Tennessee, 2000

Tornado in Tennessee, February 13, 2000

February 13, 2000 · NWS OHX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
1
Property damage
$500,000
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.

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1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Davidson

When
February 13, 6:04 PM CST to 6:15 PM CST
Where
Davidson County, 2 mi WNW of Nashville
Rating
F1
Path length
4.3 mi
Path width
200 yd
Injuries
1 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage
$500,000
Reported by
NWS STORM SURVEY
Coordinates
36.150, -86.867

About 50 homes and 20 businesses received damage from this tornado. A 25 foot hackberry tree fell on a house. An oak tree crashed into the side of a building. A school trailer was destroyed at St. Vincent De Paul School. There was 15 rooftop damage at an apartment complex on Delta Street. The hardest hit area of downtown Nashville was the Eight Avenue North and Bordeaux . The tornado started around Scovel Street and 28th Avenue North. Extensive damage occurred from this location and to the eastnortheast for just over a mile in length. Numerous trees were uprooted or snapped. Powerlines were down. A number of homes suffered roof damage. The tornado crossed I-265 , moving eastnortheast reaching Arthur Avenue, 10th Ave. and 9th Ave. North, crossed the Cumberland River and then reaching Dickerson Pike and Ellington Parkway, finally dissipating around Petway Avenue and Gallatin Road.One woman was injured when an interstate sign blew into her car and caused her to wreck.

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: 5133907.