Tornado Reports
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| 22:11Z | EF1 | KPOE | LA | Natchitoches | Natchez | This EF-1 tornado, with maximum estimated winds around 107 mph, first touched down on Highway 1 where it snapped several trees. It then moved northeast across Lee Lake and the Cane River where it damaged outbuildings and additional trees. As it moved across the Cane River, it destroyed one boathouse and damaged two others. The tornado continued northeast across Fish Hatchery Road and Plantation Point Blvd, where it snapped numerous trees and tore off shingles on several homes before lifting. |
| 22:24Z | EF1 | KPOE | LA | Winn | St Maurice | This EF-1 tornado, with maximum estimated winds around 107 mph, touched down on Highway 71, and tracked northeast across Wheeling Road, before lifting on Black Mountain Road. Approximately 25 trees were snapped or uprooted along the path of this tornado. |
| 22:44Z | EF2 | KPOE | LA | Sabine | Boleyn | This EF-2 tornado first touched down along Strahan Road northeast of the Belmont communty in extreme Northeast Sabine Parish. Several hardwood trees were snapped before this tornado tracked northeast and crossed into Northwest Natchitoches Parish. EF-1 damage was found here, with maximum estimated winds near 95 mph before the tornado intensified shortly after entering Northwest Natchitoches Parish. |
| 22:47Z | EF2 | KPOE | LA | Natchitoches | Marthaville | This is a continuation of the Northeast Sabine Parish tornado. This tornado intensified to an EF-2 shortly after entering Northwest Natchitoches Parish, with maximum estimated winds around 115 mph. Over 100 trees were snapped or uprooted along Boline Road as the tornado crossed over into Natchitoches Parish, with the tornado tracking northeast across the 1100 block of Highway 1221. Here, a carport was destroyed and a roof was partially ripped off of a house leaving the walls of the structure standing, indicative of the low-end EF-2 damage. The tornado continued northeast across Highway 487 just north of the Marthaville community, where a small camping trailer was shifted five feet off of its foundation, and a sheet metal roof was removed on a home near the intersection of Highway 487 and Stewart Road. Numerous trees were also snapped or uprooted here before the tornado lifted. However, mobile phone videos still indicated a wall cloud and its associated funnel cloud even as this storm crossed Interstate 49. |
| 22:50Z | EF1 | KPOE | LA | Winn | Atlanta | An EF-1 tornado with maximum estimated winds near 100 mph, touched down briefly along Highway 34 several miles northeast of the Atlanta community in Southwest Winn Parish, where it snapped or uprooted numerous trees along the highway. |
| 23:09Z | EF1 | KPOE | LA | Winn | Joyce | An EF-1 tornado, with maximum estimated winds near 100 mph, touched down just southeast of the Joyce community along Highway 84, where it snapped 20-25 trees as it moved northeast across Parish Roads 657 and 342. The tornado lifted shortly after it crossed just east of the intersection of Henry Sanders Road and Highway 499, where additional trees were snapped. |
| 23:25Z | EF2 | KPOE | LA | Natchitoches | Grand Ecore | The storm which produced a tornado in Northeast Sabine/Western Natchitoches Parishes continued to exhibit rotation as it crossed Interstate 49, with a new tornado touching down from the same storm as it crossed the Red River. This EF-2 tornado, with maximum estimated winds around 115 mph, touched down along the Red River just west of Highway 486 (Campti Cutoff Road), and tracked east northeast as it crossed Highway 486, Highway 71, and Maricelli Road. Numerous trees were snapped or uprooted across these areas. The tornado moved over Clear Lake, and continued to track northeast across Salt Pitt Road, where two vehicle trailers were flipped, trees were snapped, and low end EF-2 damage was evident as two power poles were snapped. The tornado then moved over a heavily wooded area before crossing Saline Lake into Western Winn Parish. |
| 23:30Z | EF1 | KPOE | LA | Winn | Hickory Vly | An EF-1 tornado, with maximum estimated winds around 104 mph, briefly touched down in the forest on the southwest side of Highway 127 and crossed the roadway. The tornado snapped a large area of 6-8 inch diameter pine trees as well as snapping and uprooting several hardwood trees. The tornado lifted after snapping 10-20 trees northeast of the roadway. |
| 23:35Z | EF1 | KSHV | LA | Bienville | Sparta | An EF-1 tornado, with maximum estimated winds around 100 mph, touched down in a heavily wooded area north of Highway 507 about 4 miles northwest of the community of Bienville, and tracked northeast across Shiloh Road. The tornado continued northeast across Bailey Road, with 15 trees having been snapped or uprooted along these two roads. The tornado lifted within a heavily wooded area prior to reaching Collingsworth Road, just south southwest of the community of Bryceland. |
