Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
$50K
Tornado scale
EF4
Area
Monroe
Event narrative (NOAA)
A massive EF-4 tornado quickly spun up just west of Chilhowee Lake in northern Monroe County that scoured the forest in the Cherokee National Forest. The tornado entered the Lake (at the Blount County line) and smashed a large steel transmission tower. The tornado then entered the Great Smoky Mountains National Park on the other side of the lake and again began to rip through heavy forest.
Other notable tornado events in Tennessee
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.