Tornadoes · United States · Tennessee · 2008
EF4 Hardin County tornado, Tennessee, February 5, 2008
From Box Elder to Swift, this EF4 tornado ran 16.2 miles across Hardin County on February 5, 2008, touching down at 7:40 PM CST and reaching 880 yards wide. It killed 3 people and injured 5, and did $18 million of property damage.
The rating scale
Tracks are drawn in the color of the rating. The Enhanced Fujita scale rates the damage rather than measuring the wind: the speeds are what that damage is taken to imply.
EF065 to 85 mph
Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.
EF186 to 110 mph
Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.
EF2111 to 135 mph
Considerable damage. Roofs torn off well-built houses, frame homes shifted on their foundations, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, cars lifted off the ground.
EF3136 to 165 mph
Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.
EF4166 to 200 mphthis tornado
Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.
EF5over 200 mph
Incredible damage. Strong frame houses swept off their foundations, car-sized missiles thrown more than 100 meters, steel-reinforced concrete badly damaged, high-rise buildings deformed.
Unrated
The survey recorded a tornado but could not put a number on it, most often because it crossed open country and damaged nothing a rating can be read from.
The record
- Rating
- EF4
- Date
- February 5, 2008
- Touchdown
- 7:40 PM CST (01:40 UTC)
- Lifted
- 7:57 PM CST (01:57 UTC)
- On the ground
- 17 minutes
- Path length
- 16.2 miles (26.0 km)
- Path width
- 880 yards (805 m)
- Deaths
- 3
- Injuries
- 5
- Property damage
- $18 million
- County
- Hardin County
- Touchdown point
- 35.268, -88.293
- Lift-off point
- 35.376, -88.038
- Record number
- 0802051940-01
What the Weather Service recorded
A strong low pressure system tracked from Northern Arkansas into Southern Missouri during the evening hours of February 5th, 2008. Supercells developed out ahead of the system during the late afternoon into the early evening. The storms produced tornadoes, large hail and damaging winds. As the supercells moved east during the evening, a cold front moved into West Tennessee. A squall line developed along the front and produced another round of large hail and damaging winds. The front continued to push east into the overnight hours.
The initial tornado touchdown occurred west of the Tennessee River near the intersection of Coffee Landing Road and Towboat Lane about 740 pm CST. The tornado then quickly raced northeast causing extensive damage to homes and trees just east of the Tennessee River in the Oak Grove, Cerro Gordo and Swift Communities. The tornado destroyed 59 houses, 11 mobile homes, 11 public buildings, a vacant store and 11 farm buildings. Another 117 structures received varying degrees of damage. Four of the 11 public buildings belonged to the Sharon Baptist Church. The church lost its sanctuary, preschool, academy and student center, off Cravens Road in the Oak Grove area. Two of the five injuries occurred at the church while two more injuries occurred in homes in the Oak Grove area. All three deaths occurred in mobile homes. Two of the deaths occurred in the Cerro Gordo area while the third fatality occurred in northeast Hardin County in the vicinity of Nance Bend Road and Highway 128. The tornado continued northeast before lifting near the intersection of Highway 114 and Highway 128 around 757 pm CST. The path length was about 16 miles and the maximum width was one half mile. The highest estimated winds were around 170 mph. Utility restoration costs were estimated at around $200,000.
The deaths
3 direct deaths are recorded for this tornado, each with what Storm Data knows of it.
| Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 75 | M | Mobile/Trailer Home | Direct |
| 55 | M | Mobile/Trailer Home | Direct |
| 74 | M | Mobile/Trailer Home | Direct |
From NOAA NCEI's Storm Events Database, the narrative the local forecast office wrote for Storm Data.
The forecast that day
The Storm Prediction Center had this point in a High Risk, with a 0.30 chance of a tornado within 25 miles, in the hatched area where significant tornadoes were expected. The outlook in force was issued at 00:48 UTC.
SPC's Day 1 convective outlook as it stood when the tornado began, read at the touchdown point. The same archive is on the radar archive.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the tornado touched down, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the tornado touched down at Feb 5, 2:19 PM CST, 5 hours 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 5, 2:19 PM CST, 5 hours 21 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
219 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008
.DISCUSSION...
SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK LIKELY ACROSS THE MID SOUTH
LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF THE
MID SOUTH INCLUDING EASTERN ARKANSAS...THE MISSOURI
BOOTHEEL...WEST TENNESSEE AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. ELSEWHERE
THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
A STRONG UPPER TROF CONTINUES TO PUSH INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
WITH THE 500 MB SPEED MAX STARTING TO SPREAD NORTHEAST TOWARD THE
ARKLATEX. A SURFACE LOW WAS LOCATED OVER SE OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN
ARKANSAS. THIS SURFACE LOW WILL DEEPEN TO 997 MB AND TRACK
NORTHEAST INTO N CENTRAL ARKANSAS AND SE MISSOURI THIS EVENING
WHILE A STRONG COLD FRONT STARTS TO PUSH EAST ACROSS ARKANSAS.
THE AIRMASS ACROSS THE MID SOUTH CONTINUES TO DESTABILIZE WITH
SURFACE TEMPS IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S AND SURFACE DEWPOINTS IN THE
LOWER TO MID 60S...HIGH TEMP RECORD HAS ALREADY BEEN BROKEN AT
MEMPHIS. AS A RESULT SBCAPES HAVE CLIMBED TO BETWEEN 1000 AND 1500
J/KG ACROSS THE MID SOUTH. THE DEEPENING SURFACE LOW WILL TRACK
JUST TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF THE MID SOUTH AND THIS WILL SERVE TO
ENHANCE THE LOW LEVEL SHEAR BY BACKING THE LOW LEVEL WINDS
SLIGHTLY PRODUCING 0-1KM HELICITY VALUES OVER 300 M2/S2. MEANWHILE
THE 500 MB SPEED MAX SPREADING INTO THE ARKLATEX WILL CONTINUE TO
MOVE TOWARD THE MID SOUTH PRODUCING TREMENDOUS VERTICAL SHEAR.
THE 18Z LZK SOUNDING INDICATES THAT THE BOUNDARY LAYER CONTINUING
TO DEEPEN WITH A WEAKENING AND LIFTING CAP AT 700 MB. MID LEVEL
LAPSE RATES ABOVE THE CAP ARE VERY STEEP...GREATER THAN 7 C/KM. AS
THE UPPER TROF APPROACHES AND HEIGHT FALLS SPREAD ACROSS THE WARM
SECTOR THE CAP WILL CONTINUE TO ERODE AND THE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE WARM SECTOR WILL INTENSIFY
AND MAY BECOME DISCRETE SUPERCELLS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO
THE EVENING HOURS. THESE DISCRETE SUPERCELLS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING
WINDS...HAIL AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR
STRONG TORNADOES TO DEVELOP WITH THESE DISCRETE SUPERCELLS THAT
FORM IN THE WARM SECTOR AHEAD OF THE FRONT LATER THIS AFTERNOON
INTO TH EVENING HOURS.
