2008 FEBRUARY TORNADOES:
# RATE DATE TIME STATE KILL INJ
0057 EF1 0205 2132 AR 0 0
1 S HAMBURG IN ASHLEY COUNTY AND WAS ABOUT 1/4 MILE LONG. 50 YARDS WIDE WITH MAX WINDS OF ABOUT 90 MPH.
0058 EF0 0205 2245 MS 0 0
1.5 SE OF ROSEDALE AND CONTINUED TO 1.5 NW OF MALVINA IN BOLIVAR COUNTY. 3 MILES LONG AND UP TO 50 YARDS WIDE WITH MAX WINDS ABOUT 75 MPH.
0059 EF1 0205 2250 TX 0 0
1 MILE NORTHEAST OF ARP IN SMITH COUNTY. 1 MILE LONG AND UP TO 300 YARDS WIDE. MAX WINDS 100 MPH.
0060 EF4 0205 2300 AR/MO 13 128
*BORDER CROSSER* AFTER GROUND AND AERIAL SURVEYS WERE CONDUCTED BY THE NWS IN LITTLE ROCK... GROUND SURVEYS COMPLETED BY NWS IN MEMPHIS AND PADUCAH... AND STORM CHASER INFORMATION WAS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT... IT IS WITH BELIEF HERE THAT THIS WAS A SINGLE TORNADO WITH A TOTAL PATH OF NEAR 166 MILES. ABOUT 147 MILES IN ARKANSAS AND 19 MILES IN MISSOURI. THE TORNADO WAS ITS STRONGEST IN THE EARLY AND MIDDLE STAGES OF ITS LIFE... FROM ABOUT 15 TO 100 MILES INTO THE PATH. THE TORNADO FORMED ABOUT 5 1/2 MILES ESE OF CENTERVILLE IN YELL COUNTY AND TRACKED NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHERN POPE COUNTY... NORTHWEST CONWAY COUNTY... CENTRAL VAN BUREN COUNTY... SOUTHERN AND EASTERN STONE COUNTY... SOUTHERN AND EASTERN IZARD COUNTY... NORTHWEST SHARP COUNTY AND NORTHWEST RANDOLPH COUNTY IN ARKANSAS. THE TORNADO THEN CROSSED INTO MISSOURI JUST E OF BURR AND MOVED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF RIPLEY COUNTY. THE WIDTH AT TIMES WAS NEAR ONE MILE WIDE. ALL 13 DEATHS OCCURRED IN ARKANSAS. THERE IS A 10 TO 15 MILE SECTION OF THIS PATH FROM NORTHEAST SHARP COUNTY INTO RANDOLPH COUNTY WHERE THERE IS SOME QUESTION ABOUT THE TRACK BREAKING UP BRIEFLY... BUT NOT SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO DO SO HERE.
0061 EF2 0205 2300 AR 1 10
FORMED 4 WSW OF REA VALLEY IN MARION COUNTY AND TRACKED 14 MILES TO 3 WSW OF MOUNTAIN HOME IN BAXTER COUNTY. UP TO 1/2 MILE WIDE.
0062 EF2 0205 2300 TN 0 0
FORMED NORTH OF BRUNSWICK IN SHELBY COUNTY AND CONTINUED NORTHEAST FOR ABOUT 14 MILES INTO SOUTHEAST TIPTON COUNTY. UP TO 150 YARDS WIDE WITH WINDS TO NEAR 120 MPH.
0063 EF2 0205 2332 MS/TN 3 6
*BORDER CROSSER* FORMED IN SOUTHHAVEN MISSISSIPPI IN DESOTO COUNTY AND MOVED NORTHEAST FOR 11 MILES TO NEAR GERMANTOWN TENNESSEE IN SHELBY COUNTY. UP TO 1/4 MILE WIDE. DEATHS AND INJURIES WERE IN TENNESSEE.
0064 EF1 0205 2359 MS 0 0
FORMED ABOUT 9 MILES NW OF OXFORD IN LAFAYETTE COUNTY. 7 MILES LONG.
