL 10 TORNADO IN
RUTHERFORD COUNTY.  THE TORNADO INITIALLY TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE END
OF BRET HAYNES ROAD OR APPROXIMATELY 7 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF
MURFREESBORO. THE LAST EVIDENCE OF TORNADO DAMAGE WAS NEAR LOFTON
ROAD JUST SOUTH OF LANCASSAS PIKE...OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF
MURFREESBORO.  THE MAXIMUM DAMAGE PATH WIDTH OF NEARLY 1/2 MILE WAS
NOTED JUST EAST OF I-24.

THE TORNADO TRACKED DUE NORTHEAST FOR THE FIRST 9 MILES THEN BEGAN A
STEADY TURN TO THE RIGHT.  BY THE TIME THE TORNADO LIFTED IT WAS
MOVING TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST.  ADDITIONALLY...VIDEOS OF THE TORNADO
INDICATED A MULTIPLE VORTEX APPEARANCE TO THE TORNADO AND THE AERIAL
SURVEY WAS ABLE TO DETECT FOCUSED AREAS OF DAMAGE WITHIN THE LARGER
PATH.

THE AERIAL SURVEY REVEALED 12 TO 15 HOMES WHICH WERE COMPLETED
DESTROYED AND DOZENS OTHERS WHICH SUFFERED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE.
A 2-STORY OFFICE BUILDING HAD THE COMPLETE UPPER FLOOR REMOVED.
NUMEROUS LARGE VEHICLES WERE PICKED UP AND TOSSED...INCLUDING
SEVERAL SEMI TRAILERS WHICH WOUND UP PILED TOGETHER NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF THOMPSON LANE AND BROAD STREET.

A GROUND SURVEY WAS THEN BEGUN TO DETERMINE TORNADO INTENSITY.
DAMAGE ALONG THE TORNADO PATH WAS PRIMARILY EF2 WITH SIGNIFICANT
ROOF DAMAGE AND SOME WALL COLLAPSE ON HOMES.  THERE WERE POCKETS OF
EF3 DAMAGE WHERE WELL BUILT HOMES SUFFERED SIGNIFICANT EXTERIOR AND
INTERIOR WALL FAILURE.

THERE WERE 3 AREAS SURVEYED TODAY WHICH HAD THE MOST SIGNIFICANT
DAMAGE.  THE FIRST AREA WAS ALONG BUSHNELL DRIVE JUST NORTH OF
COMPTON ROAD.  A WELL BUILT 2-STORY BRICK HOME WAS ALMOST COMPLETELY
DESTROYED WITH JUST PART OF A KITCHEN WALL REMAINING STANDING.  THE
2ND AREA WAS NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HAYNES DRIVE AND SULPHUR
SPRINGS ROAD.  3 HOMES ON CORNWALL COURT WERE COMPLETELY DESTROYED
AND THROWN CLEAR OF THEIR SLAB FOUNDATIONS...HOWEVER IT DID NOT
APPEAR ANY OF THE HOMES WAS PROPERLY ANCHORED.

THE THIRD AREA OF ENHANCED DAMAGE WAS ALONG BATTLEGROUND DRIVE
BETWEEN D`ANN DRIVE AND TOMAHAWK TRACE.  THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE ASSESSMENT TEAM WAS JOINED BY A MURFREESBORO CODE
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WHO ASSISTED WITH ASSESSING CONSTRUCTION QUALITY
AT THIS LOCATION. 3 HOMES WERE COMPLETELY BLOWN CLEAR OF THEIR
FOUNDATIONS AND DESTROYED.  1 HOME WAS NOT PROPERLY
ANCHORED/FASTENED TO THE FOUNDATION...HOWEVER THE OTHER 2 WERE VERY
WELL CONSTRUCTED.  SEVERAL TREES WERE ALSO DEBARKED AT THIS
LOCATION.  THIS DAMAGE MAY EXCEED EF-3 INTENSITY ONCE THE SURVEY IS
COMPLETE.

THE SURVEY WAS SUSPENDED AS THE REST OF THE DAMAGE PATH WAS
INACCESSIBLE ON THE GROUND.  THE SURVEY WILL BE COMPLETED ON SUNDAY
AND A FINAL REPORT AND DAMAGE RATING RELEASED.

PICTURES AND ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT...

WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NASHVILLE

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SUMMARY (TIMES BASED ON RADAR)...

STRENGTH...AT LEAST EF3
PATH LENGTH...15 MILES
WIDTH...MAXIMUM ALMOST 1/2 MILE
TOUCHDOWN TIME...1233 PM
TORNADO END TIME...1255 PM
BEGIN LAT/LON...35.8167  -86.5277
END LAT/LON...35.9145  -86.2789

TOM JOHNSTONE/MICHAEL DAVIS




  

...PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF MURFREESBORO TORNADO SURVEY...