| 23:49Z | EF2 | KPOE | LA | Winn | Coldwater | This is a continuation of the Natchitoches Parish EF-2 tornado. This tornado weakened after crossing Saline Lake into Western Winn Parish, with sporadic damage noted as it tracked northeast across heavily wooded areas and into the Calvin community. It was here where several tree limbs were snapped before the tornado finally lifted. Maximum estimated winds had weakened to around 70 mph as it approached Calvin. |
| 00:15Z | EF0 | KEVX | FL | Okaloosa | Crestview | A food services building and perimeter fence were damaged at the Okaloosa Correctional Facility. Based on an analysis of radar data and pictures from emergency management, the damage was the likely result of a very brief EF-0 touchdown. |
| 03:53Z | EF0 | KLVX | KY | Edmonson | Pig | A brief tornado touchdown was embedded at the end of a longer axis of straight line winds about 6.2 miles SE of Brownsville. Evidence of cyclonic rotation was noted in this concentrated area of damage where several 1 to 2 foot diameter trees were either uprooted or snapped. On the south side of the path, trees were laying in an ENE direction, with the trees on the left/north side of the path laying NNW. The tornado touchdown was very brief and lifted at the intersection of Cedar Sink Road and Brownsville Road just inside the SW border of Mammoth Cave National Park. Peak winds were estimated at 80 mph, with a max path width of 65 yards. The path length was about a third of a mile and the tornado was on the ground for less than 1 minute. |
| 04:40Z | EF0 | KLVX | KY | Marion | Belltown | This very small tornado touched down on top of an older wooden barn on state highway 289 just south of the intersection with U.S. Highway 68. It flattened the structure, collapsing it to the southeast, while the metal roofing was distributed in a circulating pattern around it - from southeast to northeast to northwest, with the bulk being to the northeast. A 3-legged TV tower next to the adjacent home was crumpled to the north-northeast. Other than mud spattering from the south-southwest on the back corner of the brick one-story home, no other evidence of wind was observed, as no shingles were damaged.||The tornado immediately lifted over the home and nearby trees, then passed over a wooded area and open farmland, setting back down in a subdivision on the west side of New Calvary Road, about a mile east. Several small tree trunks were snapped in the subdivision, but no visible structural damage occurred. The tiny twister then continued to the northeast, causing other minor tree damage to the south of Probus Lane. The last tree damage was observed near a small pond near the end of Probus Lane. Maximum wind speeds were estimated at 80-85 mph. |
| 04:52Z | EF1 | KLVX | KY | Adair | Cane Vly | This skipping tornado first touched down along Campbellsville Rd near the community of Cane Valley, where it downed power lines as it snapped tree limbs and uprooted several large trees. Moving eastward over open fields, it tore most of the roof off a barn at the end of Doug White Road, plastering insulation from the barn onto the northeast side of the adjacent home. To the north of the barn and home, it tossed a 1500 lb. hay roll southeast over a fence. From here, the tornado raced east-northeast over more fields, where it snapped the tops off a few trees before it hit the next farm, at Milky Way Lane on Mt. Carmel Road. Here it destroyed one large outbuilding and tore much of the roof off another in addition to destroying two small grain hoppers. Flying debris damaged at least two other buildings and vehicles, with roofing debris scattered a quarter of a mile to the northeast. Across the road from these buildings, the tornado tore the roof off and partially collapsed the wall of another large outbuilding. Flying debris from this building damaged another outbuilding, while columns on the southwest-facing front porch of the farm home were blown out as the porch roof was briefly elevated.||The tornado continued eastward, snapping the trunks of several large trees along Butler Creek and damaging carports and a metal outbuilding along Holmes Bend Rd and Turkey Trace. Again moving over open land, the final two buildings damaged were metal outbuildings on Willis Rd and near the intersection of West Egypt Rd and Knifley Rd. It also toppled the sign of the Green River Bait and Grocery before lifting as it crossed Knifley Rd. |
| 04:58Z | EF0 | KGWX | MS | Pontotoc | Chesterville | The tornado developed in far eastern Pontotoc County along Lee Line Road. The tornado knocked down a few trees before moving into Lee County. |
