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Tornado (EF4)Rutherford, Tennessee

April 10, 2009 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
2
Direct injuries
58
Property damage
$100.0M
Tornado scale
EF4
Area
Rutherford

Event narrative (NOAA)

An EF-4 Tornado...with maximum estimated wind speed around 170 mph, was reached in the Highland Park Drive Neighborhood as well as the|Tomahawk Trace Area. Several well constructed homes were destroyed|in those areas, hardwood trees were debarked, and vehicles were tossed|considerable distances. There were two fatalities, a 30 year old women and her 9 week old daughter, and 58 injuries per newspaper reports, of which at least 7 were serious. Path length was 23.25 miles and maximum width was 750 yards.||Gound surveys of the Murfreesboro tornado indicate that the actual initial touchdown was just north of the Eagleville Community in far|Southwestern Rutherford County. Intermittent tree and roof damage was |noted beginning at a residence near the intersection of Kelly Road and|Highway 41A. In

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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.

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