Tennessee, 2000Tornado 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.
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- 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.
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.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|
| Tornado, Bedford | 2000-04-20 | 19 | Male | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Direct |
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kentucky, April 20, 20001 death · 5 injured · $411,000 · F1 · 28 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, April 20, 20001 injured · $3.0 million · F1 · 35 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, April 20, 2000$830,000 · 1.75 in hail · 21 events
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Ohio, April 20, 2000$470,000 · 77 kt wind · 28 events
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Ohio, April 20, 2000$535,000 · 55 kt wind · 13 events
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, April 20, 2000$900,000 · 65 kt wind · 1 event
- Tornado in Tennessee, April 20, 2000$200,000 · F1 · 1 event
- Flooding and Hail in Michigan, April 20, 20002 injured · $80,000 · 50 kt wind · 11 events
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, April 20, 2000$240,000 · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, April 20, 2000$200,000 · 1 event
- Tornado in Missouri, April 20, 2000$50,000 · F1 · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, April 20, 2000$93,000 · 52 kt wind · 9 events
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.