One more awesome video of Murfreesboro tornado

I know I have posted a few times on the Good Friday Murfreesboro, TN tornado, but I found one last eyewitness video, taken by YouTube user jefftsmith, that is worth watching. This is better than the ones in my previous post containing videos. Watch and be amazed! A direct link to the YouTube video is here. (Bear with it through the first 10 seconds or so...)

Survey finds EF-4 damage in Good Friday Murfreesboro tornado

Photo of Murfreesboro Tornado taken by Titus Bartos, TitusBartos.com/PhotoBlog/

Final results from the National Weather Service storm survey of the Murfreesboro tornado that occurred on Good Friday, April 10, 2009, are in. The survey indicates that the total path length was actually 23.25 miles, after the NWS discovered another 8 miles of damage on their survey Sunday. Also, the maximum intensity has been increased to an estimated 170 mph (or EF-4 on the 1-5 scale) in one section of the damage path! The maximum funnel width was 1/2 mile and there were numerous signs of multiple vortices with this storm, which becomes more common with tornadoes of this strength.

The NWS survey results can be found here. The latest compilation of photos (such as the one above which was submitted to the paper) from readers of the Daily News Journal out of Rutherford County can be found here. My previous posts on the subject can be found here (April 10) and here (April 11).

To find a way to help those in need from this storm, visit http://www.midtnredcross.org/. Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims families and all of those affected.

NWS Storm Survey: EF-3 damage in Murfreesboro, TN tornado - April 10, 2009

The NWS has conducted an initial aerial and ground survey and will be back on the ground Easter Sunday conducting additional surveys. Preliminary indications are that the Murfreesboro Good Friday tornado was at least an EF-3 with 150 mph winds, a path length of 15 miles over 22 minutes, and it was up to 1/2 mile wide at one point near I-24. There were also indications on amateur video and on the ground that the tornado could have had multiple vortices. The NWS survey results, including photos, can be found here.

12-15 homes were destroyed, dozens more had significant damage, the upper level of a 2-story office complex was removed, tractor trailers were laid on their sides, some homes were moved off their foundation, and trees were de-barked. The NWS indicates it is possible that the damage was greater than EF-3 once their survey is complete.

My original post, including amateur video and links can be found here.

Tornado strikes Murfreesboro, TN - April 10, 2009 - UPDATE

Reports from Emergency Management officials and the AP are that 2 people are dead (a female in her mid-20s and her 9-week-old daughter), 35 were injured, and over 3 dozen homes were destroyed from an apparent tornado that struck Murfreesboro during the lunch hour on April 10. Below are two amateur videos as the storm moved through the Walter Hill area of Murfreesboro. Click here for the story from Daily News Journal out of Rutherford County and here or here or here for photos from the area. All photos courtesy DNJ.com. Storm reports are scattered across the entire mid-state as a line of supercell storms moved across the region during the late morning through mid-afternoon hours.

To find a way to help those in need from this storm, visit http://www.midtnredcross.org/. Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims families and all of those affected.

NWS officials from Nashville will do a storm survey today (Saturday) to determine the magnitude of this event. I'll post their findings once they are published.