IN ADDITION THE DISCRETE CELLS WILL EVENTUAL MERGE INTO A LINE OR
LINE SEGMENTS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT AS IT PUSHES
THROUGH TONIGHT. THE SYSTEM IS MOVING A LITTLE SLOWER AND IT LOOKS
LIKE THE BEST TIME FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE LATE THIS AFTERNOON
INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR WINDS OF 25
MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH OR HIGHER AHEAD OF AND JUST BEHIND THE
FRONT.
THE FRONT WILL EXIT THE MID SOUTH AFTER MIDNIGHT AND COOL HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS IN FOR WEDNESDAY WITH BREEZY CONDITIONS AND TEMPS
IN THE 40S NORTH TO LOWER 50S SOUTH. A SERIES OF WEAK UPPER TROFS
SWINGS THROUGH FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY RESULTING IN AN INCREASE IN
CLOUDS AND MAYBE SOME PRECIP ACROSS THE NORTHERN TIER...BUT NOT
CONFIDENT ENOUGH TO MENTION. A STRONGER UPPER TROF DIGS INTO THE
EASTERN U.S. DURING THE WEEKEND RESULTING IN SOME COLDER TEMPS AND
DRY WEATHER. GFS AND ECMWF AT ODDS BY THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK.
THE GFS HAS AN UPPER LOW OVER THE TX BIG BEND REGION WITH
SOUTHWEST FLOW ACROSS THE REGION AND MOISTURE RETURNING ACROSS THE
REGION. MEANWHILE THIS SYSTEM IS ABSENT FROM THE ECMWF AND AS A
RESULT THE FLOW IS WESTERLY AND DRY. ATTM WILL INTRODUCE LOW END
CHANCE POPS FOR TUE WITH LOW CONFIDENCE.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MEM 46 48 31 55 / 100 10 10 10
MKL 48 49 27 50 / 100 20 10 10
JBR 42 47 29 51 / 100 10 10 10
TUP 52 54 30 55 / 100 20 10 10
&&
.MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR CLAY-CRAIGHEAD-
CRITTENDEN-CROSS-GREENE-LAWRENCE-LEE AR-MISSISSIPPI-
PHILLIPS-POINSETT-RANDOLPH-ST. FRANCIS.
MO...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT.
MS...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR ALCORN-BENTON MS-
CALHOUN-CHICKASAW-COAHOMA-DESOTO-ITAWAMBA-LAFAYETTE-LEE MS-
MARSHALL-MONROE-PANOLA-PONTOTOC-PRENTISS-QUITMAN-
TALLAHATCHIE-TATE-TIPPAH-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA-UNION-YALOBUSHA.
TN...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR CARROLL-CHESTER-
CROCKETT-DECATUR-DYER-FAYETTE-GIBSON-HARDEMAN-HARDIN-
HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-HENRY-LAKE-LAUDERDALE-MADISON-MCNAIRY-
OBION-SHELBY-TIPTON-WEAKLEY.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 5, 4:28 PM CST, 3 hours 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 428 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008 ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115- MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-070030- ALCORN-BENTON MS-CALHOUN-CARROLL-CHESTER-CHICKASAW-CLAY-COAHOMA- CRAIGHEAD-CRITTENDEN-CROCKETT-CROSS-DESOTO-DECATUR-DUNKLIN-DYER- FAYETTE-GIBSON-GREENE-HARDEMAN-HARDIN-HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-HENRY- ITAWAMBA-LAFAYETTE-LAKE-LAUDERDALE-LAWRENCE-LEE AR-LEE MS-MADISON- MARSHALL-MCNAIRY-MISSISSIPPI-MONROE-OBION-PANOLA-PEMISCOT- PHILLIPS-POINSETT-PONTOTOC-PRENTISS-QUITMAN-RANDOLPH-SHELBY- ST. FRANCIS-TALLAHATCHIE-TATE-TIPPAH-TIPTON-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA- UNION-WEAKLEY-YALOBUSHA- 428 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS... THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EASTERN ARKANSAS...THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...WEST TENNESSEE AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. AREAS IN THE HIGH RISK ARE GENERALLY NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM LEXINGTON TENNESSEE TO OXFORD MISSISSIPPI. A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS LOCATED ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH...SOUTH AND EAST OF THIS LINE. A WARM...MOIST...AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT THAT WILL SLOWLY APPROACH FROM THE WEST. THE STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING OVER THE REGION THIS EVENING CONTINUES TO GENERATE ROTATING THUNDERSTORMS SOME WHICH WILL BE SEVERE. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND TORNADOES. THE POTENTIAL WILL ALSO EXIST FOR STRONG TORNADOES TO DEVELOP. AN ADDITIONAL LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP JUST AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT. THE PRIMARY TIME FRAME FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE UNTIL 10 PM CST FOR AREAS WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND UNTIL 2 AM CST WEDNESDAY FOR AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. THE STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OUT OF THE FORECAST AREA AFTER 2 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING BRINGING AN END TO THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE IN ADVANCE AND THEN IMMEDIATELY BEHIND THE STRONG COLD FRONT UNTIL MIDNIGHT. WIND SPEEDS AROUND 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 MPH OR HIGHER CAN BE EXPECTED. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE MID SOUTH UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS WILL BE REQUIRED THROUGH MIDNIGHT ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. OKULSKI
In the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 5, 6:47 PM CST, 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
647 PM CST TUE FEB 05 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0340 PM HAIL 4 E MARVELL 34.56N 90.84W
02/05/2008 E0.75 INCH PHILLIPS AR POST OFFICE
PENNY SIZE HAIL IN POPLAR GROVE.
0450 PM HAIL 3 N BARTLETT 35.26N 89.84W
02/05/2008 E0.75 INCH SHELBY TN AMATEUR RADIO
PENNY SIZE HAIL AT THE INTERSECTION OF PLEASANT RIDGE AND
AUSTEN PEAY.
0503 PM TORNADO ARLINGTON 35.28N 89.66W
02/05/2008 SHELBY TN PUBLIC
TORNADO ON THE GROUND JUST NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF
HIGHWAY 70 AND HIGHWAY 385.
0513 PM HAIL DUBLIN 34.08N 90.50W
02/05/2008 E0.75 INCH COAHOMA MS EMERGENCY MNGR
0523 PM TORNADO HORN LAKE 34.96N 90.04W
02/05/2008 DESOTO MS AMATEUR RADIO
TORNADO ON THE GROUND IN HORN LAKE.
