The National Weather Service here in Nashville have confirmed that Friday October 9th, 2009, an EF-1 tornado touched down! The tornado touched down near the borders of Robertson and northern Davidson counties, and was about 100 yards wide. Its damage path was 1.82 miles, and wind speeds were estimated to be around 90 MPH. Judging by Radar, the National Weather Service guesses that it touched down at 12:25 PM.
10 minutes earlier the same day, a SKYWARN storm spotter reported a funnel cloud 6 miles northeast of Ashland City. Here is the link to the storm reports for Friday
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ohx/lsr/stormreports.php?yr=2009&mo=10&dy=10
Below is the National Weather Service report on this tornado. You can see it at http://www.srh.noaa.gov/productview.php?pil=OHXPNSOHX
...NWS CONFIRMS EF-1 TORNADO DAMAGE ALONG DAVIDSON/ROBERTSON COUNTY LINE... THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ON A FARM NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF GREER ROAD AND DICKENS LANE IN ROBERTSON COUNTY. IT OCCURRED ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9TH, TOUCHING DOWN AT APPROXIMATELY 1225 PM CDT. THE TORNADO THEN CONTINUED ON A 1.8 MILE PATH EAST-NORTHEAST INTO DAVIDSON COUNTY. THE LAST EVIDENCE OF DAMAGE WAS AT A RESIDENCE ALONG BAKER ROAD. AN OLD BARN WAS DESTROYED NEAR THE BEGINNING OF THE DAMAGE PATH IN ROBERTSON COUNTY. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE WAS RIGHT ALONG GREER ROAD...WHICH MARKS THE BORDER BETWEEN ROBERTSON AND DAVIDSON COUNTIES. ON THE ROBERTSON COUNTY SIDE OF THE ROAD DOZENS OF HARDWOOD TREES WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED AND A RESIDENCE AND OUTBUILDING RECEIVED ROOF DAMAGE. ON THE DAVIDSON COUNTY SIDE SEVERAL TRAILERS WERE DAMAGED...INCLUDING ONE WHICH WAS PUSHED APPROXIMATELY 15 FEET OFF IT`S FOUNDATION. THIS WAS THE FIRST RECORDED OCTOBER TORNADO IN EITHER ROBERTSON OR DAVIDSON COUNTIES. $$ SUMMARY... STRENGTH...EF-1 WIND SPEED ESTIMATE...90 MPH PATH LENGTH...1.82 MILES TOUCHDOWN LAT/LON...36.3725 -86.7983 WIDTH...100 YARDS TOUCHDOWN TIME...1225 PM CDT (BASED ON RADAR) TOM JOHNSTONE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE
As you can imagine, I was pretty upset about not being in town to see this. It would have been a great opportunity to go spotting for the National Weather service. One day…
I am sorry there was no forecast on this day. I was taking the 4 hour tour of D.C. then, and had no time for the computer afterwards. Honestly, it caught me by surprise when I saw Nashville under a Tornado Watch! I will pick the forecasts back up when I am back in town, but until then posting may be sparse. Enjoy the rest of Fall Break!
