February 24, 2011 Tornadoes & Severe Weather

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SHAMBURGER (2017): Despite a NWS storm survey being conducted with Montgomery County emergency management for this tornado, it is not included in official Storm Data, SPC, or NCDC records. This EF1 tornado with winds 90 to 100 mph touched down along York Road just south of the Woodlawn community. Intermittent damage continued 2.3 miles to the northeast. Dozens of trees were uprooted and snapped, and a house on Dotsonville Road lost part of its roof.

Damage:

STORM DATA (Davidson County, Nashville): In the Cleveland Street area north of downtown Nashville, at least 100 large hardwood trees were uprooted and a few were snapped. Fallen trees damaged some roofs and vehicles. Some loss of shingles noted on house roofs. A small amount of aluminum siding peeled off a couple of exterior walls. A wood fence was also blown down.

STORM DATA (Davidson County, Lakewood): A swath of thunderstorm wind damage, with a path length of just over one mile, and a width of about 500 yards, occurred in Lakewood. At least 100 large hardwood trees were uprooted with a few trees snapped, fallen trees damaged some roofs and vehicles, and some loss of shingles noted on dozens of house roofs. Three power poles were snapped and wood fences in the area were also blown down.

STORM DATA (Sumner County): In south Hendersonville, a heavily forested subdivision experienced tree damage. At least 100 large hardwood trees were uprooted, including a few snapped. Trees that had fallen had damaged some roofs and vehicles. Some loss of shingles also noted on house roofs.

NEWSPAPER REPORT (Wilson County): Emergency management reported numerous trees and power lines were blown down and several carports were destroyed on Saundersville Ferry Road, Weeping Elm Drive, and Noel Drive.

SHAMBURGER (2015): Although the original NWS storm survey found this path of damage across Davidson, Sumner, and Wilson Counties to be thunderstorm wind damage, radar data and aerial imagery from Google Earth clearly indicates this damage was caused by an EF1 QLCS tornado. The tornado is estimated to have touched down along Cleveland Street 1.75 miles northeast of downtown Nashville, then moved rapidly northeast across east Nashville, the Opryland area, Neelys Bend, and Lakewood producing EF1 damage. Crossing Old Hickory Lake into far southern Hendersonville, the tornado caused EF0 damage before again moving across Old Hickory Lake into Wilson County, where additional EF0 damage to trees and homes occurred in the Saundersville Ferry Road area. The tornado dissipated into a severe downburst about 5.9 miles north-northwest of Mount Juliet.

Damage:

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
345 PM CST FRI FEB 25 2011

...TWO EF2 TORNADOES CONFIRMED FROM 02/24/2011...

...FIRST TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR ANTIOCH IN DAVIDSON COUNTY TENNESSEE...

* THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT(S) AND PUBLICATION IN NWS
STORM DATA.

...SUMMARY...
AN ASSESSMENT TEAM CONSISTING OF NWS AND METRO NASHVILLE OFFICE OF
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL TOURED DAMAGE IN THE SMITH SPRINGS
AREA OF SOUTHEAST DAVIDSON COUNTY. DAMAGE BEGAN NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF BUTLER AND SMITH SPRINGS ROAD WHERE 2 CHURCHES
SUFFERED SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAGE.

DAMAGE CONTINUED TO THE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE PRIEST LAKE FOREST
COMMUNITY WHERE APPROXIMATELY 10 HOMES SUFFERED SIGNIFICANT ROOF
DAMAGE. A COUPLE HOMES HAD COMPLETE ROOF LOSS INCLUDING A 2 STORY
HOME WHICH LOST MOST OF ITS SECOND FLOOR. DAMAGE WAS RATED EF2 IN
THIS AREA WITH WINDS AROUND 120 MPH.

DAMAGE CONTINUED NORTHEAST ACROSS PERCY PRIEST LAKE AND EVENTUALLY
INTO WILSON COUNTY. THE LAST EVIDENCE OF DAMAGE WAS NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF GLADIEVILLE CIRCLE AND STEWARTS FERRY PIKE.

THIS INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT
WEATHER.GOV/NASHVILLE.

FOR REFERENCE...THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO
THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:

EF0...WIND SPEEDS 65 TO 85 MPH.
EF1...WIND SPEEDS 86 TO 110 MPH.
EF2...WIND SPEEDS 111 TO 135 MPH.
EF3...WIND SPEEDS 136 TO 165 MPH.
EF4...WIND SPEEDS 166 TO 200 MPH.
EF5...WIND SPEEDS GREATER THAN 200 MPH.

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TOM JOHNSTONE/MICHAEL DAVIS
NWS NASHVILLE

...SECOND TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR LEBANON IN WILSON COUNTY...

* THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT(S) AND PUBLICATION IN NWS
STORM DATA.

...SUMMARY...
A SECOND TORNADO SPUN UP JUST SOUTH OF CENTRAL PIKE ALONG
GLADIEVILLE ROAD. DAMAGE CONTINUED NORTHEAST FOR 8 MILES WITH THE
LAST EVIDENCE OF DAMAGE NEAR INTERSTATE 40 AND CUMBERLAND STREET
SOUTH OF LEBANON. THE WILSON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
ASSISTED THE NWS WITH THIS SURVEY.

THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE...EF2...OCCURRED BETWEEN FRANKLIN ROAD
AND HIGHWAY 840. SEVERAL WAREHOUSE BUILDINGS SUFFERED SIGNIFICANT
ROOF AND WALL DAMAGE...AND A CONSTRUCTION TRAILER WAS COMPLETELY
DESTROYED WITH DEBRIS SPREAD OUT OVER HUNDREDS OF YARDS. A 500KV
TVA HIGH TENSION METAL TRUSS TOWER WAS COMPLETELY BENT OVER.
HUNDREDS OF HARDWOOD TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED.

THIS INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT
WEATHER.GOV/NASHVILLE.

FOR REFERENCE...THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO
THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:

EF0...WIND SPEEDS 65 TO 85 MPH.
EF1...WIND SPEEDS 86 TO 110 MPH.
EF2...WIND SPEEDS 111 TO 135 MPH.
EF3...WIND SPEEDS 136 TO 165 MPH.
EF4...WIND SPEEDS 166 TO 200 MPH.
EF5...WIND SPEEDS GREATER THAN 200 MPH.

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TOM JOHNSTONE/MICHAEL DAVIS
NWS NASHVILLE