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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Nashville TN
420 AM CDT Mon May 13 2024

...NWS Damage Survey for 05/08/24 Tornado Event - Update 2...

.Update...Added additional details and updated info for the
Columbia, Christiana, and Prospect tornadoes.

.Cedar Hill/Springfield EF-1 Tornado...

Rating:                 EF1
Estimated Peak Wind:    90 mph
Path Length /statute/:  4.88 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   150 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             05/08/2024
Start Time:             02:40 PM CDT
Start Location:         8 SSW Adams / Montgomery County / TN
Start Lat/Lon:          36.4837 / -87.1442

End Date:               05/08/2024
End Time:               02:51 PM CDT
End Location:           6 SSW Cedar Hill / Robertson County / TN
End Lat/Lon:            36.4661 / -87.0629

Survey Summary:
A very weak tornado touched down just east of I 24 at the end of
Mayo Rd in a wooded area. There was evidence of topping and
twisting of a few trees. Along Stroudville Rd at Tony Darden Rd,
there were 3 trees down that had been cleaned up by highway
department. Witnesses said they saw a much great funnel aloft and
only one small part was touching the trees. When the tornado got
to Highway 256 and Ridge Rd it increased in speed and width and
turned south southeastward. A barn had panels and sheeting torn
off and 2 trees were uprooted off 256. Along Ridge road, 3 homes
had shingle and roofing material loss, along with gutter and
soffit damage. One home had 14 trees snapped or uprooted, and one
fell on their home. Along Ridge Rd, drone photography showed
dozens and dozens of trees topped, twisted, uprooted and snapped.
An older 20 by 40 barn was picked up and thrown off to a
northeasterly direction, with metal sheeting thrown well up into
the trees and wrapped around the tree. The tornado took a hard
turn back to the east at the very end of the track. The tornado
topped twisted and uprooting trees. It also damaged metal
sheeting on a barn near Ridge Road.


.Columbia EF-3 Tornado...

Rating:                 EF3
Estimated Peak Wind:    140 mph
Path Length /statute/:  12.16 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   900 yards
Fatalities:             1
Injuries:               12

Start Date:             05/08/2024
Start Time:             05:37 PM CDT
Start Location:         3 ESE Columbia / Maury County / TN
Start Lat/Lon:          35.6095 / -87.0007

End Date:               05/08/2024
End Time:               06:07 PM CDT
End Location:           6 WNW Chapel Hill / Marshall County / TN
End Lat/Lon:            35.6622 / -86.8063

Survey Summary:
This EF-3 tornado touched down along the Duck River east of
Columbia and moved northeast causing tree damage and minor
structure damage on Iron Bridge Rd Mount Olivet Rd. Multiple homes
received substantial damage along Cothran Rd and Cranford Hollow
Rd before the tornado crossed Highway 412. More intense damage
began to occur on Old Highway 99 and Blackburn Lane where large
sections of roofs were removed from houses and hundreds of trees
were snapped or uprooted. The tornado reached its maximum strength
along Blackburn Rd and Lasea Rd where a large transmission power
truss collapsed, a house was destroyed with only a small interior
room left standing, and a doublewide mobile home was swept away.
The tornado continued northeast damaging additional homes and
blowing down trees before crossing I-65 near mile marker 47. More
homes were heavily damaged and a wide swath of trees was blown
down along Rally Hill Cutoff Rd and Kedron Rd. The tornado crossed
Highway 431 near Kedron Rd and continued to blown down trees as it
took a sharp southeastward jog before lifting east of Moses Road
in far western Marshall County.


.Christiana EF-0 Tornado...

Rating:                 EF0
Estimated Peak Wind:    80 mph
Path Length /statute/:  3.02 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   100 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             05/08/2024
Start Time:             06:32 PM CDT
Start Location:         9 ESE Eagleville / Rutherford County / TN
Start Lat/Lon:          35.6936 / -86.5033

End Date:               05/08/2024
End Time:               06:36 PM CDT
End Location:           9 NW Bell Buckle / Rutherford County / TN
End Lat/Lon:            35.6975 / -86.4508

Survey Summary:
An EF-0 tornado touched down near the intersection of Threet Rd
and New Zion Rd. The tornado moved east along New Zion Rd snapping
large branches off from hardwood trees. Trees were uprooted in all
directions near the intersection of Midland Rd and Jones Rd. The
tornado continued east along Jones Rd snapping large limbs and
uprooting a few trees before the tornado transitioned to straight
line winds near the Gray Fox neighborhood.


.Prospect EF-2 Tornado...

Rating:                 EF2
Estimated Peak Wind:    115 mph
Path Length /statute/:  5.91 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   600 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               1

Start Date:             05/08/2024
Start Time:             07:50 PM CDT
Start Location:         6 ENE Lester / Giles County / AL
Start Lat/Lon:          35.0232 / -87.0405

End Date:               05/08/2024
End Time:               08:00 PM CDT
End Location:           3 SSW Elkton / Giles County / TN
End Lat/Lon:            35.0183 / -86.9367

Survey Summary:
This EF-2 tornado touched down along Case Road southwest of
Prospect where some trees were damaged. As the tornado continued
east, a home sustained roof damage, and a tied-down manufactured
home was completely removed from its base and destroyed. One
person was critically injured in the manufactured home. As the
tornado continued east, major tree damage occurred along Bethel
Prospect Road, a metal shop building was destroyed, and another
tied-down mobile was completely lifted off its base and wrapped
around a tree, with the remaining debris blown down a hillside.
More trees continued to be blown down with roof damage to some
homes and outbuildings as the tornado passed across the south
edge of the town of Prospect and crossed Veto Road. The tornado
continued to snap and uproot hundreds of trees as it moved up and
down hills along El Reed Road before crossing the Elk River and
dissipating.

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EF Scale: The Enhanced Fujita Scale classifies tornadoes into the
following categories:

EF0.....65 to 85 mph
EF1.....86 to 110 mph
EF2.....111 to 135 mph
EF3.....136 to 165 mph
EF4.....166 to 200 mph
EF5.....>200 mph

NOTE:
The information in this statement is preliminary and subject to
change pending final review of the events and publication in
NWS Storm Data.


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