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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
941 PM CST WED FEB 4 2009

...ONE YEAR LATER...

ON FEBRUARY 5, 2008, MIDDLE TENNESSEE SUFFERED ONE OF THE WORST
TORNADO OUTBREAKS IN ITS HISTORY. A TOTAL OF 15 TORNADOES TOUCHED
DOWN DURING THE EVENING OF FEBRUARY 5TH AND THE EARLY MORNING OF
FEBRUARY 6TH. THE WORST OF THE STORMS WAS AN EF-3 THAT KILLED 22
PERSONS IN SUMNER, TROUSDALE, AND MACON COUNTIES. IT WAS THE
DEADLIEST SINGLE TORNADO TO STRIKE THE MID STATE IN NEARLY 75
YEARS. ANOTHER 63 PERSONS WERE INJURED BY THAT STORM.

THE TORNADO FIRST TOUCHED DOWN 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF GALLATIN, AND
TRAVELED NORTHEASTWARD, STRIKING A NATURAL GAS PLANT IN TROUSDALE
COUNTY, BUT DID ITS WORST DESTRUCTION AROUND THE CITY OF
LAFAYETTE. THE TORNADO CONTINUED INTO KENTUCKY BEFORE LIFTING,
HAVING TRAVELED 51 MILES.

A TOTAL OF FOUR TORNADOES TRAVELED ALONG A CORRIDOR BETWEEN
CLIFTON AND GALLATIN. ONE OF THE TORNADOES SKIPPED OVER DAVIDSON
COUNTY, THEN TOUCHED BACK DOWN NEAR OLD HICKORY LAKE IN SOUTHERN
SUMNER COUNTY.

DURING THIS OUTBREAK, TORNADOES STRUCK BENTON, HOUSTON, WAYNE,
PERRY, LEWIS, HICKMAN, WILLIAMSON, SUMNER, TROUSDALE, MACON,
DICKSON, AND DAVIDSON COUNTIES. SOME OF THESE COUNTIES WERE HIT
MORE THAN ONCE. ONE INJURY WAS ALSO REPORTED IN HICKMAN COUNTY.

OVERALL, THERE WAS ONE EF-3 TORNADO, THREE EF-2 TORNADOES, FIVE
EF-1 TORNADOES, AND SIX THAT WERE RATED AS EF-0.

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