Event narrative (NOAA)
This EF-3 tornado touched down along the Duck River east of Columbia and moved northeast causing tree damage and minor structure damage on Mount Olivet Road. Multiple homes received damage along Cothran Road and Cranford Hollow Road before the tornado moved north of Highway 412. More intense damage began to occur on Old Highway 99 and Blackburn Lane where large sections of roofs were removed and hundreds of trees were snapped or uprooted. The tornado reached its maximum strength along Blackburn Road and Lasea Road where large transmission power trusses were collapsed, a house was destroyed with only small interior walls still standing, and a mobile home was swept away. The tornado continued northeast damaging additional homes before crossing Interstate 65 near mile marker 47. More homes we
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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.