| 04:59Z | EF2 | KGWX | MS | Lee | Bissell | The tornado developed in far eastern Pontotoc County along Lee Line Road. The tornado then caused EF-0 and EF-1 damage to homes and trees just west and north of the Tupelo Airport. As it approached Colonial Estates Road the tornado intensified and damaged numerous homes. Two homes had roofs completely removed and non-brick exterior walls collapsed on one of them. Several homes saw partial roof damage. As the tornado crossed McCullough Blvd., several businesses were damaged including one which had the roof partially removed. The tornado weakened and continued on snapping trees and causing some slight structural damage as it crossed I-22 where it hit buildings just south of Barnes Crossing Mall. The tornado intensified again as it crossed Bog Oaks Golf Club and approached an assisted living center. The tornado caused considerable roof damage to the assisted living center. The final damage seen before it lifted was observed along County Road 851. |
| 05:02Z | EF0 | KOHX | TN | Hickman | Bond | This EF-0 tornado touched down in forested areas west of the intersection of Swan Creek Road at Short Branch Road and moved northeast. The tornado destroyed a barn on Swan Creek Road and uprooted several trees as it continued east-northeast. Several hardwood and softwood trees were uprooted and two barns had sections of tin blown off on Totty Hollow Lane, but a mobile home at the same location received no damage. A few more trees were uprooted along Bond Road and Blue Buck Road before the tornado lifted north of Blue Buck Creek Road. The damage summary, beginning and ending location and times, and path length of this tornado were updated in July 2019 based on newly available high resolution satellite imagery in Google Earth. |
| 05:09Z | EF0 | KOHX | TN | Hickman | Chartersville | This EF-0 tornado touched down just east of the Natchez Trace Parkway in an open field in extreme eastern Hickman County, then moved northeast where trees were damaged and uprooted along two fence lines. Several 2000 pound hay bales were rolled and stacked along one fence line. The tornado continued northeast across the Duck River and into Maury County briefly before moving back into Hickman County, where it crossed Highway 50 and peeled tin off of the front porch of a house. In addition, a large magnolia tree was uprooted along with several hardwood and softwood trees at the residence. The tornado then crossed the Natchez Trace Parkway again, knocking down numerous trees in farm fields before lifting in a field next to Johnson Branch. The total path length was 2.1 miles. |
| 05:10Z | EF0 | KOHX | TN | Maury | Williamsport | This EF-0 tornado touched down just east of the Natchez Trace Parkway in an open field in extreme eastern Hickman County, then moved northeast where trees were damaged and uprooted along two fence lines. Several 2000 pound hay bales were rolled and stacked along one fence line. The tornado continued northeast across the Duck River and into Maury County briefly before moving back into Hickman County, where it crossed Highway 50 and peeled tin off of the front porch of a house. In addition, a large magnolia tree was uprooted along with several hardwood and softwood trees at the residence. The tornado then crossed the Natchez Trace Parkway again, knocking down numerous trees in farm fields before lifting in a field next to Johnson Branch. The total path length was 2.1 miles. |
| 05:11Z | EF0 | KOHX | TN | Hickman | Chartersville | This EF-0 tornado touched down just east of the Natchez Trace Parkway in an open field in extreme eastern Hickman County, then moved northeast where trees were damaged and uprooted along two fence lines. Several 2000 pound hay bales were rolled and stacked along one fence line. The tornado continued northeast across the Duck River and into Maury County briefly before moving back into Hickman County, where it crossed Highway 50 and peeled tin off of the front porch of a house. In addition, a large magnolia tree was uprooted along with several hardwood and softwood trees at the residence. The tornado then crossed the Natchez Trace Parkway again, knocking down numerous trees in farm fields before lifting in a field next to Johnson Branch. The total path length was 2.1 miles. |
| 05:16Z | EF1 | KGWX | AL | Lauderdale | Threet | A tornado touched down west of Alabama Highway 157 and north of Lauderdale County Road 141, northwest of the Cloverdale community. The tornado snapped multiple trees as it tracked to the northeast. A house off CR 141 had its windows broken and some roofing material removed, several vehicles were pushed aside, and two campers were lifted and moved. The inhabitants took shelter in their basement upon receiving the warning and were unharmed. The tornado tracked further northeast along CR 141, mainly snapping and uprooting trees. The tornado reached peak intensity of 105 mph off CR 10, where a single family home was more heavily damaged, and a nearby barn was completely destroyed. Fortunately nobody was in the home at the time. The tornado reached its peak width along CR 259, where numerous trees were snapped and uprooted in a wooded area. Additional tree damage was noted along CR 10, and again along CR 259 just south of where it crosses intoTennessee. At this point, the tornado crossed into Wayne County, Tennessee. |