0523 PM HAIL CLARKSDALE 34.20N 90.58W
02/05/2008 E1.00 INCH COAHOMA MS LAW ENFORCEMENT
QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN CLARKSDALE.
0527 PM TORNADO HORN LAKE 34.96N 90.04W
02/05/2008 DESOTO MS EMERGENCY MNGR
TORNADO ON THE GROUND NEAR GOODMAN ROAD AND HIGHWAY 61.
0532 PM TORNADO SOUTHAVEN 34.97N 90.00W
02/05/2008 DESOTO MS UNKNOWN
DAMAGE AT 100 INDRUSTRIAL BLVD.
0535 PM TORNADO SOUTHAVEN 34.97N 90.00W
02/05/2008 DESOTO MS LAW ENFORCEMENT
DAMAGE REPORTED AT THE INTERSECTION OF GOODMAN ROAD AND
AIRWAYS.
0536 PM TORNADO 3 ENE WHITEHAVEN 35.03N 89.98W
02/05/2008 SHELBY TN TRAINED SPOTTER
ROOF BLOWN OFF OF PINNACLE AIRLINE HANGER AT MEMPHIS
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. PLANES WERE MOVED. AIRSTAIRS MOVED
100 YARDS. MOVED A 737 AIRPLANE A FOOT.
0540 PM TORNADO 3 ENE SOUTHAVEN 34.99N 89.95W
02/05/2008 DESOTO MS TRAINED SPOTTER
ROOF DAMAGE AT FEDEX FIRE STATION AT MEMPHIS
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. 73 KT GUST REPORTED BY WIND
SENSOR.
0545 PM TORNADO SOUTHEAST MEMPHIS 35.07N 89.88W
02/05/2008 SHELBY TN BROADCAST MEDIA
DAMAGE REPORTED AT HICKORY RIDGE MALL.
0559 PM TORNADO 10 NW OXFORD 34.46N 89.65W
02/05/2008 LAFAYETTE MS LAW ENFORCEMENT
DAMAGE REPORTED AT THE INTERSECTIONS OF HIGHWAYS 101 AND
7...NEAR COUNTY ROAD 1032...AND A CATEPILLAR BUILDING
DAMAGED.
0602 PM TORNADO 9 SW SENATOBIA 34.53N 90.08W
02/05/2008 PANOLA MS STORM CHASER
TORNADO ON THE GROUND.
0605 PM TORNADO PURYEAR 36.44N 88.33W
02/05/2008 HENRY TN EMERGENCY MNGR
2 HOMES DESTROYED AT PURYEAR.
0625 PM TORNADO 3 S STANTON 35.42N 89.40W
02/05/2008 HAYWOOD TN EMERGENCY MNGR
TRAILER BLOWN OVER AND TREES DOWN.
0627 PM HAIL 5 S ASHLAND 34.76N 89.18W
02/05/2008 E1.25 INCH BENTON MS LAW ENFORCEMENT
SILVER DOLLAR SIZE HAIL REPORTED.
&&
MBSLocal storm report, Feb 5, 6:55 PM CST, 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
655 PM CST TUE FEB 05 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0340 PM HAIL 4 E MARVELL 34.56N 90.84W
02/05/2008 E0.75 INCH PHILLIPS AR POST OFFICE
PENNY SIZE HAIL IN POPLAR GROVE.
0450 PM HAIL 3 N BARTLETT 35.26N 89.84W
02/05/2008 E0.75 INCH SHELBY TN AMATEUR RADIO
PENNY SIZE HAIL AT THE INTERSECTION OF PLEASANT RIDGE AND
AUSTEN PEAY.
0503 PM TORNADO ARLINGTON 35.28N 89.66W
02/05/2008 SHELBY TN PUBLIC
TORNADO ON THE GROUND JUST NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF
HIGHWAY 70 AND HIGHWAY 385.
0513 PM HAIL DUBLIN 34.08N 90.50W
02/05/2008 E0.75 INCH COAHOMA MS EMERGENCY MNGR
0523 PM HAIL CLARKSDALE 34.20N 90.58W
02/05/2008 E1.00 INCH COAHOMA MS LAW ENFORCEMENT
QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN CLARKSDALE.
0523 PM TORNADO HORN LAKE 34.96N 90.04W
02/05/2008 DESOTO MS AMATEUR RADIO
TORNADO ON THE GROUND IN HORN LAKE.
0527 PM TORNADO HORN LAKE 34.96N 90.04W
02/05/2008 DESOTO MS EMERGENCY MNGR
TORNADO ON THE GROUND NEAR GOODMAN ROAD AND HIGHWAY 61.
0532 PM TORNADO SOUTHAVEN 34.97N 90.00W
02/05/2008 DESOTO MS TRAINED SPOTTER
LARGE TREES DOWN. DAMAGE TO SOUTHAVEN HIGH SCHOOL. SIGNS
DOWN.
0532 PM TORNADO SOUTHAVEN 34.97N 90.00W
02/05/2008 DESOTO MS UNKNOWN
DAMAGE AT 100 INDRUSTRIAL BLVD.
0535 PM TORNADO SOUTHAVEN 34.97N 90.00W
02/05/2008 DESOTO MS LAW ENFORCEMENT
DAMAGE REPORTED AT THE INTERSECTION OF GOODMAN ROAD AND
AIRWAYS.
0536 PM TORNADO 3 ENE WHITEHAVEN 35.03N 89.98W
02/05/2008 SHELBY TN TRAINED SPOTTER
ROOF BLOWN OFF OF PINNACLE AIRLINE HANGER AT MEMPHIS
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. PLANES WERE MOVED. AIRSTAIRS MOVED
100 YARDS. MOVED A 737 AIRPLANE A FOOT.
0540 PM TORNADO 3 ENE SOUTHAVEN 34.99N 89.95W
02/05/2008 DESOTO MS TRAINED SPOTTER
ROOF DAMAGE AT FEDEX FIRE STATION AT MEMPHIS
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. 73 KT GUST REPORTED BY WIND
SENSOR.
0545 PM TORNADO SOUTHEAST MEMPHIS 35.07N 89.88W
02/05/2008 SHELBY TN BROADCAST MEDIA
DAMAGE REPORTED AT HICKORY RIDGE MALL.
0559 PM TORNADO 10 NW OXFORD 34.46N 89.65W
02/05/2008 LAFAYETTE MS LAW ENFORCEMENT
DAMAGE REPORTED AT THE INTERSECTIONS OF HIGHWAYS 101 AND
7...NEAR COUNTY ROAD 1032...AND A CATEPILLAR BUILDING
DAMAGED.
