Tennessee, 2000

Tornado in Tennessee, April 20, 2000

April 20, 2000 · NWS OHX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
1
Injuries
0
Property damage
$30,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 73 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:13 UTC.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Bedford

When
April 20, 6:14 PM CST to 6:17 PM CST
Where
Bedford County, 3 mi W of Wartrace
Rating
F1
Path length
2 mi
Path width
67 yd
Deaths
1 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage
$30,000
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
35.533, -86.400

The tornado first touched down about 2.5 mles west of Wartrace at the intersection of Railroad Avenue and Horse Mountain Road...having an intensity of F1 and a width of about 200 feet. The total path length is about 2 miles.The greatest amount of damage and the fatality occurred near the beginning of its track where the tornado had its greatest intensity. The damage included some large trees that were uprooted and snapped...roof damage to one house...moving both a house and mobile home on their foundations..and overturning a nearby mobile home.Regarding the fatality...local law enforcement mentioned that as the storm approached...a man got back in a small pickup truck to escape the impending rain and hail. The tornado then struck and moved or rolled the truck across a field and through a barn...causing or aiding the barn being destroyed. The truck ended up in a creekbed over 350 feet away. The man was throw from the truck and was found underneath the vehicle in the creekbed. Only sporadic damage occurred after the tornado weakened...with roof damage to several barns and out buildings...some twisting...snapping...and uprooting of some trees...and a few power poles snapped.

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

EventDateAgeSexWhereKind
Tornado, Bedford2000-04-2019MaleVehicle/Towed TrailerDirect

What these are

Tornado
A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5139372.