| 05:19Z | EF1 | KGWX | MS | Itawamba | Ratliff | The tornado developed near the bottoms of Twentymile Creek. As the tornado approached Highway 371 south of Kirkville, it uprooted and snapped trees and substantially damaged a metal garage building. After crossing Highway 371 the tornado continued to uproot and snap off numerous trees and caused minor damage to several mobile homes. The last damage observed was east of Ramey Road northeast before dissipating. |
| 05:21Z | EF0 | KGWX | TN | Wayne | Cypress Inn | This is a continuation of a tornado that started in Lauderdale County, Alabama. The tornado crossed into Tennessee and caused EF0 damage, blowing down dozens of trees and causing minor roof damage to a home on May Branch Loop. As the tornado moved northeast, it uprooted many trees and ended up destroying an outbuilding and causing minor roof damage to a home on Middle Cypress Creek Road. Finally, it crossed George Olive Road, did some minor shingle damage to a home and rolled several large bales of hay through a field before lifting. The total path length of the tornado in Alabama and Tennessee was 6.48 miles. The path length of this tornado was extended slightly and the max wind speed increased to 85 mph in May 2020 based on newly available high resolution satellite imagery. |
| 05:41Z | EF1 | KGWX | TN | Lawrence | St Joseph | This EF-1 tornado touched down on Bluff Road causing minor roof damage to a home and breaking several large limbs outside the home. A nearby barn was heavily damaged. It traveled to the northeast where it encountered an oversized mobile home. Indications were that the strapping on the mobile home was rusty and not tied down well, allowing it to roll over. Winds here did seem strongest, however, topping out at 90 mph. The resident of the mobile home was able to escape to safety as he received the warning a couple minutes prior to the tornado striking his home. The tornado continued northeast and when it crossed South Ball Park Road, it demolished 2 hay barns and caused minor roof damage to 2 homes. As the tornado approached the city of Loretto, it caused extensive damage to the city's sports complex behind South Lawrence Elementary. Three cinder block dugouts were destroyed, two large sections of bleachers were tossed 25 to 30 yards and there was minor roof damage to the concession stand and an outbuilding where maintenance equipment was stored. Special thanks to the South Lawrence Elementary staff for provding video evidence of the tornado as it moved through the area. As the tornado approached Hwy 43, several homes were damaged by uprooted trees and there was some minor roof damage to a large outbuilding at a wood yard on 2nd Avenue. The tornado finished up by taking down power lines on the west side of Highway 43 near Vine Street and blowing down a few trees on the east side of Highway 43 before lifting. This tornado path was adjusted and extended slightly in May 2020 due to newly available Google Earth high resolution satellite imagery. |
| 05:55Z | EF0 | KHTX | TN | Lawrence | Bonnertown | This EF-0 tornado touched down just east of Highway 98, damaging several chicken barns. It traveled northeast and crossed Hood Hollow Road, causing minor damage to one home and destroyed multiple outbuildings. The tornado tracked further to the northeast, snapped a few trees and several large pine tree limbs before crossing Bassham Road and lifting. This tornado path was adjusted and extended slightly in May 2020 based on newly available high resolution Google Earth satellite imagery. |
| 06:16Z | EF2 | KOHX | TN | Bedford | Longview | The Christiana tornado first touched down in far northern Bedford County southwest of Kimmons Road at Longview Road, damaging an outbuilding and blowing down a few trees. This small but very intense tornado moved northeast and quickly increased in intensity to EF-2 as it approached the Bedford/Rutherford County line, severely damaging two homes on the south side of Kingdom Road/Midland Fosterville Road. The tornado then crossed the road into Rutherford County, where a small but well-built brick home had its roof blown off and brick walls blown in. One wall fell onto the homeowner causing minor injuries. Further to the northeast on Williams Road, one barn was heavily damaged and another completely destroyed. The narrow but strong EF-2 tornado continued northeast, carving a well-defined path through forests before striking a new 3000 square foot home on the west side of Midland Crescent Road. This large house, which was poorly attached to its cinder-block foundation, was lifted almost completely intact, flipped upside down, and rotated 90 degrees as it was blown to the north-northwest. One woman inside the home was killed. Numerous trees continued to be blown down further to the northeast across Jones Road. Upon reaching Rock Springs Midland Road, another home that was built in the 1800s took a direct hit from the tornado, losing its roof and all of the third story. The homeowners inside received the warning and took appropriate shelter on the lowest floor, escaping uninjured. Two