0602 PM TORNADO 9 SW SENATOBIA 34.53N 90.08W
02/05/2008 PANOLA MS STORM CHASER
TORNADO ON THE GROUND.
0605 PM TORNADO PURYEAR 36.44N 88.33W
02/05/2008 HENRY TN EMERGENCY MNGR
2 HOMES DESTROYED AT PURYEAR.
0625 PM TORNADO 3 S STANTON 35.42N 89.40W
02/05/2008 HAYWOOD TN EMERGENCY MNGR
TRAILER BLOWN OVER AND TREES DOWN.
0627 PM HAIL 5 S ASHLAND 34.76N 89.18W
02/05/2008 E1.25 INCH BENTON MS LAW ENFORCEMENT
SILVER DOLLAR SIZE HAIL REPORTED.
0652 PM HAIL WALNUT 34.95N 88.90W
02/05/2008 M0.88 INCH TIPPAH MS UNKNOWN
NICKEL HAIL REPORTED.
&&
MBSLocal storm report, Feb 5, 7:00 PM CST, 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
700 PM CST TUE FEB 05 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0340 PM HAIL 4 E MARVELL 34.56N 90.84W
02/05/2008 E0.75 INCH PHILLIPS AR POST OFFICE
PENNY SIZE HAIL IN POPLAR GROVE.
0450 PM HAIL 3 N BARTLETT 35.26N 89.84W
02/05/2008 E0.75 INCH SHELBY TN AMATEUR RADIO
PENNY SIZE HAIL AT THE INTERSECTION OF PLEASANT RIDGE AND
AUSTEN PEAY.
0503 PM TORNADO ARLINGTON 35.28N 89.66W
02/05/2008 SHELBY TN PUBLIC
TORNADO ON THE GROUND JUST NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF
HIGHWAY 70 AND HIGHWAY 385.
0513 PM HAIL DUBLIN 34.08N 90.50W
02/05/2008 E0.75 INCH COAHOMA MS EMERGENCY MNGR
0523 PM TORNADO HORN LAKE 34.96N 90.04W
02/05/2008 DESOTO MS AMATEUR RADIO
TORNADO ON THE GROUND IN HORN LAKE.
0523 PM HAIL CLARKSDALE 34.20N 90.58W
02/05/2008 E1.00 INCH COAHOMA MS LAW ENFORCEMENT
QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN CLARKSDALE.
0527 PM TORNADO HORN LAKE 34.96N 90.04W
02/05/2008 DESOTO MS EMERGENCY MNGR
TORNADO ON THE GROUND NEAR GOODMAN ROAD AND HIGHWAY 61.
0532 PM TORNADO SOUTHAVEN 34.97N 90.00W
02/05/2008 DESOTO MS UNKNOWN
DAMAGE AT 100 INDRUSTRIAL BLVD.
0532 PM TORNADO SOUTHAVEN 34.97N 90.00W
02/05/2008 DESOTO MS TRAINED SPOTTER
LARGE TREES DOWN. DAMAGE TO SOUTHAVEN HIGH SCHOOL. SIGNS
DOWN.
0535 PM TORNADO SOUTHAVEN 34.97N 90.00W
02/05/2008 DESOTO MS LAW ENFORCEMENT
DAMAGE REPORTED AT THE INTERSECTION OF GOODMAN ROAD AND
AIRWAYS.
0536 PM TORNADO 3 ENE WHITEHAVEN 35.03N 89.98W
02/05/2008 SHELBY TN TRAINED SPOTTER
ROOF BLOWN OFF OF PINNACLE AIRLINE HANGER AT MEMPHIS
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. PLANES WERE MOVED. AIRSTAIRS MOVED
100 YARDS. MOVED A 737 AIRPLANE A FOOT.
0540 PM TORNADO 3 ENE SOUTHAVEN 34.99N 89.95W
02/05/2008 DESOTO MS TRAINED SPOTTER
ROOF DAMAGE AT FEDEX FIRE STATION AT MEMPHIS
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. 73 KT GUST REPORTED BY WIND
SENSOR.
0545 PM TORNADO SOUTHEAST MEMPHIS 35.07N 89.88W
02/05/2008 SHELBY TN BROADCAST MEDIA
DAMAGE REPORTED AT HICKORY RIDGE MALL.
0559 PM TORNADO 10 NW OXFORD 34.46N 89.65W
02/05/2008 LAFAYETTE MS LAW ENFORCEMENT
DAMAGE REPORTED AT THE INTERSECTIONS OF HIGHWAYS 101 AND
7...NEAR COUNTY ROAD 1032...AND A CATEPILLAR BUILDING
DAMAGED.
0602 PM TORNADO 9 SW SENATOBIA 34.53N 90.08W
02/05/2008 PANOLA MS STORM CHASER
TORNADO ON THE GROUND.
0605 PM TORNADO PURYEAR 36.44N 88.33W
02/05/2008 HENRY TN EMERGENCY MNGR
2 HOMES DESTROYED AT PURYEAR.
0625 PM TORNADO 3 S STANTON 35.42N 89.40W
02/05/2008 HAYWOOD TN EMERGENCY MNGR
TRAILER BLOWN OVER AND TREES DOWN.
0627 PM HAIL 5 S ASHLAND 34.76N 89.18W
02/05/2008 E1.25 INCH BENTON MS LAW ENFORCEMENT
SILVER DOLLAR SIZE HAIL REPORTED.
0640 PM HAIL 3 S WALNUT 34.91N 88.90W
02/05/2008 E2.75 INCH TIPPAH MS TRAINED SPOTTER
BASEBALL HAIL REPORTED.
0652 PM HAIL WALNUT 34.95N 88.90W
02/05/2008 M0.88 INCH TIPPAH MS UNKNOWN
NICKEL HAIL REPORTED.
0655 PM HAIL WALNUT 34.95N 88.90W
02/05/2008 E1.75 INCH TIPPAH MS TRAINED SPOTTER
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN WALNUT.
&&
MBSLocal storm report, Feb 5, 7:08 PM CST, 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
708 PM CST TUE FEB 05 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0340 PM HAIL 4 E MARVELL 34.56N 90.84W
02/05/2008 E0.75 INCH PHILLIPS AR POST OFFICE
PENNY SIZE HAIL IN POPLAR GROVE.
0450 PM HAIL 3 N BARTLETT 35.26N 89.84W
02/05/2008 E0.75 INCH SHELBY TN AMATEUR RADIO
PENNY SIZE HAIL AT THE INTERSECTION OF PLEASANT RIDGE AND
AUSTEN PEAY.
0503 PM TORNADO ARLINGTON 35.28N 89.66W
02/05/2008 SHELBY TN PUBLIC
TORNADO ON THE GROUND JUST NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF
HIGHWAY 70 AND HIGHWAY 385.
