Tornadoes · United States · Tennessee · 2011

EF0 tornado, Christiana to Crescent, Tennessee, March 23, 2011

From Christiana to Crescent, this EF0 tornado ran 1.0 miles across Rutherford County on March 23, 2011, touching down at 7:03 PM CDT and reaching 50 yards wide. It killed nobody, and did $25,000 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.

  1. EF065 to 85 mphthis tornado

    Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.

  2. EF186 to 110 mph

    Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. EF4166 to 200 mph

    Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.

  6. 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.

  7. 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
EF0
Date
March 23, 2011
Touchdown
7:03 PM CDT (00:03 UTC)
Lifted
7:05 PM CDT (00:05 UTC)
On the ground
2 minutes
Path length
1.0 miles (1.6 km)
Path width
50 yards (46 m)
Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$25,000
County
Rutherford County
Touchdown point
35.719, -86.435
Lift-off point
35.730, -86.447
Record number
1103231803-01

What the Weather Service recorded

During the afternoon through early evening hours on Wednesday, March 23rd, as a strong low pressure system moved across the Ohio Valley Region, an associated strong cold front approached and moved across Middle Tennessee. This resulted in a severe weather outbreak across much of the mid state. Three confirmed tornadoes, one of which was an EF2, multiple funnel cloud and hail reports, along with a couple of thunderstorm wind damage events, occurred across this area.

Damaged occurred on Walnut Grove Road near U.S. Highway 231. Some trees were uprooted and a small portion of shingles were removed from a few homes. A couple of outbuildings were also damaged. Maximum wind speeds associated with this tornado were estimated to be around 80 mph.

From NOAA NCEI's Storm Events Database, the narrative the local forecast office wrote for Storm Data.

The warnings

12 minutes of warning. NWS OHX issued a tornado warning for this county at 23:51 UTC, 12 minutes before the tornado touched down, in force until 00:15 UTC.

The county was under a tornado watch, issued at 21:10 UTC and running to 00:51 UTC.

Issued (UTC)ExpiredProductOffice
21:10 UTC00:51 UTCTornado WatchOHX
23:40 UTC00:15 UTCSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHX
23:42 UTC23:48 UTCSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHX
23:51 UTC00:15 UTCTornado WarningOHX

Every warning and watch covering the touchdown point that day, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service products. Lead time is measured from the issue of the warning in force to the touchdown time in the database, both of which were recorded to the minute by different people.

The forecast that day

The Storm Prediction Center had this point in a Slight Risk, with a 0.05 chance of a tornado within 25 miles. The outlook in force was issued at 19:41 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 Nashville, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the tornado touched down at Mar 23, 7:03 PM CDT, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 23, 7:03 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
703 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2011

.MESOSCALE UPDATE...
WILL ISSUE ZONE FORECAST UPDATE WITHIN NEXT COUPLE OF MINUTES TO
REMOVE TORNADO WATCH FROM NW PART OF MIDDLE TN.

CURRENT RADAR SHOWS A NARROW BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING
FROM FENTRESS COUNTY IN THE NE...THROUGH WAYNE COUNTY IN THE SW...WITH
SOME SCATTERED STORMS IN THE NASHVILLE AREA BEHIND THE LINE.

DRIER AIR HAS ADVECTED INTO THE AREA FROM THE W AND NW...WHICH SHOULD
PREVENT ANY ADDITIONAL SHOWERS/STORMS FROM FORMING THERE. EXPECT DRIER
AIR TO CONTINUE TO SPREAD INTO OTHER PARTS OF THE MID STATE FROM W
TO E OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

THE COLD FRONT IS ABOUT TO MOVE INTO STEWART COUNTY IN THE NW AT THIS
TIME.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 632 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2011/

AVIATION...BNA/CSV...THE 00Z TAF'S ARE OUT. LINE OF TS HAS MOVED
THROUGH BNA, W/ VCNTY SHOWERS EARLY THIS EVENING, THEN MOVING OUT.
EARLY EVENING TSRA STILL EXPECTED AT CSV, FOLLOWED BY IFR CIGS
LATER TONIGHT AS WRAP-AROUND MOISTURE MOVES INTO THE MID STATE.
LOW CLOUDS EXPECTED AT BNA, TOO, BUT SHOULD STAY VFR. WINDS WILL
SHIFT AROUND TO THE NW WITH THE FROPA THIS EVENING, W/ WINDS
GRADUALLY DIMINISHING TMRW.

