Some homes were reportedly destroyed in six counties further to the ENE, but tornadoes there are not confirmable. His entire family was wiped out of existence. A thorough reading of newspaper articles came up with a total of 17 deaths and 43 injuries, with 9 deaths and 32 injuries in Hickman County and 8 deaths and 11 injuries in Williamson County. The second F3 tornado flattened structures near Covington and Medina. - The most horrible catastrophe ever known in Lincoln County was the cyclone which passed through the county last night about midnight, wrecking homes, destroying lives and injuring a large number of citizens. Only two houses were left standing. Mrs. Brown was seriously if not fatally injured. Just like the previous storm, it caused widespread property damage. Ten homes were destroyed. No other fatalities are reported from this town although barns and outbuildings were swept away by the fierce assault of the storm. A tornado outbreak March 24-25 dropped several long-track, powerful tornadoes in Alabama, one of which impacted cities like Greensboro, Brent and Centreville and stayed on the ground for more than . J. M. Colston and wife, near Fayetteville. A number of houses have been damaged by falling timber, one or two thrown off the foundations and one large two-story building completely demolished. One hundred trees were blown across the Rugby Pike, delaying the mails that day, for it was next to impossible to get through. Only two houses were left standing. The cyclone went from Primm's on to Centreville. Numbers of barns completely wrecked, and several houses ruined. We interviewed our tech expert, Jaime Vazquez, to learn more about accessible smart home devices. This was the deadliest tornado outbreak in the U.S. since May 2011, when more than 170 people were killed. W. C. Greer lost his large barn and two mail hacks. A heavy storm raged here throughout the night. One negro family, Nancy Smith and two children lost their lives in the wreckage of their little home, and one of Till Bledsoe's children was killed. A relief committee was organized with John W. Young, Elkton R. 1, as chairman, and in a little while enough funds were in hand to provide food and clothing to supply the immediate necessities of those who had lost everything. There is no information about the tornado path from Lascassas into Wilson County, so the tornado is estimated to have lifted somewhere southwest of Statesville. How often do tornadoes hit Tennessee? Tornado destroyed six homes at Moreland. Eight-year-old boy of Paulina Farris, colored, Centreville. Did the tornado hit Gatlinburg Tennessee? A path about 100 yards wide was swept clear of timber. It left 10 people dead and 40 more with serious injuries. And those individuals are buried in the Bee Spring Cemetery that you see here today.. - April 29, at 8:15 p.m., Charlotte was visited with an electrical storm and tornado about 300 yards wide, taking all in its path. The most lives were lost in the Bee Spring community of Giles County. The tornado continued into Giles County where nine more people lost their lives. A horse owned by Rev. The storm extended over many states inflicting damage on widely scattered communities from the Great Lakes to the Gulf. A school was reportedly carried intact for two miles, touching the ground every 200-300 yards, leaving holes in the earth. List of North American tornadoes and tornado outbreaks A number of small barns was blown down. Part of a larger outbreak that started a few days earlier, the unrelenting barrage of . Will Hudson, another farmer near Charlotte, lost his barn, and had several head of stock crippled by the storm. So far as reported, no lives were lost, but on the farm of Mrs. Charles Ward all of the outhouses were blown away and a Mr. Gannon and his wife were injured. On Lick Creek the house of Frank Hunter was badly wrecked and one member of his family blown for a short distance without serious injury. Fayetteville was not in the pathway of the cyclone, but was near it. The total damage cannot be accurately stated, but it will go into the thousands of dollars in this section. Damage: Photos of the damage in the Hillsboro (Leiper's Fork) area from the Nashville American newspaper show extreme damage, with a home wiped off the foundation and a hillside forest completely destroyed, suggesting this tornado reached F4 intensity. Sorry, the location you searched for was not found. We interviewed our tech expert, Jaime Vazquez, to learn more about accessible smart home devices. FROM THE NASHVILLE AMERICAN, MAY 1 1909, PAGE 12, "ON THE MOUNTAIN": MONTEAGLE, Tenn., April 30 - Much damage was done in this section by the storm of last night. At Trinity, about seven miles west of here, the damage is beyond description. All NOAA, (The following newspaper article was transcribed from The Pulaski Citizen of May 6, 1909.). The two main outbreaks alone were responsible for at least 145 of these tornadoes. No information is available farther to the east across the extremely rural area between Decherd and Monteagle, but based on newspaper reports and damage in Franklin and Grundy Counties all lining up in a straight line, the damage in both counties was almost certainly produced by the same tornado. 