0513 PM HAIL DUBLIN 34.08N 90.50W
02/05/2008 E0.75 INCH COAHOMA MS EMERGENCY MNGR
0523 PM HAIL CLARKSDALE 34.20N 90.58W
02/05/2008 E1.00 INCH COAHOMA MS LAW ENFORCEMENT
QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN CLARKSDALE.
0523 PM TORNADO HORN LAKE 34.96N 90.04W
02/05/2008 DESOTO MS AMATEUR RADIO
TORNADO ON THE GROUND IN HORN LAKE.
0527 PM TORNADO HORN LAKE 34.96N 90.04W
02/05/2008 DESOTO MS EMERGENCY MNGR
TORNADO ON THE GROUND NEAR GOODMAN ROAD AND HIGHWAY 61.
0532 PM TORNADO SOUTHAVEN 34.97N 90.00W
02/05/2008 DESOTO MS TRAINED SPOTTER
LARGE TREES DOWN. DAMAGE TO SOUTHAVEN HIGH SCHOOL. SIGNS
DOWN.
0532 PM TORNADO SOUTHAVEN 34.97N 90.00W
02/05/2008 DESOTO MS UNKNOWN
DAMAGE AT 100 INDRUSTRIAL BLVD.
0535 PM TORNADO SOUTHAVEN 34.97N 90.00W
02/05/2008 DESOTO MS LAW ENFORCEMENT
DAMAGE REPORTED AT THE INTERSECTION OF GOODMAN ROAD AND
AIRWAYS.
0536 PM TORNADO 3 ENE WHITEHAVEN 35.03N 89.98W
02/05/2008 SHELBY TN TRAINED SPOTTER
ROOF BLOWN OFF OF PINNACLE AIRLINE HANGER AT MEMPHIS
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. PLANES WERE MOVED. AIRSTAIRS MOVED
100 YARDS. MOVED A 737 AIRPLANE A FOOT.
0540 PM TORNADO 3 ENE SOUTHAVEN 34.99N 89.95W
02/05/2008 DESOTO MS TRAINED SPOTTER
ROOF DAMAGE AT FEDEX FIRE STATION AT MEMPHIS
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. 73 KT GUST REPORTED BY WIND
SENSOR.
0545 PM TORNADO SOUTHEAST MEMPHIS 35.07N 89.88W
02/05/2008 SHELBY TN BROADCAST MEDIA
DAMAGE REPORTED AT HICKORY RIDGE MALL.
0559 PM TORNADO 10 NW OXFORD 34.46N 89.65W
02/05/2008 LAFAYETTE MS LAW ENFORCEMENT
DAMAGE REPORTED AT THE INTERSECTIONS OF HIGHWAYS 101 AND
7...NEAR COUNTY ROAD 1032...AND A CATEPILLAR BUILDING
DAMAGED.
0602 PM TORNADO 3 WSW ABBEVILLE 34.49N 89.55W
02/05/2008 LAFAYETTE MS EMERGENCY MNGR
*** 1 INJ *** 2 INDUSTRIES DESTROYED. CHURCH DESTROYED.
SEVERAL HOMES DESTROYED. 1 INJURY FROM BROKEN GLASS.
0602 PM TORNADO 9 SW SENATOBIA 34.53N 90.08W
02/05/2008 PANOLA MS STORM CHASER
TORNADO ON THE GROUND.
0605 PM TORNADO PURYEAR 36.44N 88.33W
02/05/2008 HENRY TN EMERGENCY MNGR
2 HOMES DESTROYED AT PURYEAR.
0625 PM TORNADO 3 S STANTON 35.42N 89.40W
02/05/2008 HAYWOOD TN EMERGENCY MNGR
TRAILER BLOWN OVER AND TREES DOWN.
0627 PM HAIL 5 S ASHLAND 34.76N 89.18W
02/05/2008 E1.25 INCH BENTON MS LAW ENFORCEMENT
SILVER DOLLAR SIZE HAIL REPORTED.
0640 PM HAIL 3 S WALNUT 34.91N 88.90W
02/05/2008 E2.75 INCH TIPPAH MS TRAINED SPOTTER
BASEBALL HAIL REPORTED.
0652 PM HAIL WALNUT 34.95N 88.90W
02/05/2008 M0.88 INCH TIPPAH MS UNKNOWN
NICKEL HAIL REPORTED.
0655 PM HAIL WALNUT 34.95N 88.90W
02/05/2008 E1.75 INCH TIPPAH MS TRAINED SPOTTER
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN WALNUT.
&&
MBSLocal storm report, Feb 5, 7:29 PM CST, 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
729 PM CST TUE FEB 05 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0340 PM HAIL 4 E MARVELL 34.56N 90.84W
02/05/2008 E0.75 INCH PHILLIPS AR POST OFFICE
PENNY SIZE HAIL IN POPLAR GROVE.
0450 PM HAIL 3 N BARTLETT 35.26N 89.84W
02/05/2008 E0.75 INCH SHELBY TN AMATEUR RADIO
PENNY SIZE HAIL AT THE INTERSECTION OF PLEASANT RIDGE AND
AUSTEN PEAY.
0503 PM TORNADO ARLINGTON 35.28N 89.66W
02/05/2008 SHELBY TN PUBLIC
TORNADO ON THE GROUND JUST NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF
HIGHWAY 70 AND HIGHWAY 385.
0513 PM HAIL DUBLIN 34.08N 90.50W
02/05/2008 E0.75 INCH COAHOMA MS EMERGENCY MNGR
0523 PM TORNADO HORN LAKE 34.96N 90.04W
02/05/2008 DESOTO MS AMATEUR RADIO
TORNADO ON THE GROUND IN HORN LAKE.
0523 PM HAIL CLARKSDALE 34.20N 90.58W
02/05/2008 E1.00 INCH COAHOMA MS LAW ENFORCEMENT
QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN CLARKSDALE.
0527 PM TORNADO HORN LAKE 34.96N 90.04W
02/05/2008 DESOTO MS EMERGENCY MNGR
TORNADO ON THE GROUND NEAR GOODMAN ROAD AND HIGHWAY 61.
0532 PM TORNADO SOUTHAVEN 34.97N 90.00W
02/05/2008 DESOTO MS UNKNOWN
DAMAGE AT 100 INDRUSTRIAL BLVD.
0532 PM TORNADO SOUTHAVEN 34.97N 90.00W
02/05/2008 DESOTO MS TRAINED SPOTTER
LARGE TREES DOWN. DAMAGE TO SOUTHAVEN HIGH SCHOOL. SIGNS
DOWN.
