Tornado (EF3) — Macon, Tennessee
February 5, 2008 · NOAA Storm Events record
Event narrative (NOAA)
Thirteen people were killed, and 44 folks were injured. Most of the fatalities occurred in Williams, just northwest of Lafayette. Also, 170 homes were destroyed, and 9 homes had major damage. ||There was one indirect fatality, a male 48 years of age, due to carbon monoxide poisoning in his home from a generator on Feb. 6, 2008.||Pres. George W. Bush toured Macon County destruction on February 8th and promised relief to individuals. ||The logging industry in Macon County was hit hard. About a million dollars worth of trees were destroyed, which will take decades to replenish. It was estimated that the tornado outbreak did 10 million dollars worth of damage to trees in the state of Tennessee.||One large brick home worth about 350 thousand dollars was poorly built. The bricks rested on cinder
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.