0065 EF3 0205 2359 MS 0 2
FORMED ABOUT 4 MILES N OF OXFORD IN LAFAYETTE COUNTY. 8 MILES LONG AND UP TO 1/2 MILE WIDE. MAX WINDS TO 160 MPH.
0066 EF1 0206* 0025 KY 0 0
*DATE*0205* BEGAN 1.8 NE OF POTTERTOWN AND ENDED 1.5 NW OF BOATWRIGHT IN CALLOWAY COUNTY. 1.2 MILES LONG AND UP TO 150 YARDS WIDE. MAX WINDS NEAR 94 MPH.
0067 EF3 0206* 0025 TN 1 2
*DATE*0205* 3 SE HEBRON IN FAYETTE COUNTY. 2 MILES LONG AND UP TO 500 FEET WIDE. MAX WINDS ABOUT 140 MPH.
0068 EF1 0206* 0046 MS/TN 0 0
*DATE*0205**BORDER CROSSER* BEGAN JUST EAST OF FALKNER MISSISSIPPI IN TIPPAH COUNTY. TRACKED ACROSS THE NORTHWEST PART OF ALCORN COUNTY BEFORE MOVING INTO TENNESSEE AND WEAKENING EAST OF EASTVIEW IN MCNAIRY COUNTY. UP TO 150 YARDS WIDE AND ABOUT 26 MILES LONG.
0069 EF3 0206* 0050 TN 2 2
*DATE*0205* WEST OF JACKSON IN MADISON COUNTY. 5 MILES LONG AND UP TO 200 YARDS WIDE. MAX WINDS 150 MPH.
0070 EF1 0206* 0050 KY 0 0
*DATE*0205* BEGAN 2.5 N OF MAPLE GROVE AND ENDED 1.8 SE OF CADIZ IN TRIGG COUNTY. 5.1 MILES LONG AND 150 YARDS WIDE. MAX WINDS NEAR 105 MPH.
0071 EF4 0206* 0100 TN 0 50
*DATE*0205* JACKSON IN MADISON COUNTY. 2.5 MILES LONG AND 125 YARDS WIDE. MAX WINDS 170 MPH.
0072 EF2 0206* 0109 KY 0 0
*DATE*0205* BEGAN 3.5 E OF CERULEAN IN CHRISTIAN COUNTY AND ENDED 3 NE OF CROFTON. 13.8 MILES LONG AND 225 YARDS WIDE WITH MAX WINDS NEAR 130 MPH.
0073 EF3 0206* 0110 TN 0 0
*DATE*0205* NORTHEAST OF JACKSON IN MADISON COUNTY. 2 MILES LONG AND 100 YARDS WIDE. MAX WINDS 145 MPH.
0074 EF0 0206* 0130 AR 0 0
*DATE*0205* 2 W OF JUNCTION CITY IN UNION COUNTY. 7 MILES LONG AND 100 YARDS WIDE.
0075 EF4 0206* 0140 TN 3 2
*DATE*0205* FORMED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF COFFEE LANDING ROAD AND TOWBOAT LANE IN HARDIN COUNTY AND WEAKENED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HWY 114 AND 128. 15 MILES LONG AND UP TO 1/2 MILE WIDE. MAX WINDS NEAR 170 MPH.
0076 EF3 0206* 0144 KY 3 0
*DATE*0205* BEGAN 4 SW OF GREENVILLE AND ENDED 1 E OF CENTRAL CITY IN MUHLENBERG COUNTY. ABOUT 12 MILES LONG AND 325 YARDS WIDE. MAX WINDS 160 MPH.
0077 EF1 0206* 0203 TN 0 0
*DATE*0205* FORMED SOUTHWEST OF CLIFTON IN HARDIN COUNTY AND MOVED NORTHEAST FOR ABOUT 17 MILES INTO NORTHWEST WAYNE COUNTY.
0078 EF1 0206* 0205 TN 0 0
*DATE*0205* FORMED IN BENTON COUNTY ABOUT 4.3 ENE OF BIG SANDY AND TRACKED INTO HOUSTON COUNTY 1/2 WNW OF MCKINNON. 7.2 MILES LONG AND ABOUT 1/4 MILE WIDE.
