December 2023 Tennessee tornado outbreak

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December 2023 Tennessee tornado outbreak
A home destroyed by an EF2 tornado near Cumberland Furnace, Tennessee.
Tornado outbreak
Tornadoes18
Maximum ratingEF3 tornado
DurationDecember 9–10, 2023
Highest winds150 mph (240 km/h) (Clarksville, Tennessee EF3 on December 9)
Overall effects
Fatalities7
Injuries92
Damage$62.375 million (2023 USD)[1] (tornado damage only)
Areas affectedSoutheastern United States
Part of the tornado outbreaks of 2023

A significant, late-season severe weather and tornado outbreak affected portions of the Southern United States, primarily across the states of Tennessee, Kentucky, and Mississippi.[2] Tennessee was most affected by the outbreak, with multiple damaging tornadoes touching down, including a high-end EF1 tornado that damaged a National Guard Armory site near Dresden,[3] a long-tracked, intense EF3 tornado that caused heavy damage in northwestern portion of Clarksville,[4] and another strong, long-tracked high-end EF2 tornado that prompted a tornado emergency for the city of Hendersonville.[5]

The tornadoes resulted in a total of seven deaths and injured 71 others, including 61 from the Clarksville tornado alone.[6][7][8][9] The tornado outbreak scored 15 points on the outbreak intensity score, ranking it as a significant tornado outbreak.[10] This system also caused significant winter storm impacts to the Northeastern United States.

  1. ^ Tornado Reports: December 9-10, 2023
  2. ^ "SPC Severe Weather Event Review for Friday December 01, 2023". Storm Prediction Center. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
  3. ^ "Storm causes damage in Weakley Co". WBBJ-TV. December 9, 2023. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
  4. ^ "Clarksville sees severe tornado damage Saturday afternoon". News Channel 5 Nashville (WTVF). December 9, 2023. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
  5. ^ "Hendersonville Tornado Damage: Tennessee Twister Moving Fast, Gallatin And Goodlettsville Alerted | Video". TimesNow. December 10, 2023. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
  6. ^ Rose, Andy; Dewberry, Sarah; Raffa, Elisa (December 10, 2023). "At least 6 people confirmed dead, dozens injured as tornadoes strike Tennessee". CNN. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
  7. ^ Latham, Angele (December 9, 2023). "Damage from tornadoes, severe weather reported in Middle Tennessee". The Tennessean. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference NYT was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference Clarksville Now 4 deaths was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  10. ^ Grazulis, Thomas P. (December 12, 2023). "SIGTOR 1974-2022 ... 12/10/2023 outbreak looks significant. OIS rating at 15. That's about the 400th or so worst outbreak since 1974. Nashville NWS did a good job rating that mess. Terrible loss in cheap trailers" (Post on X). X. @sigtor2019. Archived from the original on December 12, 2023. Retrieved December 12, 2023.