silos and a barn just north of the home were de-roofed, and several nearby trees were blown down. Curving more to the east-northeast, two 70 foot-tall silos and two sheet metal barns located northwest of Rock Springs Midland Road at Gray Fox Drive were completely destroyed. Another smaller barn was destroyed and adjacent home received roof damage north of Eagle Creek Road. As the tornado crossed a northward bend in Rock Springs Road, a detached garage was completely destroyed while a home suffered minor roof damage. Further to the east, an outbuilding and mobile home were heavily damaged, with debris being blown up to 200 yards to the east. The tornado continued east-northeast, causing minor exterior damage to a home and damaging the roof of a barn. Approaching Rock Springs Midland Road, the tornado completely destroyed a small home on the south side of the roadway, with debris being blown in a cyclonic curved path 200 yards off to the east. The tornado finally weakened to EF-1 as it crossed Rock Springs Midland Road yet again, overturning an old, small mobile home on the north side of the road just west of Highway 231. Two women inside the mobile home were injured. The final damage occurred on Christiana Fosterville Road just one-quarter mile south of Christiana, where part of the roof of a barn was blown off and several trees were blown down. The total path length for this tornado in both Bedford and Rutherford Counties was 8.61 miles. |
| 06:18Z | EF0 | KGWX | AL | Colbert | Littleville | A tornado resulted in numerous trees being damaged in far southern Colbert County. The primary damage indicators were a combination of soft and hardwood trees. Much of the damaged trees had large branches snapped off with one tree fully uprooted south of the intersection of Cook Creek Road and Ligon Springs Road. Maximum wind, using an uprooted hardwood tree, was determined to be 76 mph. |
| 06:19Z | EF2 | KOHX | TN | Rutherford | Newtown | The Christiana tornado first touched down in far northern Bedford County southwest of Kimmons Road at Longview Road, damaging an outbuilding and blowing down a few trees. This small but very intense tornado moved northeast and quickly increased in intensity to EF-2 as it approached the Bedford/Rutherford County line, severely damaging two homes on the south side of Kingdom Road/Midland Fosterville Road. The tornado then crossed the road into Rutherford County, where a small but well-built brick home had its roof blown off and brick walls blown in. One wall fell onto the homeowner causing minor injuries. Further to the northeast on Williams Road, one barn was heavily damaged and another completely destroyed. The narrow but strong EF-2 tornado continued northeast, carving a well-defined path through forests before striking a new 3000 square foot home on the west side of Midland Crescent Road. This large house, which was poorly attached to its cinder-block foundation, was lifted almost completely intact, flipped upside down, and rotated 90 degrees as it was blown to the north-northwest. One woman inside the home was killed. Numerous trees continued to be blown down further to the northeast across Jones Road. Upon reaching Rock Springs Midland Road, another home that was built in the 1800s took a direct hit from the tornado, losing its roof and all of the third story. The homeowners inside received the warning and took appropriate shelter on the lowest floor, escaping uninjured. Two silos and a barn just north of the home were de-roofed, and several nearby trees were blown down. Curving more to the east-northeast, two 70 foot-tall silos and two sheet metal barns located northwest of Rock Springs Midland Road at Gray Fox Drive were completely destroyed. Another smaller barn was destroyed and adjacent home received roof damage north of Eagle Creek Road. As the tornado crossed a northward bend in Rock Springs Road, a detached garage was completely destroyed while a home suffered minor roof damage. Further to the east, an outbuilding and mobile home were heavily damaged, with debris being blown up to 200 yards to the east. The tornado continued east-northeast, causing minor exterior damage to a home and damaging the roof of a barn. Approaching Rock Springs Midland Road, the tornado completely destroyed a small home on the south side of the roadway, with debris being blown in a cyclonic curved path 200 yards off to the east. The tornado finally weakened to EF-1 as it crossed Rock Springs Midland Road yet again, overturning an old, small mobile home on the north side of the road just west of Highway 231. Two women inside the mobile home were injured. The tornado weakened further as it continued east of Highway 231 where part of the roof of a barn was blown off and several trees were blown down. A few more trees and outbuildings were damaged along Highway 269 and Christiana Lowe Road before the tornado lifted just east of Woodfin Road. The total path length for this tornado in both Bedford and Rutherford Counties was 10.49 miles. The end point and path of this tornado was extended by 2 miles further eastward in May 2020 due to newly available high resolution satellite imagery. |