22 others lost their lives that fateful night across Middle Tennessee in tornadoes that struck Montgomery, Robertson, Rutherford, Wilson, Grundy, and Fentress Counties. It is thought that the dead and injured list will be increased by further reports. 6 Feb. 2021. The parent supercell thunderstorm continued on to produce additional tornadoes in Scott County. Some homes were reportedly destroyed in six counties further to the ENE, but tornadoes there are not confirmable. A number of residences were badly damaged and business houses unroofed, the rain destroying almost the entire stock of John Jewell. 63 people lost their lives, and more than 200 were injured from a total of 12 tornadoes. Intensity was unclear but probably F2 based upon descriptions. Houses and barns with their contents, orchards, fences and timber make up a large list of valuable property much of which was literally blown out of existence in a few seconds. Please select one of the following: Nashville (KOHX) Local Standard Radar (low bandwidth), Hopkinsville, KY (KHPX) Local Standard Radar (low bandwidth), Hytop, AL (KHTX) Local Standard Radar (low bandwidth), Columbus, MS (KGWX) Local Standard Radar (low bandwidth), National Radar Standard Radar (low bandwidth), Southern Mississippi Valley Local Standard Radar (low bandwidth), Central Great Lakes Local Standard Radar (low bandwidth), Southeast Local Standard Radar (low bandwidth), State of Tennessee and Middle TN Daily Climate, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Ab Hays, of Nashville, who was visiting Joe Rosson's family, near Port Royal, was seriously hurt by timbers, and died this morning. Sorry, the location you searched for was not found. Two more people may have died in rural areas near Fayetteville. Four people are known to be dead and two are missing, supposed to have been blown away as their home was demolished. January's Tornado Outbreak Threat Highest In South | Weather.com At least fifty other persons sustained more or less serious injuries, and the recovery of three is doubtful. FROM THE NASHVILLE AMERICAN, MAY 1 1909, PAGE 4, section Robertson County: SPRINGFIELD, Tenn., April 30 - A "twister", or cyclone, struck Montgomery County last night at Rudolphtown and plowed its way on through Montgomery County and the Seventeenth District of Robertson County into Kentucky, leaving devastation in its wake and entailing a loss of over $50,000. Mr. Brinkley's house was carried from its foundations, as was a newly completed house of J. 1909 Oct 14, Tornado Outbreak, AL (11-21), AR (2), GA (1-2), TN (42 To this day, the 1909 outbreak remains the second-deadliest on record in Tennesseeeven the April 34, 1974 Super Outbreak and the February 56, 2008, Super Tuesday outbreak produced just 45 and 31 deaths each in the state.[1]. A large warehouse and storehouse were wrecked. Miss Daisy Marshall received a few slight wounds. Many Nolensville residents said it was the worst storm to ever strike there -- even worse than the notorious cyclone of 1900, which had cut a path only a few hundred yards wide. Aftermath of deadly April 1909 tornado outbreak in Centerville, TN (Tennessee State Library & Archives) 62 people were killed in the outbreak, with 31 of them dying when a massive F4 tornado. Therefore, the Franklin County damage (at least F2) and Grundy County damage (F1) were combined into this entry and added to the NWS Nashville tornado database. The horror of the storm was greatly increased especially were people were (sic) severely hurt by the darkness and torrents of rain, which followed. It then completely blew away Webb & Crawford's Planning Mills and the stock house of the Cookeville Roller Mills. Weather.gov > Nashville, TN > April 29, 1909 Tornado Outbreak . The home of the widow Speight was also destroyed. SHAMBURGER (2016): Despite the death of the child and significant damage to the two homes in Perry County, this tornado was not included in Grazulis' book Significant Tornadoes 1680-1991. The entire town of Statesville had severe downburst damage. The residence of Rush Brown, four miles from town, was razed to the ground and