Tennessee, 2000

Tornado in Tennessee, April 20, 2000

April 20, 2000 · NWS MRX · 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
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$200,000
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 Knoxville radar (KMRX), 96 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:49 UTC.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Scott

When
April 20, 8:50 PM EST
Where
Scott County, 3 mi E of Huntsville
Rating
F1
Path length
0.3 mi
Path width
20 yd
Property damage
$200,000
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
36.417, -84.433

Twenty one homes in the Scenic Hills Estates subdivision received damage. One was totaled. The storm moved in from the southwest. The main damage came from straight-line winds, however, the one home that was totally destroyed was clearly from tornado damage. Winds were estimated in the 70-90 mph range.

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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

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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: 5139223.