| 06:50Z | EF1 | KOHX | TN | Cannon | Auburntown | This EF-1 tornado began southeast of Auburntown in northern Cannon County on Hurricane Creek Road. The tornado then traveled east-northeast up and down several different large hills and hollows causing sporadic damage to trees. The worst damage occurred on Dutton Hollow Road, where a carport and well-built taxidermy barn were completely destroyed, and numerous trees were snapped and uprooted. The tornado then crossed into DeKalb County and caused additional tree damage on Highway 53. A house on Clear Fork Road sustained damage to the roof and wood siding, and the steeple on the nearby Cave Springs Missionary Baptist Church was damaged. After the tornado traveled through more hollows and hills causing additional tree damage, it finally lifted near Vandergriff Hollow Road. The total path length of the tornado across Cannon and De Kalb Counties was 8.82 miles. |
| 06:55Z | EF1 | KOHX | TN | Dekalb | Mt Morriah | This EF-1 tornado began southeast of Auburntown in northern Cannon County on Hurricane Creek Road. The tornado then traveled east-northeast up and down several different large hills and hollows causing sporadic damage to trees. The worst damage occurred on Dutton Hollow Road, where a carport and well-built taxidermy barn were completely destroyed, and numerous trees were snapped and uprooted. The tornado then crossed into DeKalb County and caused additional tree damage on Highway 53. A house on Clear Fork Road sustained damage to the roof and wood siding, and the steeple on the nearby Cave Springs Missionary Baptist Church was damaged. After the tornado traveled through more hollows and hills causing additional tree damage, it finally lifted near Vandergriff Hollow Road. The total path length of the tornado across Cannon and De Kalb Counties was 8.82 miles. |
| 07:16Z | EF2 | KHTX | TN | Franklin | Owl Hollow | A tornado touched down on the southern periphery of Tims Ford Lake on Awalt Drive, snapping and uprooting a few hardwood trees. It then crossed Tims Ford Lake, snapping more trees on the northeastern shore along Ridgefield Circle. Moving northeast, the tornado downed additional trees onto carports and|uprooted small hardwood trees in the Eastbrook community. The tornado continued moving northeast, skipping across U.S. Highway 41 and snapping and uprooting hardwood trees along Peabody and Decherd Estill Roads. The tornado had increased to EF-1 intensity at this point. The tornado rapidly intensified about 2 miles SE of Estill Springs as it crossed Aedc Road. The survey team found widespread damage to homes and hardwood trees in the Penile Hill and Allred Roads area. Homes here lost most if not all of their roof material, and large 3-4 foot diameter trees were snapped. The worst home damage occurred here, with walls collapsing on a well-built single family home. This was the highest rated damage along the path, topping out at 130 mph, and measuring about 500 yards wide. The tornado continued producing sporadic damage as it moved northeast, crossing Monroe Floyd Road. A well-constructed barn was stripped of its roof at this location, along with several outbuildings that were destroyed. Path width at this point was about 300 yards wide. The tornado strengthened once again as it approached Gum Creek and Knight Roads. At this location, a single-wide mobile home was rolled from its original location, heavily damaging the frame. Damage was also sustained to several homes in this area, with numerous power poles snapped. Grain silos were destroyed and debris scattered for several hundred yards at this site along the path. Damage in this location before tracking into Coffee County retained its EF-2 status, demolishing barns, rolling and destroying mobile homes, and snapping and uprooting numerous large hardwood trees and power poles. Debris was strewn several hundred yards from silos and grain bins in these locations, sustaining 120 mph winds. The tornado then crossed into Coffee County. |
| 07:24Z | EF0 | KGWX | MS | Oktibbeha | Starkvl Oktibbeha Ar | This EF-0 tornado began just south of US 82 near EJ Road. Here, it downed a few trees and caused minor damage to a tractor shed. The tornado then tracked east along Highway 82, crossing US 45 Alt, Artesia West Point Rd., and Arrowhead Ranch Dr. Along the path, a few trees were downed and several large limbs were snapped. Multiple highway signs were damaged and some minor shingle damage occurred. The total path length was around 6.5 miles, and the maximum winds were 80 mph. Maximum width was 100 yards, which occurred in Lowndes County. |