0535 PM TORNADO SOUTHAVEN 34.97N 90.00W
02/05/2008 DESOTO MS LAW ENFORCEMENT
DAMAGE REPORTED AT THE INTERSECTION OF GOODMAN ROAD AND
AIRWAYS.
0536 PM TORNADO 3 ENE WHITEHAVEN 35.03N 89.98W
02/05/2008 SHELBY TN TRAINED SPOTTER
ROOF BLOWN OFF OF PINNACLE AIRLINE HANGER AT MEMPHIS
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. PLANES WERE MOVED. AIRSTAIRS MOVED
100 YARDS. MOVED A 737 AIRPLANE A FOOT.
0540 PM TORNADO 3 ENE SOUTHAVEN 34.99N 89.95W
02/05/2008 DESOTO MS TRAINED SPOTTER
ROOF DAMAGE AT FEDEX FIRE STATION AT MEMPHIS
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. 73 KT GUST REPORTED BY WIND
SENSOR.
0545 PM TORNADO SOUTHEAST MEMPHIS 35.07N 89.88W
02/05/2008 SHELBY TN BROADCAST MEDIA
DAMAGE REPORTED AT HICKORY RIDGE MALL.
0559 PM TORNADO 10 NW OXFORD 34.46N 89.65W
02/05/2008 LAFAYETTE MS LAW ENFORCEMENT
DAMAGE REPORTED AT THE INTERSECTIONS OF HIGHWAYS 101 AND
7...NEAR COUNTY ROAD 1032...AND A CATEPILLAR BUILDING
DAMAGED.
0602 PM TORNADO 9 SW SENATOBIA 34.53N 90.08W
02/05/2008 PANOLA MS STORM CHASER
TORNADO ON THE GROUND.
0602 PM TORNADO 3 WSW ABBEVILLE 34.49N 89.55W
02/05/2008 LAFAYETTE MS EMERGENCY MNGR
*** 1 INJ *** 2 INDUSTRIES DESTROYED. CHURCH DESTROYED.
SEVERAL HOMES DESTROYED. 1 INJURY FROM BROKEN GLASS.
0605 PM TORNADO PURYEAR 36.44N 88.33W
02/05/2008 HENRY TN EMERGENCY MNGR
2 HOMES DESTROYED AT PURYEAR.
0625 PM TORNADO 3 S STANTON 35.42N 89.40W
02/05/2008 HAYWOOD TN EMERGENCY MNGR
TRAILER BLOWN OVER AND TREES DOWN.
0627 PM HAIL 5 S ASHLAND 34.76N 89.18W
02/05/2008 E1.25 INCH BENTON MS LAW ENFORCEMENT
SILVER DOLLAR SIZE HAIL REPORTED.
0640 PM HAIL 3 S WALNUT 34.91N 88.90W
02/05/2008 E2.75 INCH TIPPAH MS TRAINED SPOTTER
BASEBALL HAIL REPORTED.
0652 PM HAIL WALNUT 34.95N 88.90W
02/05/2008 M0.88 INCH TIPPAH MS UNKNOWN
NICKEL HAIL REPORTED.
0655 PM HAIL WALNUT 34.95N 88.90W
02/05/2008 E1.75 INCH TIPPAH MS TRAINED SPOTTER
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN WALNUT.
0709 PM TSTM WND DMG WALNUT 34.95N 88.90W
02/05/2008 TIPPAH MS TRAINED SPOTTER
TREES DOWN AT COUNTY ROAD 223 AND 400
0711 PM HAIL MEDINA 35.80N 88.77W
02/05/2008 M1.25 INCH GIBSON TN TRAINED SPOTTER
HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL
0711 PM TORNADO JACKSON 35.63N 88.83W
02/05/2008 MADISON TN AMATEUR RADIO
7 TRACTOR TRAILERS BLOWN OVER AT MILE MARKER 70.
0715 PM TORNADO JACKSON 35.63N 88.83W
02/05/2008 MADISON TN EMERGENCY MNGR
PEOPLE TRAPPED IN WATER COMMONS BUILDING AT UNION
UNIVERSITY...OVERTURNED VEHICLES BETWEEN MILE MARKER 68
AND 76...DAMAGE IN THE VINCINITY OF MILE MARKER 79 AND
HWY 412...DAMAGE AT THE REGIONAL HOSPITAL AT CHANNING WAY
DRIVE...DAMAGE AT NORTHSIDE HIGH SCHOOL AND IN THE OAK
HILL AREA.
0723 PM TORNADO EASTVIEW 35.09N 88.55W
02/05/2008 MCNAIRY TN TRAINED SPOTTER
TORNADO IN EASTVIEW COMMUNITY.
&&
TABLocal storm report, Feb 5, 7:37 PM CST, 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
737 PM CST TUE FEB 05 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0340 PM HAIL 4 E MARVELL 34.56N 90.84W
02/05/2008 E0.75 INCH PHILLIPS AR POST OFFICE
PENNY SIZE HAIL IN POPLAR GROVE.
0450 PM HAIL 3 N BARTLETT 35.26N 89.84W
02/05/2008 E0.75 INCH SHELBY TN AMATEUR RADIO
PENNY SIZE HAIL AT THE INTERSECTION OF PLEASANT RIDGE AND
AUSTEN PEAY.
0503 PM TORNADO ARLINGTON 35.28N 89.66W
02/05/2008 SHELBY TN PUBLIC
TORNADO ON THE GROUND JUST NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF
HIGHWAY 70 AND HIGHWAY 385.
0513 PM HAIL DUBLIN 34.08N 90.50W
02/05/2008 E0.75 INCH COAHOMA MS EMERGENCY MNGR
0523 PM HAIL CLARKSDALE 34.20N 90.58W
02/05/2008 E1.00 INCH COAHOMA MS LAW ENFORCEMENT
QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN CLARKSDALE.
0523 PM TORNADO HORN LAKE 34.96N 90.04W
02/05/2008 DESOTO MS AMATEUR RADIO
TORNADO ON THE GROUND IN HORN LAKE.
0527 PM TORNADO HORN LAKE 34.96N 90.04W
02/05/2008 DESOTO MS EMERGENCY MNGR
TORNADO ON THE GROUND NEAR GOODMAN ROAD AND HIGHWAY 61.
0532 PM TORNADO SOUTHAVEN 34.97N 90.00W
02/05/2008 DESOTO MS TRAINED SPOTTER
LARGE TREES DOWN. DAMAGE TO SOUTHAVEN HIGH SCHOOL. SIGNS
DOWN.
0532 PM TORNADO SOUTHAVEN 34.97N 90.00W
02/05/2008 DESOTO MS UNKNOWN
DAMAGE AT 100 INDRUSTRIAL BLVD.
