One year ago today - Super Tuesday tornado outbreak...

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It was one year ago today (February 5) that the deadliest tornado outbreak in nearly a quarter century took place across parts of the South. It began around 3 pm and continued for about 16 straight hours. Definitely was a tragic event, but had its own silver linings (Union University, Nashville).

At this point, there was a sense of dread - the high risk was issued and everything was coming together...

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It was about this time last February 5 that the first watches were coming out and cells were starting to develop. But it was around 3-4 pm that the tornadoes really kicked in.

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http://www.tennessean.com/section/news15 - Excellent section by the Tennesseean on the outbreak: 1 year later.

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
941 PM CST WED FEB 4 2009

...ONE YEAR LATER...

ON FEBRUARY 5, 2008, MIDDLE TENNESSEE SUFFERED ONE OF THE WORST
TORNADO OUTBREAKS IN ITS HISTORY. A TOTAL OF 15 TORNADOES TOUCHED
DOWN DURING THE EVENING OF FEBRUARY 5TH AND THE EARLY MORNING OF
FEBRUARY 6TH. THE WORST OF THE STORMS WAS AN EF-3 THAT KILLED 22
PERSONS IN SUMNER, TROUSDALE, AND MACON COUNTIES. IT WAS THE
DEADLIEST SINGLE TORNADO TO STRIKE THE MID STATE IN NEARLY 75
YEARS. ANOTHER 63 PERSONS WERE INJURED BY THAT STORM.

THE TORNADO FIRST TOUCHED DOWN 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF GALLATIN, AND
TRAVELED NORTHEASTWARD, STRIKING A NATURAL GAS PLANT IN TROUSDALE
COUNTY, BUT DID ITS WORST DESTRUCTION AROUND THE CITY OF
LAFAYETTE. THE TORNADO CONTINUED INTO KENTUCKY BEFORE LIFTING,
HAVING TRAVELED 51 MILES.

A TOTAL OF FOUR TORNADOES TRAVELED ALONG A CORRIDOR BETWEEN
CLIFTON AND GALLATIN. ONE OF THE TORNADOES SKIPPED OVER DAVIDSON
COUNTY, THEN TOUCHED BACK DOWN NEAR OLD HICKORY LAKE IN SOUTHERN
SUMNER COUNTY.

DURING THIS OUTBREAK, TORNADOES STRUCK BENTON, HOUSTON, WAYNE,
PERRY, LEWIS, HICKMAN, WILLIAMSON, SUMNER, TROUSDALE, MACON,
DICKSON, AND DAVIDSON COUNTIES. SOME OF THESE COUNTIES WERE HIT
MORE THAN ONCE. ONE INJURY WAS ALSO REPORTED IN HICKMAN COUNTY.

OVERALL, THERE WAS ONE EF-3 TORNADO, THREE EF-2 TORNADOES, FIVE
EF-1 TORNADOES, AND SIX THAT WERE RATED AS EF-0.

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Channel 4 (WSMV) the NBC station here in Nashville, came up and did a "Surviving the Storm" event here on the one year anniversary of the Lafayette EF-3 tornado. I have pictures and will put those and a write-up on my blog later on today.

[Shockwave]

Channel 4 (WSMV) the NBC station here in Nashville, came up and did a "Surviving the Storm" event here on the one year anniversary of the Lafayette EF-3 tornado. I have pictures and will put those and a write-up on my blog later on today.

I now have that post up if you would like to check it out. Blog link should be in my profile...