Event narrative (NOAA)
Horse Creek Tornado. A NWS storm survey reported an EF3 tornado touched down in Greene County in the Horse Creek area, near the path where the Camp Creek tornado had passed about 1 hour and 40 minutes before. The tornado continued northeast into Washington county. It had a total path length of about 14 miles and a path width of 1000 yards. The maximum wind of 160 mph downed trees and also damaged and destroyed many houses and trailers. Multiple barns were destroyed. Two people died in the tornado...one in Greene County and one in Washington County. The fatalities were a 63 year old women (Greene County) and a 47 year old man (Washington County), both dying in their homes. The death in Greene County occurred on Morgan Branch Road. Approximate damage was 15 houses destroyed with 40 damag
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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.