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Heavy Rainfall and Severe Thunderstorm Threats for the Plains and Southeast

A frontal boundary extending from the western High Plains to the Southeast will focus additional showers and thunderstorms this weekend. Some of these storms may become severe, alongside frequent lightning, and isolated instances of flash flooding. Meanwhile dry conditions will continue for the Great Basin where fire weather concerns linger. For the mid-Atlantic and Northeast, seasonable weather. Read More >

Henderson and Carroll Counties, TN EF-0 Tornado

 

Tornado Track Map:

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Survey Results:

  

...PRELIMINARY EF-0 TORNADO IN HENDERSON AND CARROLL COUNTIES TENNESSEE...

* COUNTIES:  HENDERSON AND CARROLL

* TIME OF EVENT: 1200 AM ON APRIL 26 2011

* BEGIN POINT: 35.7116, -88.50848

* END POINT: 35.83885, -88.24941

* RATING: EF-0

* ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 70 MPH

* PATH LENGTH: 17 MILES

* FATALITIES: 0
* INJURIES: 0

* SUMMARY OF DAMAGES: NUMEROUS TREES DOWN. LARGE BRANCHES BROKEN OFF TREES.
  ROOF DAMAGE. A STORAGE SHED WAS DESTROYED.


 

Radar Images:

Tornado began at 11:50 pm. Tornado continues across Henderson County.
Tornado continues across Henderson County. Tornado ending in Carroll County.