Mrs. Brown dangerously injured by the falling of the roof. The storm seems to have entered the county from the southern side, passing between this place and Tennessee City. Their bodies were recovered the next morning at about daylight. (Bud) Hardy, Mrs. Louie Gordon, who was living with her mother, Mrs. Eliza Wilkinson, was cut and bruised about the face and arm. Fortunately no one was killed, but several were wounded. Therefore a more accurate total of 6 deaths was used here, although the final number may have been even higher. The deadliest tornado touched down just south of the Tennessee-Mississippi state line in Desoto County and tracked east-northeast for about 125 miles (201km) across Shelby, Fayette, Hardeman, Chester, Henderson and Decatur Counties. This particular cyclone began its work of destruction in the neighborhood of Conway, though several barns and tenant houses were blown down west of that place. - Dickson County was swept by a terrific storm last night, and as a result more than fifty houses lay wrecked today, and the damage to property will run far up into the thousands of dollars. The tornado appears to have begun west of Aspen Hill in Giles County, not in Limestone County, Alabama, as Grazulis stated, then passed near Aspen Hill where it damaged homes and barns, through Conway where the school was destroyed, between Bunker Hill and Bryson, and through Bee Springs destroying numerous homes and the Bee Springs Church on Bee Springs Road about 1/3 mile south of Stevenson Road. There have been. Franklin, Tenn., Apr. The cyclone went from Primm's on to Centreville. Owing to the fact that all telephone and telegraph lines are down it is impossible to get the details of the damage wrought. Telephone lines are a mass of wires and poles. The F-scale rating, path length, path width, and injuries are all estimated from the reported damage in the Nashville American, indicating the tornado began near Decaturville, moved through Perryville, and ended northeast of Linden. The emergency is one which as charitable, sympathetic people, we should take prompt steps to alleviate. A gulch just west of the town evidently broke the force so that no serious damage has resulted. Miss Jennie Kelso, Fayetteville; killed by live electric light wire. The F-scale rating, location and path width are estimated from the reported damage. The Elk Cotton Mill was damaged about $5,000. Damage: The cyclone struck Rudolphtown about 8 o'clock and traveled in a northeasterly course. Damage: Many historians believe it was during this phase of the storm that winds along the periphery also toppled the steeple that used to sit atop the Franklin Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Other F4 recorded were reported in Missouri near Golden, in Illinois near Texas City, and in south-central Tennessee near Bee Springs, just north of the Alabama state line. Will McGrew's family consisted of ten. Reports from farmers are that crops will have to be planted over again. In town here a number of window panes were broken. In Charlotte ten houses were completely wrecked, and thirty in addition were damaged more or less. Show. The writer went across the country to Sulphur Fork, following it up, and through Charlotte, on the west side of town. This page was last edited on 12 March 2022, at 09:35. This is the first storm of the kind that ever visited this section, although in 1878 much timber was blown down. Damage was noted 1 mile N of Franklin. This tornado appears to be the same tornado that struck Decaturville and Perryville in Decatur County, which crossed the Tennessee River before moving across central Perry County. The creeks are out of banks and all the farm work of the spring is practically lost. In addition, the "old negro woman" killed "one-quarter mile west of Franklin" according to the Pulaski Citizen newspaper was actually killed, along with one of her children, on Carter's Creek Pike southwest of Franklin per the Nashville American newspaper. Affecting particularly the Mississippi and Tennessee Valleys, it killed over 150 people, 60 of them in the U.S. state of Tennessee alone. Despite the significant damage, death and injuries, this tornado was not included in Grazulis' book Significant Tornadoes. The old McGavock home is wrecked. Representative M. E. Neely lost a valuable barn, as did Maj. B. Randolph, both of the Walter Hill neighborhood. The strongest tornado traveled through Giles and Lincoln Counties. That tornado appears to have begun west of Aspen Hill, passing near Aspen Hill and Conway, where the school was destroyed, between Bunker Hill and Bryson, and through Bee Spring.
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