| 07:26Z | EF0 | KHTX | TN | Coffee | Rutledge Hill | Although a NWS storm survey originally determined the damage path across Franklin, Coffee, and Grundy Counties to be one long-track tornado, high-resolution satellite imagery from NASA Sport and Google Earth in May 2019 clearly showed that the original track was actually two separate tornadoes. This major EF-2 tornado, which began in Franklin County near Tims Ford Lake, weakened considerably to EF-0 as it entered the extreme southeastern portion of Coffee County, with just a few trees blown down along Rutledge Hill Road. The worst damage was along Coker Road where a barn was destroyed, another barn suffered roof damage, and the front porch of a home was ripped off causing minor roof damage. After taking a sharp bend to the east, the tornado caused severe damage to an outbuilding on Boyd Road. Several outbuildings were destroyed and a house sustained roof damage when its front porch was ripped off. Numerous more trees were blown down further to the east on Rutledge Hill Road and along and onto I-24, which caused a multi-vehicle accident at mile marker 126. Another barn suffered roof damage on Sims Lane before the tornado moved into Grundy County. The tornado then intensified rapidly to EF-2 in extreme southwest Grundy County, with a nearly-finished brand new home almost completely destroyed on Conry Circle. Two nearby homes suffered significant roof and siding damage, and a barn lost nearly all of its roof. Debris from all of these buildings was blown up to 500 yards to the east and northeast. Further to the east, a mobile home on Frank Wilson Road was knocked off its piers into a garage. The tornado the tracked up and down a nearly 1600 foot tall ridge before reaching Homer White Road, heavily damaging two barns and destroying an outbuilding. Curving more to the northeast, the tornado ripped off the roof of a brick home on Highway 50. Luckily, the house occupants were taking shelter and were not injured. Two adjacent outbuildings were severely damaged, and other nearby homes and barns suffered minor damage. Debris from these buildings was blown up to 500 yards to the northeast. The tornado continued to cause a wide swath of wind damage to trees and buildings along Highway 50 before crossing Schoolhouse Hollow and Nunley Hollow and climbing nearly 1000 feet in elevation onto the Cumberland Plateau. Google Earth and NASA Sport satellite imagery showed hundreds of trees continued to be blown down off to the east as the tornado crossed Highway 108, Eagle Lake Road, and passed along the west side of Eagle Lake before finally lifting just north of Eagle Lake. Total path length of this tornado across Franklin County, southeast Coffee County, into central Grundy County was 29.50 miles. Winds were estimated up to 115 mph. |
| 07:26Z | EF0 | KGWX | MS | Lowndes | Mayhew | This EF-0 tornado began just south of US 82 near EJ Road. Here, it downed a few trees and caused minor damage to a tractor shed. The tornado then tracked east along Highway 82, crossing US 45 Alt, Artesia West Point Rd., and Arrowhead Ranch Dr. Along the path, a few trees were downed and several large limbs were snapped. Multiple highway signs were damaged and some minor shingle damage occurred. The total path length was around 6.5 miles, and the maximum winds were 80 mph. Maximum width was 100 yards, which occurred in Lowndes County. |
| 07:29Z | EF0 | KOHX | TN | White | Sparta White Co Arpt | This EF-0 tornado touched down on Josh Brown Road and Betty Lane where it snapped trees and broke several large branches. As it moved east it destroyed a barn on South Bunker Hill Road and overturned containers and a trailer at the Upper Cumberland Regional Airport. The KSRB AWOS located at the southwest end of the airport measured a northwest wind gust of 53 mph as the tornado passed just southeast of the weather station. Across Hwy 111 there was damage to an outbuildings metal roof and large branches broken. The path concluded on Post Oak Bridge Road where a tree fell onto a barn and large branches were snapped off trees. |
| 07:31Z | EF2 | KHTX | TN | Grundy | Pelham | Although a NWS storm survey originally determined the damage path across Franklin, Coffee, and Grundy Counties to be one long-track tornado, high-resolution satellite imagery from NASA Sport and Google Earth in May 2019 clearly showed that the original track was actually two separate tornadoes. This major EF-2 tornado, which began in Franklin County near Tims Ford Lake, weakened considerably to EF-0 as it entered the extreme southeastern portion of Coffee County, with just a few trees blown down along Rutledge Hill Road. The worst damage was along Coker Road where a barn was destroyed, another barn suffered roof damage, and the front porch of a home was ripped off causing minor roof damage. After taking a sharp bend to the east, the tornado caused severe damage to an outbuilding on Boyd Road. Several outbuildings were destroyed and a house sustained roof damage when its front porch was ripped off. Numerous more trees were blown down further to the east on Rutledge Hill Road and along and onto I-24, which caused a multi-vehicle accident at mile marker 126. Another barn suffered roof damage on Sims Lane before the tornado moved