A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASSESSMENT TEAM IS SURVEYING DAMAGE IN
RUTHERFORD COUNTY TODAY. THE PRELIMINARY RESULTS FROM AN AERIAL
SURVEY INDICATE THE TORNADO THAT IMPACTED MURFREESBORO HAD A PATH
LENGTH OF 15 MILES...BEGINNING APPROXIMATELY 7 MILES SOUTHWEST AND
ENDING 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF MURFREESBORO. THE MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH OF
THE TORNADO WAS A HALF MILE. THE PRELIMINARY STRENGTH OF THE TORNADO
IS BEING RATED AS EF3...WITH WINDS OF 136 MPH TO 165 MPH. ADDITIONAL
SURVEYING ON THE GROUND WILL BE DONE THIS AFTERNOON AND FINAL
RESULTS WILL BE MADE AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE.

ADDITIONAL DATA ABOUT THIS STORM IS AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE...

WEATHER.GOV/NASHVILLE

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JAMES LAROSA - HYDROLOGIST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE

Sumner County Tornado

...EF1 TORNADO TOUCHDOWN CONFIRMED IN SUMNER COUNTY...

A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASSESSMENT TEAM SURVEYED DAMAGE IN
NORTHWEST SUMNER COUNTY NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 25 AND 76
THIS AFTERNOON.  IT WAS DETERMINED THE DAMAGE WAS CAUSED BY A
TORNADO.

3 FRAME HOMES AND A MOBILE HOME SUFFERED SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAGE
ALONG CREEKMORE ROAD.  NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED.  THE
PATH LENGTH OF THE TORNADO WAS 0.6 MILE WITH A MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH OF
50 YARDS.  THE DAMAGE WAS RATED EF-1 IN INTENSITY...WITH MAXIMUM
WIND SPEEDS AROUND 100 MPH.





  

Benton County Tornado

...NWS CONFIRMS EF-1 TORNADO DAMAGE IN BENTON COUNTY FROM APRIL 10
STORM...

NWS NASHVILLE PERSONNEL SURVEYED TORNADO DAMAGE IN THE NORTHEAST
PART OF BENTON COUNTY ON SATURDAY. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT
6 MILES NORTHEAST OF CAMDEN AT ABOUT 1040 A.M. CDT. IT TRAVELED
NORTHEAST AND ENDED AT THE TENNESSEE RIVER 10 AND ONE HALF MILES
NORTHEAST OF CAMDEN AT ABOUT 1047 A.M. THE TORNADO DAMAGED A PATH
THAT WAS 4 AND ONE HALF MILES LONG AND APPROXIMATELY 75 YARDS
WIDE.

MUCH OF THE DAMAGE WAS ALONG AND NEAR GRAPEVINE AND HARMON DOCK
ROADS. MANY HUNDREDS OF LARGE HARDWOOD TREES AND PINE TREES WERE
SNAPPED OR UPROOTED ALONG THE DAMAGE PATH. TEN HOMES SUFFERED ROOF
DAMAGE AND SEVERAL OUTBUILDINGS WERE DESTROYED. BASED ON THIS
DAMAGE...WINDS WERE ESTIMATED AT 100 MPH WHICH CORRESPONDS TO EF-1
ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE.

NWS NASHVILLE THANKS BENTON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
DIRECTOR JOHN SMOOT...THE BENTON COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE...AND THE
BENTON COUNTY ELECTRIC SERVICE FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE DURING THIS
SURVEY.

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VANNOZZI

  

Second Rutherford County Tornado

...PRELIMINARY RESULTS FROM A SECOND TORNADO IN RUTHERFORD COUNTY...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PERSONNEL SURVEYED TORNADO DAMAGE IN
SOUTHERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY THIS MORNING AND CONFIRMED ANOTHER
TORNADO OCCURRED DURING LAST FRIDAY`S STORM EVENT. THE DAMAGE WAS
LIMITED TO AN AREA ALONG BRADYVILLE PIKE...JUST SOUTH OF MANUS ROAD.
IN THIS AREA...4 HOMES WERE DAMAGED ALONG WITH A BARN...AND SEVERAL
TREES WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. BASED ON THIS DAMAGE...THE SURVEY
ASSESSMENT TEAM ESTIMATED THE WINDS TO BE NEAR 100 MPH WHICH
CORRESPONDS TO EF-1 RATING ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE. INFORMATION
ON THE PATH LENGTH AND WIDTH OF THE TORNADO ARE PENDING AND WILL BE
MADE AVAILABLE THIS AFTERNOON.