0079 EF1 0206* 0220 TN 0 0
*DATE*0205* FORMED NEAR FLATWOODS IN SOUTHERN PERRY COUNTY AND TRACKED NORTHEAST FOR ABOUT 28 MILES THROUGH EXTREME NORTHWEST LEWIS COUNTY TO JUST SOUTHEAST OF CENTERVILLE IN HICKMAN COUNTY.
0080 EF2 0206* 0245 TN 0 0
*DATE*0205* BEGAN JUST SOUTHEAST OF CENTERVILLE IN HICKMAN COUNTY AND TRACKED THROUGH THE CITY OF FAIRVIEW IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY. ABOUT 24 MILES LONG.
0081 EF1 0206* 0310 IN 0 0
*DATE*0205* BEGAN JUST SOUTHWEST OF BLOOMFIELD IN GREENE COUNTY AND CONTINUED NORTHEAST THROUGH TOWN FOR ABOUT 4 MILES. UP TO 200 FEET WIDE. MAX WINDS NEAR 100 MPH.
0082 EF3 0206* 0350 TN/KY 24 47
*DATE*0205**BORDER CROSSER* FORMED JUST EAST OF GALLATIN IN SUMNER COUNTY TENNESSEE AND MOVED NORTHEAST THROUGH THE NORTHWEST PART OF TROUSDALE COUNTY. THE TORNADO CONTINUED THROUGH LAFAYETTE IN MACON COUNTY. ABOUT 36 MILES LONG IN TENNESSEE WHERE ALL 24 DEATHS OCCURRED. THE TORNADO MOVED INTO KENTUCKY 3.5 SW OF GAMALIEL IN MONROE COUNTY AND CONTINUED INTO CUMBERLAND COUNTY ABOUT 3 SW OF MARROWBONE. 1/4 MILE WIDE AND OVER 22 MILES LONG IN KENTUCKY. MAX WINDS NEAR 160 MPH. MAY HAVE BEEN STRONGER IN TENNESSEE.
0083 EF1 0206* 0432 KY 0 0
*DATE*0205* FORMED 3.5 NW OF BONNIEVILLE IN HART COUNTY AND MOVED TO ABOUT 8 NE OF BONNIEVILLE. 11 MILES LONG AND UP TO 150 YARDS WIDE.
0084 EF1 0206* 0454 KY 0 0
*DATE*0205* BEGAN NEAR INTERSECTION OF RICHARDSON ROAD AND ESTES DRIVE AND CONTINUED INTO THE CITY OF BRANDENBURG IN MEADE COUNTY. 7 MILES LONG AND 350 YARDS WIDE. MAX WINDS AROUND 100 MPH.
0085 EF2 0206* 0521 KY 0 0
*DATE*0205* FORMED 2.5 SW OF CECILIA IN HARDIN COUNTY. 6.75 MILES LONG AND UP TO 400 YARDS WIDE. MAX WINDS NEAR 115 MPH.
0086 EF2 0206* 0527 KY 0 0
*DATE*0205* FORMED NEAR MILLER ROAD AND PORTER LANE IN HARDIN COUNTY. 1 MILE LONG AND UP TO 300 YARDS WIDE. MAX WINDS NEAR 105 MPH.
0087 EF0 0206 0538 KY 0 0
FORMED ABOUT 5 MILES SW OF TAYLORSVILLE IN SPENCER COUNTY AND PRODUCED SCATTERED DAMAGE FOR ABOUT 5 MILES TO NEAR TAYLORSVILLE. UP TO 1/8 MILE WIDE.
0088 EF1 0206 0538 KY 0 0
NEAR NELSONVILLE IN NELSON COUNTY. UP TO 1 MILE LONG AND 200 YARDS WIDE. MAX WINDS NEAR 100 MPH.
0089 EF2 0206 0546 KY 0 0
FORMED NEAR KY55 AND CLEAR CREEK ROAD IN SHELBY COUNTY AND CONTINUED UNTIL 1 NE OF FLOOD ROAD NEAR DUTCH FORK JUST SOUTH OF CROPPER ROAD. 6 MILES LONG AND 250 YARDS WIDE.
0090 EF2 0206 0550 KY 0 2
SOUTHEAST OF BARDSTOWN IN NELSON COUNTY. 1 MILE LONG AND UP TO 300 YARDS WIDE.