into Grundy County. The tornado then intensified rapidly to EF-2 in extreme southwest Grundy County, with a nearly-finished brand new home almost completely destroyed on Conry Circle. Two nearby homes suffered significant roof and siding damage, and a barn lost nearly all of its roof. Debris from all of these buildings was blown up to 500 yards to the east and northeast. Further to the east, a mobile home on Frank Wilson Road was knocked off its piers into a garage. The tornado the tracked up and down a nearly 1600 foot tall ridge before reaching Homer White Road, heavily damaging two barns and destroying an outbuilding. Curving more to the northeast, the tornado ripped off the roof of a brick home on Highway 50. Luckily, the house occupants were taking shelter and were not injured. Two adjacent outbuildings were severely damaged, and other nearby homes and barns suffered minor damage. Debris from these buildings was blown up to 500 yards to the northeast. The tornado continued to cause a wide swath of wind damage to trees and buildings along Highway 50 before crossing Schoolhouse Hollow and Nunley Hollow and climbing nearly 1000 feet in elevation onto the Cumberland Plateau. Google Earth and NASA Sport satellite imagery showed hundreds of trees continued to be blown down off to the east as the tornado crossed Highway 108, Eagle Lake Road, and passed along the west side of Eagle Lake before finally lifting just north of Eagle Lake. Total path length of this tornado across Franklin County, southeast Coffee County, and into central Grundy County was 29.50 miles. Winds were estimated up to 115 mph. |
| 07:39Z | EF1 | KHTX | TN | Grundy | Counter Pen | Although a NWS storm survey originally determined the damage path across Franklin, Coffee, and Grundy Counties to be one long-track tornado, high-resolution satellite imagery from NASA Sport and Google Earth in May 2019 clearly showed that the original track was actually made up of two separate tornadoes. This large, strong EF-1 tornado touched down in a forested area with no road access about 1 mile northeast of the Highway 108 and Highway 50 intersection, which was also around 1 mile north of the previous tornado as it was weakening and occluding. Satellite imagery showed thousands of trees were blown down in large convergent swaths along a trochoidal loop-type track as the tornado passed 2 miles south of Altamont. The tornado continued snapping and uprooting hundreds of trees it crossed Highway 56, Colony Road, and 20th Avenue North, with some trees falling onto and damaging homes, and others blocking area roadways. A carport was also blown over on Reeves Road. Once again tracking through uninhabited forests, the tornado continued to blow down hundreds more trees for several miles, eventually crossing Stage Coach Road and Lovell Road. The tornado dissipated into a large downburst as it crossed Highway 399 into Sequatchie County. Winds were estimated up to 110 mph. |
| 08:17Z | EF1 | KGWX | AL | Lamar | Millport | National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed minor damage in southern Lamar County and determined that it was consistent with an EF1 tornado, with maximum sustained winds near 85 mph. The tornado touched down in a wooded area about 150 yards west of Leonard Drive, and then uprooted and snapped a dozen pine trees across a utility right of way. The tornado then continued east-southeastward across Leonard Drive, producing minor sporadic tree damage for the remainder of the path, which crossed Evans Road/SLS Road, just south of South Lamar High School. Sporadic tree damage continued to Conklan Road, where several large limbs and tree tops were twisted but still intact. |
| 08:35Z | EF1 | KHTX | AL | Jackson | Aspel | A tornado touchdown occurred on the lee side of an east-northeast facing ridge, south of U.S. Highway 72 off Jackson County Road 226. The main damage indicators were a mix of hard and soft wood trees, with a degree of damage ranging from large snapped branches to uproots and snapped trunks. The tornado appeared to slightly intensify near the intersection of U.S. Highway 72 and CR 110. Multiple large, healthy, and deeply rooted hard wood trees were uprooted. Maximum winds were estimated at 105 mph. The torando crossed U.S. Highway 72 and tracked down CR 110 shearing off numerous the upper half of tree tops. Numerous trees were observed uprooted and snapped along a path leading up to North Sauty Creek. In this location, outside of tree damage, a small farm house and shed were completely destroyed and a large horse trailer was overturned. From U.S. Highway 72 looking north, continued tree damage was observed across North Sauty Creek and through Sauty Bottoms. The tornado likely lifted near Roberts Road at State Highway 79, where only small limb damage was observed on the western base of July Mountain. |
Storm reports are derived from "The Storm Events Database" (National Centers for Environmental Information) and/or "Past Storm Reports" (Storm Prediction Center).