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LAROSA

Humphreys/Houston Counties Tornadoes

Location / Time of event: Humphreys/Houston Counties, 04/10/09

Tornado Number 1:
Beginning Point: 9 Miles NW Waverly
Ending Point: 9 Miles NW Waverly
Rating: EF0 - Maximum estimated wind speed around 70 MPH
Path Length: 1 Mile
Maximum Width: 25 yds
Fatalities: 0
Injuries: 0

Tornado Number 2:
Beginning Point: 8 Miles NNW of Waverly - Humphreys County
Ending Point: 6 Miles SE of Erin - Houston County
Rating: EF1 - Maximum estimated wind speed around 100 MPH
Path Length: 12 Miles
Maximum Width: 300-400 yds
Fatalities: 0
Injuries: 0
Event Graphical LSR: April 10, 2009
KML Data File: Good Friday Tornado Outbreak 04/10/09

Summary of Damages:

...SURVEY RESULTS FROM HUMPHREYS AND HOUSTON COUNTIES...

A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURVEY TEAM FOUND TWO TORNADOES TOUCHED
DOWN IN HUMPHREYS AND HOUSTON COUNTIES. THE FIRST WAS A BRIEF EF-0
TORNADO WITH WINDS OF 70 MPH IN THE HIGHLANDS ON KENTUCKY LAKE
SUBDIVISION. THIS TORNADO SNAPPED A FEW TREES...AND HAD A LENGTH OF
1 MILE AND A WIDTH OF 25 YARDS. THE SECOND TORNADO WAS RATED AT EF-1
WITH WINDS OF 90 TO 100 MPH AND STRUCK BOTH HUMPHREYS AND HOUSTON
COUNTIES. THIS TORNADO CAUSED EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE ALONG GANDER
BRANCH ROAD...AND DESTROYED A BARN AND DAMAGED A NEARBY HOUSE ON
TENNESSEE RIDGE ROAD NEAR CONCORD IN HUMPHREYS COUNTY. THE TORNADO
ALSO DAMAGED A BARN AND DOWNED TREES NEAR WOOLWORTH ON ROUTE
13...THEN LIFTED NORTHEAST OF SILVERTOP IN HOUSTON COUNTY. THE
TORNADO HAD A LENGTH OF 12 MILES AND A MAX WIDTH OF 300 TO 400
YARDS.

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DAVIS/LAROSA

  

Putnam/Cumberland Counties Tornado

...NWS CONFIRMS EF-1 TORNADO DAMAGE IN PUTNAM AND CUMBERLAND
COUNTIES FROM THE GOOD FRIDAY TORNADO OUTBREAK APRIL 10...

NWS NASHVILLE PERSONNEL SURVEYED TORNADO DAMAGE IN PUTNAM AND
CUMBERLAND COUNTIES ON MONDAY. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF HWY 84 AND LONG HOLLOW ROAD IN PUTNAM COUNTY. IT
THEN TRAVELED NORTHEAST AND ENDED ONE QUARTER MILE NORTH OF DIPPING
SPRINGS ROAD AND I-40 IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY. THE TORNADO DAMAGED A
PATH THAT WAS SIX MILES LONG AND APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS WIDE.

THE START OF DAMAGE WAS FOUND AT BETHEL CHURCH OFF OF HWY 84.
NORTHEAST FROM THE CHURCH CONSIDERABLE TREES WERE TWISTED OR SNAPPED
OR UPROOTED ALONG THE DAMAGE PATH ALONG CLIFF PARK ROAD...NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF ICY COVE TRAIL AND ARROW TRAIL AND EAST COVE ROAD.
BASED ON THE DAMAGE FOUND...WINDS WERE ESTIMATED AT 100 MPH WHICH
CORRESPONDS TO EF-1 ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE.

NWS NASHVILLE THANKS PUTNAM COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY AND
DIRECTOR TYLER SMITH FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE DURING THIS SURVEY.

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MICHAEL DAVIS
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OFFICER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE

  

Cannon County Tornado

...NWS CONFIRMS EF-0 TORNADO DAMAGE IN CANNON COUNTY FROM THE GOOD
FRIDAY TORNADO OUTBREAK APRIL 10...

NWS NASHVILLE PERSONNEL SURVEYED TORNADO DAMAGE IN CANNON COUNTY ON
TUESDAY. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ONE HALF MILE NORTH OF THE
INTERSECTION OF MURFREESBORO ROAD AND LOCKE CREEK ROAD. THE TORNADO
THEN TRAVELED NORTHEAST AND ENDED ONE HALF MILE. THE TORNADO DAMAGED
A PATH THAT WAS THREE QUARTER MILE LONG AND APPROXIMATELY 50 YARDS
WIDE.

THE START OF DAMAGE WAS FOUND AT THE TOP OF THE RIDGE OFF OF LOCKE
CREEK ROAD. THERE WAS NO NOTICED DAMAGE TO THE TWO HOMES IN THE
DAMAGE PATH BUT NUMEROUS TREES WERE UPROOTED AND TWISTED.  ONE POWER
POLE WAS SNAPPED. BASED ON THE DAMAGE FOUND...WINDS WERE ESTIMATED
AT 70 MPH WHICH CORRESPONDS TO EF-0 ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE.

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MICHAEL DAVIS
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OFFICER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE