1909 tornado outbreak

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The path of the storm was through a section about one mile southeast of Smyrna, where several homes were converted into wreckage and much farm property was destroyed. FROM THE NASHVILLE AMERICAN, MAY 1 1909, PAGE 10, "AT WATERTOWN, TENN.". This massive tornado then passed into Lincoln County through the northern suburbs of Fayetteville before lifting northeast of Fayetteville. There were no additional fatalities from these tornadoes. Fayetteville was not in the pathway of the cyclone, but was near it. It touched down during the dead of night between 10 and 11as it moved into Williamson County. Nashville, TN500 Weather Station RoadOld Hickory, TN 37138615-754-8500Comments? Their household effects are destroyed. Intensity was unclear but probably F2 based upon descriptions. The creeks are out of banks and all the farm work of the spring is practically lost. It is impossible to estimate the property loss, probably not less than a hundred thousand dollars. These pictures show the damage in Centerville in Hickman County where there were nine deaths and 32 injuries. In its track, which was about half a mile in width, practically all timber was uprooted or twisted to the earth. Columbia, Tenn., April 20. This tornado was reported to occur over 2 hours after the Dickson County tornado, so it does not appear they are part of the same tornado or were produced by the same supercell, although that is certainly possible if the reported time is incorrect. B. Barnes'. Miss Jennie Kelso, Fayetteville; killed by live electric light wire. And then coming through Bee Spring destroying homes and families and a local church here by the cemetery.. At Leiper's Fork, in Williamson County, a mother and three children were killed in their home. This was the deadliest tornado outbreak in the U.S. since May 2011, when more than 170 people were killed. Owing to the fact that all telephone and telegraph lines are down it is impossible to get the details of the damage wrought. And the tornado also injured 70 people as it traveled through the county, Lancaster said. The storm extended over many states inflicting damage on widely scattered communities from the Great Lakes to the Gulf. The most terrible cyclone in the history of Giles County struck with great fury between 11 and 12 o'clock Thursday night. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration The cyclone struck Rudolphtown about 8 o'clock and traveled in a northeasterly course. Numbers of barns completely wrecked, and several houses ruined. For a strip more than two miles in width along the railroad between here and Tennessee City, and on through that portion of the county traversed by the storm, scarcely a tree is left standing, but all lie as flat as if rolled over by some immense road roller. The rear flank downdraft of the parent supercell also caused significant damage up to 2 miles south of the tornado path, such as the numerous trees blown down across Winchester. Rutherford County was visited last night by one of the most destructive storms of many years. CYCLONE BRINGS DEATH AND DESTRUCTION Many Lives and Much Property Lost in Giles County. At the same time and place, Mrs. Thad Reese, who was a sister of Mrs. Guffey, with her two children, lost their lives, making seven deaths at this one house. The cyclone struck Primm Springs, a summer resort in Hickman County, and devastated the country. The listing is U.S.-centric, with greater and more consistent information available for U.S. tornadoes. The second highest number of fatalities occurred from an F-3 tornado with winds of 158 mph or higher that ravaged Hickman and Williamson counties. W. S. McLaurine's baby were also killed. And five days later, Mrs. Marlin died from her injuries at a Nashville hospital. Did the tornado hit Gatlinburg Tennessee? The most notable result was the destruction of the Web & Crawford Planing Mill. 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. References National Weather Service. Among the towns affected were Horn Lake, Mississippi, where about half of the fatalities were recorded, and Whitehaven, Tennessee, where the tornado damaged 30 homes. Many Lives and Much Property Lost in Giles County. For several minutes it was as bright as the glare of a noonday sun with this setting, the wind terrific in force and volume halted at no obstacle, and in its path it left an imprint on everything it touched. C. H. Underhill had a considerable loss, but it is covered by insurance. This tornado was almost certainly produced by the same supercell that spawned the even worse Giles/Lincoln County tornado just to the west. Mr. McNutt, wife and three children, near Fayetteville. J. Mr. Marlin was badly injured, too, but he survived, along with an infant child, a 16-year old son, and two young daughters. 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. 22 others lost their lives that fateful night across Middle Tennessee in tornadoes that struck Montgomery, Robertson, Rutherford, Wilson, Grundy, and Fentress Counties. The tornado passed up the Nashville and Murfreesboro turnpike, between this place and Florence, for a short distance, and for a quarter of a mile or more made a complete wreck of the telegraph and telephone lines. A total of 22 people were killed in that area (Giles County), and seven near "Millville" (Lincoln County). Striking the residence of Prof. W. H. Hooks it blew away all of his residence except the kitchen, his stable, outbuildings and shade trees. A large oak tree was lifted bodily and blown across it, crushing in the roof. It came from the northwest, traveling with great momentum. Here is an opportunity in my judgement, for an exhibition of true Christian benevolence. Miss Daisy Marshall received a few slight wounds. A path about 100 yards wide was swept clear of timber. C. H. Whitney's barn, in the track of the storm, was blown down and Rural Carrier Morgan's horse was