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 502 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2011/

AVIATION...BNA/CSV...HAVE AMENDED THE TAF'S TO REFLECT CURRENT
MESOSCALE SITUATION. CDFNT IS STILL NW OF THE MID STATE, BUT MAIN
LINE OF CONVECTION HAS FORMED AHEAD OF THE SFC BNDRY, WITH TSRA
EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE BNA AREA BEFORE 23Z, AND CSV 23-01Z.
CELL MOVEMENT IS RAPID, WITH CURRENT STORMS TRACKING EASTWARD AT
50-60 MPH.

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 324 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2011/

DISCUSSION...
SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON MAINLY
OVER NORTHEAST QUARTER OF MIDDLE TN WHERE RH AND INSTABILITY ARE
BEST. STORMS ARE ABSOLUTELY HAULING EASTWARD IN EXCESS OF 65 MPH
AS BAND OF STRONG MID/UPPER LEVEL WINDS SOUTH OF THE MAIN UPPER
LOW IMPACT THE REGION. AS EXPECTED...A SECOND AREA OF STORMS HAS
BEEN DEVELOPING OVER WEST TN SLIGHTLY AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT
WHICH WAS STILL WEST OF THE MS RIVER AT 20Z. THESE STORMS ARE IN
AN AREA OF BETTER MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND DECENT SHEAR...BUT
ALSO SLIGHTLY LESS RH AND HAVE BEEN SLOW TO INTENSIFY/EXPAND. THIS
BAND WILL MOVE THRU MIDDLE TN THIS EVENING...WITH THREAT ENDING IN
THE NORTHWEST COUNTIES AROUND 22Z AND THE EAST COUNTIES BY 03Z.

MUCH COOLER TOMORROW AND REMAINING COOL FRIDAY AS SFC RIDGE
SETTLES IN OVER THE AREA. HOWEVER...RAIN CHANCES WILL INCREASE
AGAIN FRI AFTERNOON/NIGHT AS A WEAK S/W TRAVELS EASTWARD IN THE
ZONAL FLOW ALOFT WHILE SFC RIDGE MOVES EAST AND ALLOWS FOR SOME
MOISTURE RETURN. AS A SFC LOW APPROACHES TN ON SATURDAY...AN
IMPORTANT ISSUE WILL BE THE LOCATION OF THE RETURNING WARM FRONT.
GFS AND ECMWF BOTH HINT AT A VERY SLOW MOVING OR NEARLY STALLED
FRONT BEING IN OUR VCNTY THIS WEEKEND. ECMWF SHOWS THE FRONT JUST
S OF TN WHILE GFS STALLS ITS WEST TO EAST THRU THE SPINE OF TN.
EITHER WAY...PRECIP CHANCES WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WEEKEND WITH
POTENTIAL FOR ENHANCED RAINFALL DEPENDING ON THE FRONT. BOTH
MODELS SHOW SFC LOW PASSING MIDDLE TN BY THE END OF THE WEEKEND
WITH COOLER AIR MOVING IN BEHIND THE DEPARTED LOW.

BOTH EXTENDED MODELS HAVE DAMPENED THE PREVIOUSLY SIGNIFICANT TROF
THAT WAS EXPECTED TO MOVED THROUGH THE SOUTHERN U.S. MON AND TUE.
ALTHOUGH A WEAKER SYSTEM WILL POSE LESS SVR THREAT...IT WILL STILL
BE ENOUGH TO WARRANT CHC TYPE POPS THRU MON. TUE/WED APPEAR DRY
BUT REMAINING COOL BECAUSE UPPER TROF MOVES AWAY WHILE A STRONGER
SFC RIDGE SINKS INTO OUR REGION.