0535 PM TORNADO SOUTHAVEN 34.97N 90.00W
02/05/2008 DESOTO MS LAW ENFORCEMENT
DAMAGE REPORTED AT THE INTERSECTION OF GOODMAN ROAD AND
AIRWAYS.
0536 PM TORNADO 3 ENE WHITEHAVEN 35.03N 89.98W
02/05/2008 SHELBY TN TRAINED SPOTTER
ROOF BLOWN OFF OF PINNACLE AIRLINE HANGER AT MEMPHIS
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. PLANES WERE MOVED. AIRSTAIRS MOVED
100 YARDS. MOVED A 737 AIRPLANE A FOOT.
0540 PM TORNADO 3 ENE SOUTHAVEN 34.99N 89.95W
02/05/2008 DESOTO MS TRAINED SPOTTER
ROOF DAMAGE AT FEDEX FIRE STATION AT MEMPHIS
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. 73 KT GUST REPORTED BY WIND
SENSOR.
0545 PM TORNADO SOUTHEAST MEMPHIS 35.07N 89.88W
02/05/2008 SHELBY TN BROADCAST MEDIA
DAMAGE REPORTED AT HICKORY RIDGE MALL.
0559 PM TORNADO 10 NW OXFORD 34.46N 89.65W
02/05/2008 LAFAYETTE MS LAW ENFORCEMENT
DAMAGE REPORTED AT THE INTERSECTIONS OF HIGHWAYS 101 AND
7...NEAR COUNTY ROAD 1032...AND A CATEPILLAR BUILDING
DAMAGED.
0602 PM TORNADO 3 WSW ABBEVILLE 34.49N 89.55W
02/05/2008 LAFAYETTE MS EMERGENCY MNGR
*** 1 INJ *** 2 INDUSTRIES DESTROYED. CHURCH DESTROYED.
SEVERAL HOMES DESTROYED. 1 INJURY FROM BROKEN GLASS.
0602 PM TORNADO 9 SW SENATOBIA 34.53N 90.08W
02/05/2008 PANOLA MS STORM CHASER
TORNADO ON THE GROUND.
0605 PM TORNADO PURYEAR 36.44N 88.33W
02/05/2008 HENRY TN EMERGENCY MNGR
2 HOMES DESTROYED AT PURYEAR.
0625 PM TORNADO 3 S STANTON 35.42N 89.40W
02/05/2008 HAYWOOD TN EMERGENCY MNGR
TRAILER BLOWN OVER AND TREES DOWN.
0627 PM HAIL 5 S ASHLAND 34.76N 89.18W
02/05/2008 E1.25 INCH BENTON MS LAW ENFORCEMENT
SILVER DOLLAR SIZE HAIL REPORTED.
0640 PM HAIL 3 S WALNUT 34.91N 88.90W
02/05/2008 E2.75 INCH TIPPAH MS TRAINED SPOTTER
BASEBALL HAIL REPORTED.
0652 PM HAIL WALNUT 34.95N 88.90W
02/05/2008 M0.88 INCH TIPPAH MS UNKNOWN
NICKEL HAIL REPORTED.
0655 PM HAIL WALNUT 34.95N 88.90W
02/05/2008 E1.75 INCH TIPPAH MS TRAINED SPOTTER
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN WALNUT.
0709 PM TSTM WND DMG WALNUT 34.95N 88.90W
02/05/2008 TIPPAH MS TRAINED SPOTTER
TREES DOWN AT COUNTY ROAD 223 AND 400
0711 PM TORNADO JACKSON 35.63N 88.83W
02/05/2008 MADISON TN AMATEUR RADIO
7 TRACTOR TRAILERS BLOWN OVER AT MILE MARKER 70.
0711 PM HAIL MEDINA 35.80N 88.77W
02/05/2008 M1.25 INCH GIBSON TN TRAINED SPOTTER
HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL
0712 PM HAIL 3 N RAMER 35.11N 88.62W
02/05/2008 E2.75 INCH MCNAIRY TN PUBLIC
0715 PM TORNADO JACKSON 35.63N 88.83W
02/05/2008 MADISON TN EMERGENCY MNGR
PEOPLE TRAPPED IN WATER COMMONS BUILDING AT UNION
UNIVERSITY...OVERTURNED VEHICLES BETWEEN MILE MARKER 68
AND 76...DAMAGE IN THE VINCINITY OF MILE MARKER 79 AND
HWY 412...DAMAGE AT THE REGIONAL HOSPITAL AT CHANNING WAY
DRIVE...DAMAGE AT NORTHSIDE HIGH SCHOOL AND IN THE OAK
HILL AREA.
0719 PM TORNADO 3 W COLT 35.13N 90.87W
02/05/2008 ST. FRANCIS AR AMATEUR RADIO
TORNADO IN THE COLT AND WHEATLEY COMMUNITY.
0723 PM TORNADO EASTVIEW 35.09N 88.55W
02/05/2008 MCNAIRY TN TRAINED SPOTTER
TORNADO IN EASTVIEW COMMUNITY.
&&
TABThe air that afternoon
The radiosonde launches on either side of the tornado, from the nearest station that was launching then, drawn and analyzed the way Storm Lab does: the same diagram, the same parcel and shear definitions SPC's mesoanalysis uses.
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), 00:00Z
1.7 hours before the tornado, 167 km from the path. February 6, 2008.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 706 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Surface CAPE
- 750 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 812 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 300 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 362 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.6
- Supercell composite
- 3.2
- 0-3 km lapse rate
- 6.3 K/km
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), 12:00Z
10.3 hours after it, 167 km from the path. February 6, 2008.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -75186 J/kg
- Surface CAPE
- 15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 675 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 221 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
- 0-3 km lapse rate
- 5.0 K/km
The surface observations
Savannah (SNH), 17 km from the path, in the two hours either side.
| Time (UTC) | Temp (°F) | Dew point (°F) | Wind | Gust (kt) | Pressure (mb) | Weather |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:00 UTC |
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The other tornadoes of February 5, 2008
61 more were confirmed in the United States that day.