0091 EF1 0206 0601 KY 0 0
BEGAN 2 SE OF SPRINGFIELD IN WASHINGTON COUNTY. 2/3 MILE LONG AND UP TO 150 YARDS WIDE WITH MAX WINDS NEAR 90 MPH.
0092 EF1 0206 0603 KY 0 0
JUST NORTH OF FRANKFORT IN FRANKLIN COUNTY. 1.5 MILES LONG AND 170 YARDS WIDE WITH MAX WINDS TO 100 MPH.
0093 EF2 0206 0606 KY 0 0
FORMED 8 ENE OF SPRINGFIELD IN WASHINGTON COUNTY. 1 MILE LONG AND UP TO 250 YARDS WIDE. MAX WINDS NEAR 115 MPH.
0094 EF1 0206 0620 KY 0 0
FORMED JUST E OF HARRODSBURG IN MERCER COUNTY. 1 MILE LONG AND UP TO 100 YARDS WIDE. MAX WINDS NEAR 105 MPH.
0095 EF2 0206 0629 KY 0 0
SOUTHWEST OF CYNTHIANA IN HARRISON COUNTY. 2.5 MILES LONG AND UP TO 1/4 OF A MILE WIDE. MAX WINDS 120 MPH.
0096 EF0 0206 0647 MS 0 0
FORMED 9 SSE OF BENTON IN YAZOO COUNTY. 4.8 MILES LONG AND 75 FEET WIDE. MAX WINDS NEAR 80 MPH.
0097 EF1 0206 0706 KY 0 0
FORMED NEAR STEPSTONE IN BATH COUNTY. 8.7 MILES LONG AND UP TO 250 YARDS WIDE. MAX WINDS NEAR 105 MPH.
0098 EF0 0206 0723 KY 0 0
FORMED 2 N DENISTON IN MENIFEE COUNTY. 4.1 MILES LONG AND UP TO 150 YARDS WIDE. MAX WINDS NEAR 85 MPH.
0099 EF1 0206 0725 MS 0 0
FORMED ABOUT 10 NNW CARTHAGE IN LEAKE COUNTY. 1 MILE LONG AND 50 YARDS WIDE WITH MAX WINDS NEAR 90 MPH.
0100 EF3 0206 0740 KY 4 4
BEGAN JUST OVER 1/2 MI NW OF HAYESVILLE WHICH IS ABOUT 1/4 N OF THE STATE LINE IN ALLEN COUNTY. 0.4 OF A MILE WIDE AND 23 MILES LONG. MAX WINDS NEAR 160 MPH. THIS TORNADO MOVED INTO THE FAR WESTERN PART OF MONROE COUNTY AND ENDED IN THE EXTREME SOUTHWEST PART OF METCALFE COUNTY.
0101 EF1 0206 0804 AL 0 0
BEGAN JUST SOUTHWEST OF BEAVERTON IN LAMAR COUNTY AND CONTINUED FOR 7.3 MILES INTO MARION COUNTY. UP TO 150 YARDS WIDE WITH MAX WINDS NEAR 90 MPH.
0102 EF2 0206 0858 AL 0 1
FORMED NEAR NEWTONVILLE IN FAYETTE COUNTY AND MOVED 25.1 MILES THROUGH EXTREME NORTHWEST TUSCALOOSA COUNTY AND INTO SOUTHWEST WALKER COUNTY. UP TO 1/2 MILE WIDE WITH MAX WINDS NEAR 130 MPH.
0103 EF4 0206 0910 AL 4 0
FORMED NEAR THE PINHOOK COMMUNITY IN LAWRENCE COUNTY AND MOVED NORTHEAST FOR 18.7 MILES INTO WESTERN MORGAN COUNTY. 1/2 MILE WIDE WITH WINDS OF AT LEAST 150 MPH.
0104 EF4 0206 1103 AL 1 0
FORMED NEAR PISGAH AND MOVED TO NEAR FLAT ROCK IN JACKSON COUNTY. 10.9 MILES LONG AND 3/8 OF A MILE WIDE. MAX WINDS NEAR 180 MPH.
0105 EF2 0206 1235 AL 0 0
FORMED NEAR HIDDEN VALLEY IN COOSA COUNTY AND MOVED 16.8 MILES TO NEAR LAKE TATE IN TALLADEGA COUNTY. WAS UP TO 1/2 MILE WIDE WITH MAX WINDS AROUND 118 MPH.
0106 EF1 0212 1847 MS 0 0
OCCURRED NEAR PEARL IN RANKIN COUNTY. 3.5 MILES LONG AND UP TO 400 YARDS WIDE WITH MAX WINDS NEAR 95 MPH.
0107 EF1 0212 1907 MS 0 0
OCCURRED NEAR GULDE IN RANKIN COUNTY. 2.5 MILES LONG AND UP TO 250 YARDS WIDE. MAX WINDS NEAR 95 MPH.
0108 EF0 0212 1945 MS 0 0
FORMED 4 NE OF RALEIGH IN SMITH COUNTY. 1 MILE LONG AND UP TO 150 YARDS WIDE.
0109 EF1 0212 1945 LA 1 0
FORMED ABOUT 1 MILE SOUTH OF INDEPENDENCE IN TANGIPAHOA PARISH. TRACK WAS ABOUT ONE MILE.
0110 EF1 0212 1953 MS 0 0
FORMED ABOUT 5 MILES SE OF MOUNT OLIVE IN COVINGTON COUNTY. ONE MILE LONG AND UP TO 100 YARDS WIDE.
0111 EF1 0212 2007 MS 0 0
FORMED 4 E OF BAY SPRINGS IN JASPER COUNTY. 1.5 MILES LONG WITH A MAX WIDTH OF ABOUT 100 YARDS.
0112 EF0 0213* 0403 FL 0 0
*DATE*0212* FORMED JUST N OF THE INTERSECTION OF I-595 AND SW 31ST IN FORT LAUDERDALE IN BROWARD COUNTY. PATH WAS BETWEEN 2.5 AND 3 MILES LONG AND ABOUT 1/8 OF A MILE WIDE.
0113 EF1 0216 1244 LA 0 0
TRACKED FROM NEAR MORGANZA TO JUST W OF NEW ROADS IN POINTE COUPEE PARISH. ABOUT 8 MILES LONG.
0114 EF1 0217 0730 LA 0 0
FROM 2 S OF PALMETTO TO 4 NE OF PALMETTO IN ST LANDRY PARISH. ABOUT 5 MILES LONG AND 125 YARDS WIDE.
0115 EF1 0217 1750 FL 0 0
FORMED NEAR HWY 29 AND MOLINO ROAD NEAR MOLINO IN ESCAMBIA COUNTY. 5 MILES LONG AND 200 YARDS WIDE.
0116 EF1 0217 1815 FL 0 0
FORMED NEAR CHUMUCKLA IN SANTA ROSA COUNTY AND MOVED NORTHEAST FOR ABOUT 2 MILES. UP TO 75 YARDS WIDE WITH MAX WINDS NEAR 100 MPH.
0117 EF2 0217 1829 AL 0 0
FORMED NEAR WARRIOR DRIVE...JUST SE OF THE PERRY COUNTY LINE AND TRACKED TO JUST W OF THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 37 AND COUNTY ROAD 866 IN DALLAS COUNTY. SEVEN HOMES AND TWO BUSINESSES WERE TOTALLY DESTROYED. 7 MILES LONG AND UP TO 1/2 MILE WIDE.
0118 EF1 0217 1942 AL 0 0
FORMED NEAR THE BRADFORD COMMUNITY IN COOSA COUNTY AND TRACKED NORTHEAST INTO TALLAPOOSA COUNTY. 10.7 MILES LONG AND 100 YARDS WIDE. MAX WINDS NEAR 95 MPH.
0119 EF2 0217 1910 AL 0 0
FORMED ABOUT 5 SW OF DIXIE AND MOVED NORTHEAST ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTION OF ESCAMBIA COUNTY INTO WESTERN COVINGTON COUNTY NEAR FAIRFIELD. ABOUT 15 MILES LONG AND UP TO 500 YARDS WIDE WITH MAX WINDS NEAR 135 MPH.
