Tuesday weather recap: EF-0 tornado confirmed, high winds down trees, power lines

JACKSON, Tenn. — Severe weather impacted several areas in West Tennessee Tuesday, including a tornado in Madison County.

A storm moved through portions of Chester County around 8 a.m. Tuesday.

Near the community of Jacks Creek, along Highway 100, were some downed trees.

Later on in the afternoon, supercells began firing and at 3:14 p.m., a tornado warning was issued for portions of Madison, Henderson and Carroll counties.

“It looked like it kept trying to get going and so for about five minutes it was off and on where it was trying to actually touchdown,” said Alex McPherson, eyewitness.

Just eight minutes later, ham radio operators reported a touchdown near Smith Lane in west Madison County prompting the National Weather Service in Memphis to upgrade the warning to a considerable threat.

“We knew that we could see it. It was maybe, you know, that’s probably a thousand yards over that way, but we couldn’t really tell what direction. We couldn’t tell if it was going to hit the airport right here, if it was on the other side of the airport. It’s kind of deceiving out here with all the flat ground you can’t really tell how far away it is,” said McPherson.

The tornado was given a rating of EF-0, with a maximum wind speed of 75 miles per hour and a path length of 1.29 miles. It was on the ground for roughly two minutes.

Not long after, the main line moved through the region producing widespread wind damage. The mayor of Clarksburg in Carroll County sent us multiple reports of downed trees and powerlines in the vicinity of Clarksburg school.

We also received reports of a funnel cloud from Medina yesterday. We’ll provide further updates as we get them from local officials.

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