ACCEPTED SHORT TERM MODEL GUIDANCE WITH ONLY SMALL CHANGES TO
TEMPS AND POPS. THE BIGGEST POP/TEMP UNCERTAINTIES OCCUR THIS
WEEKEND DEPENDING ON THE WARM FRONT LOCATION ADDRESSED ABOVE. LV

&&

.OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

STEIGERWALDT
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 23, 4:31 PM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
431 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2011

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-242145-
STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-BENTON-
HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE-
SMITH-JACKSON-PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS-
WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-CANNON-DE KALB-WHITE-
CUMBERLAND-BEDFORD-COFFEE-WARREN-GRUNDY-VAN BUREN-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-
GILES-
431 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2011

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR ALL OF MIDDLE
TENNESSEE...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...AND EVEN AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO...WILL
BE POSSIBLE EARLY TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREATS HOWEVER WILL BE DAMAGING
WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ONE INCH OR LARGER. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE
RAPIDLY SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA LATER TONIGHT...WHICH WILL BRING
AN END TO THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

EVEN THOUGH ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE BRIEF AND
ISOLATED...SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CLOSELY MONITOR WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO CALL IN ANYTHING REACHING REPORTING
CRITERIA.

SPOTTER THUNDERSTORM REPORTING CRITERIA...
TORNADO
FUNNEL CLOUD
FLOODING
HAIL >= 1/2 INCH
WINDS > 50 MPH (MEASURED)
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE
TREES OR POWER LINES DOWN

STEIGERWALDT

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 23, 5:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
559 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0558 PM     HAIL             4 SE NASHVILLE          36.13N 86.73W
03/23/2011  E0.88 INCH       DAVIDSON           TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            OCCURRING AT I-40 AND STEWARTS FERRY PIKE.

&&

TJ
Local storm report, Mar 23, 6:38 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
638 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0620 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 SE WATERTOWN          36.08N 86.11W
03/23/2011                   WILSON             TN   NWS EMPLOYEE

            BARN BLOWN DOWN ON OLD ALEXANRIA ROAD. EMA EN ROUTE TO
            SURVEY DAMAGE.

&&

TJ
Local storm report, Mar 23, 6:42 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
642 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0641 PM     HAIL             3 W JAMESTOWN           36.43N 84.99W
03/23/2011  E1.00 INCH       FENTRESS           TN   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

TJ
Local storm report, Mar 23, 6:45 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
645 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0635 PM     HAIL             3 N ALEXANDRIA          36.12N 86.03W
03/23/2011  E1.00 INCH       SMITH              TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TRAINED SPOTTER RPT QUARTER SIZED HAIL.

&&

TBOUCHER
Local storm report, Mar 23, 6:46 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
646 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0620 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 E WATERTOWN           36.10N 86.09W
03/23/2011                   WILSON             TN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ROOF BLOWN OFF A HOME ON HALEY ROAD.

&&

TJ
Local storm report, Mar 23, 6:56 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
656 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0646 PM     HAIL             JAMESTOWN               36.43N 84.94W
03/23/2011  E0.88 INCH       FENTRESS           TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NICKEL SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY SPOTTER IN JAMESTOWN.

&&

TJ

The 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

0.1 hours before the tornado, 47 km from the path. March 24, 2011.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2011-03-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel lifted from the surface. Mixed-layer CAPE 239 joules per kilogram, CIN -52, lifted condensation level 900 meters above ground. Wind barbs in knots down the right edge.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed. The warm shading is its CAPE, the cool shading the inhibition it has to break through.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2011-03-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers as a curve, rings every 10 meters per second labeled in knots. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 108 square meters per square second, 0 to 6 km bulk shear 79 knots.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km. RM and LM are the right and left moving storms Bunkers' method gives; the shaded area is the 0 to 1 km storm-relative helicity.
Mixed-layer CAPE
239 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-52 J/kg
Surface CAPE
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
900 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
79 kt
0-1 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9
0-3 km lapse rate
5.3 K/km

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), 12:00Z

11.9 hours after it, 47 km from the path. March 24, 2011.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2011-03-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel lifted from the surface. Mixed-layer CAPE 0 joules per kilogram, CIN -96816, lifted condensation level 1314 meters above ground. Wind barbs in knots down the right edge.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed. The warm shading is its CAPE, the cool shading the inhibition it has to break through.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2011-03-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers as a curve, rings every 10 meters per second labeled in knots. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -22 square meters per square second, 0 to 6 km bulk shear 92 knots.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km. RM and LM are the right and left moving storms Bunkers' method gives; the shaded area is the 0 to 1 km storm-relative helicity.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-96816 J/kg
Surface CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1314 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
92 kt
0-1 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0
0-3 km lapse rate
2.8 K/km

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The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 59 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the touchdown began at 00:03 UTC.

