August 28, 2020 Tropical Depression Laura & Associated Tornadoes

Tornadoes:

Tornado - Viola EF-0 Warren County Date 08/28/2020 Time (Local) 5:28-5:31 PM CDT EF Rating EF-0 Est. Peak Winds 65 mph Path Length 1.53 miles Max Width 25 yards Injuries/Deaths 0 / 0 Summary: A damage survey by Warren County Emergency Management along with video by nearby residents indicate a brief and weak EF-0 tornado intermittently touched down in extreme southwest Warren County between Morrison and Viola. One barn sustained significant damage on Cecil Laxson Road and several trees were blown down along the roadway and in adjacent orchards. Another small barn was destroyed on Fred Hoover Road with a damage path noted through adjacent corn fields. This is the first tornado in the month of August to occur in Warren County on record. Track Map

Tornado - Baxter EF-0 Putnam County Date 08/28/2020 Time (Local) 7:24-7:28 PM CDT EF Rating EF-0 Est. Peak Winds 75 mph Path Length 2.38 miles Max Width 50 yards Injuries/Deaths 0 / 0 Summary: A damage survey by Putnam County Emergency Management along with radar data indicate a brief EF-0 tornado touched down south of Baxter in southern Putnam County. One home on Palmer Lane suffered garage door damage near the start of the path with several trees blown down. A a mobile home lost part of its roof on Thomas Twin Oak Road, and a few homes had minor roof damage on Cheyenne Trail. Further to the northeast, several trees were blown down on Window Cliff Lane and a mobile home was slightly damaged. An outbuilding was also destroyed on Moss Road north of Alton Boyd Road. Several trees were snapped and uprooted along the intermittent damage path. This is the first tornado in the month of August to occur in Putnam County on record. Track Map

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

EF0 Weak 65-85 mph	EF1 Moderate 86-110 mph	EF2 Significant 111-135 mph	EF3 Severe 136-165 mph	EF4 Extreme 166-200 mph	EF5 Catastrophic 200+ mph

Photos

Barn damaged on Cecil Laxson Road in Warren County (Twitter)	Barn damaged on Cecil Laxson Road in Warren County (Twitter)	Shed destroyed on Fred Hoover Road in Warren County (Facebook)	Tornado path through corn field in Warren County (Facebook)
Garage door blown in on Palmer Lane in Putnam County (Putnam County EMA)	Mobile home damaged on Thomas Twins Oaks Road in Putnam County (Putnam County EMA)	Mobile home damaged and trees snapped on Window Cliff Road in Putnam County (Putnam County EMA)	Shed destroyed and trees blown down on Moss Road in Putnam County (Putnam County EMA)

Radar

Storm Reports

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
421 PM CDT SAT AUG 29 2020

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1205 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CENTERVILLE             35.79N  87.45W
08/28/2020                   HICKMAN            TN   SOCIAL MEDIA

            PICTURES OF TREES DOWN, REPORTED IN EAST HICKMAN
            COUNTY.

1211 PM     TSTM WND DMG     PRIMM SPRINGS           35.82N  87.25W
08/28/2020                   HICKMAN            TN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN AND A FEW POWER OUTAGES IN THE PRIMM SPRINGS
            AREA

1212 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 ESE LYLES             35.90N  87.27W
08/28/2020                   HICKMAN            TN   SOCIAL MEDIA

            PICTURE OF TREE DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR.

1219 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 WSW FAIRVIEW          35.96N  87.19W
08/28/2020                   WILLIAMSON         TN   SOCIAL MEDIA

            TREES DOWN ON OLD FRANKLIN ROAD

1230 PM     TSTM WND DMG     KINGSTON SPRINGS        36.10N  87.10W
08/28/2020                   CHEATHAM           TN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            REPORT OF TREES DOWN ON POWERLINES. TIME ESTIMATED VIA
            RADAR.

1235 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MOUNT PLEASANT          35.55N  87.19W
08/28/2020                   MAURY              TN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TWO TREES DOWN ON DRY CREEK ROAD

1242 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ASHLAND CITY            36.28N  87.06W
08/28/2020                   CHEATHAM           TN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            REPORT OF TREES DOWN ON POWERLINES. TIME ESTIMATED VIA
            RADAR.

0110 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 SW GOODLETTSVILLE     36.27N  86.78W
08/28/2020                   DAVIDSON           TN   PUBLIC

            TREES DOWN

0114 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 S RIDGETOP            36.35N  86.76W
08/28/2020                   DAVIDSON           TN   SOCIAL MEDIA

            TWO POWER POLES AND ONE LARGE TREE DAMAGED

0528 PM     TORNADO          3 WNW VIOLA             35.55N  85.90W
08/28/2020                   WARREN             TN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            UPDATED INFO...A DAMAGE SURVEY BY WARREN COUNTY
            EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ALONG WITH VIDEO BY NEARBY
            RESIDENTS INDICATE A BRIEF WEAK EF-0 TORNADO
            INTERMITTENTLY TOUCHED DOWN IN SOUTHWEST WARREN COUNTY
            BETWEEN MORRISON AND VIOLA. ONE BARN SUSTAINED
            SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE ON CECIL LAXSON RD AND SEVERAL TREES
            WERE BLOWN DOWN ALONG THE ROADWAY AND IN ADJACENT
            ORCHARDS. ANOTHER SMALL BARN WAS DESTROYED ON FRED
            HOOVER RD WITH A DAMAGE PATH NOTED THROUGH CORN FIELDS.
            PATH LENGTH 1.6 MI AND PATH WIDTH 25 YDS.

0610 PM     TSTM WND DMG     9 ENE MCMINNVILLE       35.75N  85.63W
08/28/2020                   WARREN             TN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            LARGE TREE DOWN BLOCKING ROAD AT 1621 COPENHAVER ROAD.
            TIME ESTIMATED.

0654 PM     TSTM WND DMG     10 E SPARTA             35.94N  85.30W
08/28/2020                   WHITE              TN   SOCIAL MEDIA

            LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN ON OLD RAILROAD GRADE ROAD

0724 PM     TORNADO          4 SSE BAXTER            36.10N  85.61W
08/28/2020                   PUTNAM             TN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            A DAMAGE SURVEY BY PUTNAM COUNTY EMA ALONG WITH RADAR
            DATA INDICATE A BRIEF EF-0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN SOUTH OF
            BAXTER. ONE HOME ON PALMER LN SUFFERED GARAGE DOOR
            DAMAGE NEAR THE START OF THE PATH AND A MOBILE HOME LOST
            PART OF ITS ROOF ON THOMAS TWIN OAK RD AT PALMER LN. A
            BARN WAS DAMAGED ON MOSS RD NORTH OF ALTON BOYD RD.
            SEVERAL TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED ALONG THE
            INTERMITTENT DAMAGE PATH. PATH LENGTH 2.83 MI AND PATH
            WIDTH 50 YDS.


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