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 5 | 3:26 PM CST | EF1 | Ashley, AR | 0.6 | 50 | $40,000 | ||
| February 5 | 4:04 PM CST | EF0 | Chicot, AR | 1.1 | 50 | |||
| February 5 | 4:27 PM CST | EF0 | Phillips, AR | 0.2 | 25 | |||
| February 5 | 4:45 PM CST | EF0 | Bolivar, MS | 3.4 | 50 | $70,000 | ||
| February 5 | 4:49 PM CST | EF4 | Atkins–Clinton tornado, AR | 121.8 | 1,320 | 13 | 139 | $119 million |
| February 5 | 4:50 PM CST | EF1 | Smith, TX | 1.0 | 300 | $30,000 | ||
| February 5 | 5:00 PM CST | EF2 | Shelby, TN | 8.1 | 150 | 1 | $1.0 million | |
| February 5 | 5:02 PM CST | EF2 | Marion, AR | 12.5 | 880 | 1 | 36 | $18 million |
| February 5 | 5:18 PM CST | EF0 | Tipton, TN | 0.2 | 50 | $7,000 | ||
| February 5 | 5:18 PM CST | EF0 | DeSoto, MS | 2.6 | 100 | $50,000 | ||
| February 5 | 5:23 PM CST | EF1 | Tipton, TN | 0.7 | 50 | $75,000 | ||
| February 5 | 5:31 PM CST | EF0 | Yell, AR | 0.6 | 30 | |||
| February 5 | 5:32 PM CST | EF1 | Tipton, TN to MS | 0.3 | 50 | $50,000 | ||
| February 5 | 5:32 PM CST | EF2 | DeSoto, MS to TN | 10.2 | 440 | 3 | 13 | $128 million |
| February 5 | 5:53 PM CST | EF0 | Panola, MS | 0.2 | 25 | $12,000 | ||
| February 5 | 5:55 PM CST | EF1 | Weakley, TN | 5.1 | 150 | $160,000 | ||
| February 5 | 5:57 PM CST | EF1 | Lafayette, MS | 6.9 | 25 | $25,000 | ||
| February 5 | 5:57 PM CST | EF3 | Lafayette, MS | 7.2 | 1,000 | 14 | $35 million | |
| February 5 | 6:02 PM CST | EF0 | Shelby, TN | 4.9 | 50 | $50,000 | ||
| February 5 | 6:12 PM CST | EF0 | Marion, IL | 0.1 | 40 | |||
| February 5 | 6:12 PM CST | EF0 | Marion, IL | 0.2 | 30 | |||
| February 5 | 6:21 PM CST | EF3 | Fayette, TN | 31.1 | 600 | 3 | 14 | $10 million |
| February 5 | 6:25 PM CST | EF1 | Calloway, KY | 1.4 | 150 | $35,000 | ||
| February 5 | 6:36 PM CST | EF0 | Tippah, MS | 1.4 | 50 | $50,000 | ||
| February 5 | 6:45 PM CST | EF1 | Trigg, KY | 0.1 | 40 | $8,000 | ||
| February 5 | 6:50 PM CST | EF0 | Tippah, MS | 2.5 | 50 | $100,000 | ||
| February 5 | 6:50 PM CST | EF1 | Trigg, KY | 5.6 | 150 | $60,000 | ||
| February 5 | 6:56 PM CST | EF1 | Alcorn, MS | 2.6 | 100 | 4 | $250,000 | |
| February 5 | 6:59 PM CST | EF4 | Jackson tornado, TN | 7.6 | 125 | 51 | $100 million | |
| February 5 | 7:05 PM CST | EF1 | Faulkner, AR | 5.5 | 100 | $140,000 | ||
| February 5 | 7:09 PM CST | EF2 | Christian, KY | 14.1 | 275 | 2 | $4.4 million | |
| February 5 | 7:13 PM CST | EF2 | Madison, TN | 0.4 | 150 | $200,000 | ||
| February 5 | 7:13 PM CST | EF1 | McNairy, TN | 8.9 | 150 | $250,000 | ||
| February 5 | 7:19 PM CST | EF0 | St. Francis, AR | 0.1 | 25 | $1,000 | ||
| February 5 | 7:20 PM CST | EF1 | Randolph, AR to MO | 31.9 | 200 | 4 | $280,000 | |
| February 5 | 7:30 PM CST | EF0 | Union, AR | 7.0 | 100 | $200,000 | ||
| February 5 | 7:44 PM CST | EF3 | Muhlenberg, KY | 18.1 | 375 | 3 | 24 | $21 million |
| February 5 | 7:48 PM CST | EF0 | Monroe, AR | 8.0 | 75 | $15,000 | ||
| February 5 | 7:59 PM CST | EF0 | Lee, AR | 0.1 | 25 | $1,000 | ||
| February 5 | 8:03 PM CST | EF1 | Butler, MO | 3.4 | 300 | $100,000 | ||
| February 5 | 8:05 PM CST | EF1 | Benton, TN | 2.0 | 50 | |||
| February 5 | 8:07 PM CST | EF2 | Benton, TN | 6.6 | 440 | $10 million | ||
| February 5 | 8:10 PM CST | EF1 | Lewis, TN | 22.9 | 200 | $900,000 | ||
| February 5 | 8:10 PM CST | EF1 | Wayne, TN | 10.1 | 50 | |||
| February 5 | 9:15 PM EST | EF1 | Greene, IN | 2.0 | 50 | $1.3 million | ||
| February 5 | 8:18 PM CST | EF2 | Butler, MO | 13.9 | 200 | $300,000 | ||
| February 5 | 8:40 PM CST | EF2 | Hickman, TN | 25.3 | 300 | 1 | $750,000 | |
| February 5 | 10:02 PM CST | EF3 | Sumner, TN to KY | 50.3 | 880 | 22 | 63 | $28 million |
| February 5 | 11:54 PM EST | EF1 | Meade, KY | 6.5 | 350 | $2.0 million | ||
| February 5 | 11:17 PM CST | EF0 | Catahoula Parish, LA | 1.5 | 50 | $2,000 | ||
| February 5 | 12:21 AM EST | EF2 | Hardin, KY | 7.1 | 400 | $3.0 million | ||
| February 5 | 12:27 AM EST | EF2 | Hardin, KY | 1.0 | 300 | $150,000 | ||
| February 5 | 11:32 PM CST | EF1 | Hart, KY | 10.5 | 150 | $500,000 | ||
| February 5 | 12:38 AM EST | EF0 | Spencer, KY | 0.7 | 220 | $150,000 | ||
| February 5 | 12:38 AM EST | EF2 | Nelson, KY | 1.3 | 300 | $50,000 | ||
| February 5 | 11:41 PM CST | EF0 | Perry, TN | 0.1 | 20 | |||
| February 5 | 12:43 AM EST | EF0 | Spencer, KY | 0.6 | 220 | 1 | $200,000 | |
| February 5 | 12:46 AM EST | EF2 | Shelby, KY | 7.0 | 250 | $175,000 | ||
| February 5 | 12:50 AM EST | EF2 | Nelson, KY | 0.8 | 300 | 2 | $250,000 | |
| February 5 | 11:51 PM CST | EF0 | Hickman, TN | 0.1 | 20 |
What this means
Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. Tornado counts rise through the record as reporting improved, so a year in the 1950s is not comparable with one today except for the strongest tornadoes, which were always noticed.
Sources
NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database, 1950-2025, the official record kept by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.