Officials of the National Weather Service conducted a two day ground survey of multiple tornadoes that occurred in Perry…Hickman…Dickson…Davidson and Sumner counties during the evening of February 5th and morning of February 6th, 2008.
Based on the observed damage in Perry…Hickman…Dickson…and Davidson counties…the National Weather Service has determined that the tornadoes were rated an EF-0 on the Enhanced Fujita intensity scale, having winds near 85 mph.
In Sumner County…there were two tornadoes noted. The first tornado struck western Sumner County and was determined to be an EF-0…and the second tornado was determined as an EF-1 with winds near 110 mph.
The EF-1 tornado in Sumner County touched down approximately 5 miles northwest of Gallatin…near Liberty…and continued for about 10 miles to 6 miles northeast of Gallatin…near Graball. This tornado caused extensive damage to trees and minor roof damage to homes in its path. The tornado was approximately 200 yards wide at its peak intensity.
The EF-0 tornadoes in Perry…Hickman…Dickson…Davidson…and western Sumner counties produced mainly minor tree damage.
This damage was caused by supercell number three that produced six separate tornado touchdowns along its track.
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