Open the radar archive at this moment, over the track

Reflectivity and velocity, decoded from the Level II archive in the browser. Volumes take a few seconds to open the first time.

What was reported nearby

Local storm reports within 60 km of the path, in the three hours either side.

Time (UTC)ReportWhereCountyRemark
22:42 UTCHAIL 19 W LebanonWilson, TNREPORTED NEAR WEST WILSON SCHOOL ON LEBANON ROAD.
22:58 UTCHAIL 0.884 Se NashvilleDavidson, TNOCCURRING AT I-40 AND STEWARTS FERRY PIKE.
23:19 UTCTORNADO2 E WatertownWilson, TNHUNDREDS OF TREES WERE UPROOTED OR SNAPPED ALONG A NEARLY CONTINUOUS 6 MILE PATH. SEVERAL HOMES SUFFERED SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAGE...AND A COUPLE BARNS AND OUTBUILDINGS WERE DESTROYED. THE TORNADO CLIPPED THE FAR SOUTHWEST
23:20 UTCTSTM WND DMG2 Se WatertownWilson, TNBARN BLOWN DOWN ON OLD ALEXANRIA ROAD. EMA EN ROUTE TO SURVEY DAMAGE.
23:20 UTCTSTM WND DMG3 E WatertownWilson, TNROOF BLOWN OFF A HOME ON HALEY ROAD.
23:35 UTCHAIL 13 N AlexandriaSmith, TNTRAINED SPOTTER RPT QUARTER SIZED HAIL.
00:03 UTCTORNADO13 Sse MurfreesboroRutherford, TNDAMAGE OCCURRED ON WALNUT GROVE ROAD NEAR HWY 231...SOME TREES WERE UPROOTED AND A SMALL PORTION OF SHINGLES WERE REMOVED FROM A FEW HOMES. A COUPLE OF OUTBUILDINGS WERE ALSO DAMAGED. THE TORNADO HAS BEEN RATED EF-0 WITH
00:04 UTCTORNADO9 S MurfreesboroRutherford, TNA DAMAGE SURVEY CONFIRMED AN EF-0 TORNADO WITH 70 TO 80 MPH WINDS TOUCHED DOWN 2 MILES WEST OF CHRISTIANA. PATH WAS 1 MILE LONG AND 50 YARDS WIDE. DAMAGE OCCURRED ON WALNUT GROVE ROAD NEAR HIGHWAY 231. SOME TREES WERE UP
00:06 UTCFUNNEL CLOUD6 E MurfreesboroRutherford, TNSPOTTER WAS ON HIGHWAY 70S.
00:10 UTCTSTM WND DMG9 S MurfreesboroRutherford, TNTREES DOWN IN CHRISTIANA.
00:45 UTCTSTM WND DMG6 Ssw LynchburgLincoln, TNTREE REPORTED DOWN ON GATTISTOWN ROAD. SUBSTATION WAS ALSO HIT RESULTING IN 781 RESIDENTS BRIEFLY WITHOUT POWER.
00:47 UTCFUNNEL CLOUDTullahomaCoffee, TNTRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUD IN TULLAHOMA.
00:50 UTCTSTM WND DMG8 Se ManchesterCoffee, TNTREES REPORTED DOWN IN HILLSBORO.

From the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service local storm reports.

This ground now

The live radar over the trackEvery 2011 tornado in TennesseeEvery tornado in Tennessee since 1950Warnings in force in Tennessee nowThe forecast where you are

The other tornadoes of March 23, 2011

5 more were confirmed in the United States that day.

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
March 234:45 PM EDTEF2Westmoreland, PA9.0300$4.0 million
March 234:00 PM PDTEF0Colusa, CA1.110$70,000
March 236:19 PM CDTEF1Wilson, TN5.7100$200,000
March 236:54 PM CDTEF2White, TN9.0100$350,000
March 239:50 PM EDTEF3Blount, TN5.85002$2.5 million

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.