0120 EF1 0217 2012 AL 0 0
FORMED NEAR BULLOCK IN CRENSHAW COUNTY AND TRACKED NORTHEAST ACROSS EXTREME NORTHWEST COFFEE COUNTY AND INTO PIKE COUNTY TO NEAR SPRING HILL. ABOUT 15 MILES LONG AND UP TO 100 YARDS WIDE.
0121 EF1 0217 2022 AL 0 0
FORMED 3 SW OF WEDOWEE AND TRACKED NE FOR ABOUT 14.9 MILES THROUGH RANDOLPH COUNTY. ABOUT 150 YARDS WIDE.
0122 EF3 0217 2025 AL 0 60
FORMED NEAR COLLIRENE IN LOWNDES COUNTY AND MOVED NORTHEAST. BASED ON RADAR... IT IS BELIEVED THAT THIS TORNADO CONTINUED ACROSS THE ALABAMA RIVER WHERE IT HIT PRATTVILLE IN AUTAUGA COUNTY. THE TORNADO CROSSED INTO ELMORE COUNTY BEFORE WEAKENING. ABOUT 29 MILES LONG WITH ESTIMATED WINDS NEAR 155 MPH.
0123 EF2 0217 2139 AL/GA 0 0
*BORDER CROSSER* THIS TORNADO FORMED IN RUSSELL COUNTY ALABAMA SOUTHWEST OF THE COTTONTON COMMUNITY. IT MOVED INTO EXTREME NORTHWEST STEWART COUNTY GEORGIA AND INTO CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY WHERE IT PRODUCED ITS FINAL DAMAGE 1 S OF CUSSETA. ABOUT 29 MILES LONG WITH 7 MILES IN ALABAMA AND 22 IN GEORGIA. WIDTH WAS UP TO 1 MILE WIDE.
0124 EF1 0217 2215 AL 0 0
FORMED NEAR RIVER ROAD ALONG HIGHWAY 10 IN BARBOUR COUNTY AND TRACKED 21.5 MILES TO NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 79 SOUTH AND HIGHWAY 30. 75 YARDS WIDE.
0125 EF0 0217 2245 GA 0 0
BELIEVE THAT THE SAME MESOCYCLONE EVENT FORMED A FEW MILES NW OF BUENA VISTA IN MARION COUNTY AND TRACKED NORTHEAST ABOUT 14 MILES TO BETWEEN MAUK AND CHANING IN TAYLOR COUNTY. A FEW MOBILE HOMES WERE DESTROYED.
0126 EF1 0217 2330 GA 0 6
SAME MESO EVENT PROBABLY FORMED JUST NORTHEAST OF BUTLER IN TAYLOR COUNTY AND TRACKED TO JUST SOUTHWEST OF ROBERTA IN CRAWFORD COUNTY. AROUND 14 MILES LONG AND UP TO 250 YARDS WIDE.
0127 EF1 0218 0608 FL 0 0
FORMED JUST SOUTH OF I-10 SOUTH OF ROSEDALE IN GADSDEN COUNTY AND TRACKED NORTHEAST FOR ABOUT 13 MILES. UP TO 150 YARDS WIDE WITH MAX WINDS NEAR 110 MPH.
0128 EF1 0218 0648 GA 0 0
FORMED NEAR WHIGHAM IN GRADY COUNTY AND TRACKED NORTHEAST FOR ABOUT 8 TO 10 MILES. MAX WIDTH WAS NEAR 75 YARDS WITH WINDS NEAR 110 MPH.
0129 EF2 0218 0834 NC 0 0
FORMED IN GREEN COUNTY JUST NORTH OF HOOKERTON. LIKELY ABOUT 3 TO 5 MILES LONG.
0130 EF1 0218 0928 NC 0 0
THIS TORNADO FORMED IN PITT COUNTY NEAR PACTOLUS AND TRACKED NORTHEAST CROSSING HIGHWAY 17 NEAR THE BEAUFORT COUNTY AND MARTIN COUNTY LINE. ENDED NEAR JAMESVILLE WITH A TOTAL PATH LIKELY BETWEEN 20 AND 25 MILES.