killed in the barn. The storm seemed to reach the proportions of a tornado at a late hour of the night, sweeping from northeast to southwest, carrying down many farm buildings, but fortunately it passed through a sparsely-settled section and in about twenty minutes it completely reversed its course, turning from the northeast to the southwest, and many of the buildings were blown back in the opposite direction. These are some notable tornadoes, tornado outbreaks, and tornado outbreak sequences that have occurred in North America. The home of Tobe Cunningham stands directly between the two churches and has withstood both storms without any especial damage. The damage reported in the far western and northern suburbs of Fayetteville along with the $5,000 damage to the Elk Cotton Mills north of Fayetteville indicates the tornado continued for several more miles before lifting northeast of Fayetteville, not 5 miles to the northwest as Grazulis stated. Dickson was left to the right of the storm's pathway, and fortunately little damage was done here. North of Memphis, Tennessee, two F3 tornadoes killed a total of 22 from Crittenden County, Arkansas, to Carroll County, Tennessee. Show. Jeff Dunnivant, a tenant on Irby Scruggs' place and his family escaped from the wreckage of their home with only slight injuries, but not a fragment of anything was left to the family, except the night clothes in which they were sleeping. FROM THE FENTRESS COUNTY GAZETTE, MAY 6 1909, "Local News": The storm of last Friday morning, which was so severe in different parts of the state, did no damage in this immediate vicinity. The Elk Cotton Mill was damaged about $5,000. Windows were blown from the residence of William H. Gregory, and the barn on his farm was blown down and numerous losses of a similar kind were the result. Multiple locations were found. Sorry, the location you searched for was not found. 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 . Bob White's house was blown from its foundation. NWS Reports from farmers are that crops will have to be planted over again. Ed Ragland's house was blown from its foundation. Late-April 1909 Tornado Outbreak - Confirmed Tornadoes - April 29 Event April 29 Event Read more about this topic: Late-April 1909 Tornado Outbreak, Confirmed Tornadoes Famous quotes containing the word event: " When we awoke, we found a heavy dew on our blankets. Franklin, Tenn., Apr. Several other houses were blown down and a number of people injured. W. C. Greer lost his large barn and two mail hacks. Many Lives and Much Property Lost in Giles County. One of the saddest stories was of two brothers in the Hillsboro/Leipers Fork area who were blown over a 20-foot bluff and into a nearby creek, according to the Nashville American newspaper. FROM THE NASHVILLE AMERICAN, MAY 1 1909, PAGE 10: ALGOOD, Tenn., April 30 - At this place, four miles east of Cookeville, the Southern Methodist church was demolished. 11, had his skull fractured by falling timbers. Oscar Brown, a young son, was also seriously injured. of those most seriously hurt: Esq. The old McGavock home is wrecked. The time of the tornado was adjusted to 8 PM and the path width added as 300 yards based on the newspaper articles in the Nashville American. 11 deaths were recorded in the Missouri storm, 5 near Texas City and 29 along the Alabama-Tennessee state line. This is the first storm of the kind that ever visited this section, although in 1878 much timber was blown down. Mr. Brinkley's house was carried from its foundations, as was a newly completed house of J. The deadliest tornado outbreak ever in Middle Tennessee, and one of the worst tornado outbreaks in the history of the United States, struck the region from the evening hours on April 29, 1909, through the night and into the next day on April 30, 1909. Mr. McNutt, wife and three children, near Fayetteville. Just a few rods east of the McGrew place stood the home of Bud Guffey. The clouds rolled like tremendous waves out of the southwest, and the thunder's crash was deafening, while the electric flashes played incessantly, lighting up the dark-canopied earth like a refulgent monster meteor. This is a list of significant tornadoes that have touched down in Maury County since 1900. 30. The tornado tore apart eight or nine farms and damaged or destroyed 25 buildings in Charlotte. National Weather Service Part of a larger outbreak that started a few days earlier, the unrelenting barrage of . The farm of James Welch, near Sango, was swept clean, every building on it being wrecked. The seriously injured are M. J. Farrar and daughter, of Gyruston, the former having a broken collarbone, and the latter a broken arm and leg; residence wrecked and burned. The cyclone went from Primm's on to Centreville. Will Ross Lackey, Jr., and Esq. Affecting particularly the Mississippi and Tennessee Valleys, it killed over 150 people, 60 of them in the U.S. state of Tennessee alone. Please Contact Us. 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. The storm struck the county line just opposite Perryville, and traveled a northeast course, passing about five miles to the north of Linden. 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. FROM THE NASHVILLE AMERICAN, MAY 1 1909, PAGE 2, section "NUMBER OF HOUSES WRECKED - Cookeville and Surrounding Territory in the Path of the Storm": COOKEVILLE, Tenn., April 30 - A storm of cyclonic effects struck this city last night about 1 o'clock. The homes of Mrs. John Brown and William McAdoo were blown down, and part of the home of B. M. Peebles was blown away. But for the fact that the country is hilly and in places thinly settled the destruction would have been even greater. However, for several hours a strong gale blew, and there was more or less excitement in the town throughout the night. Thirty-six serious injuries were reported in the newspapers across both counties, with numerous other more minor injuries, so the total of 70 injuries shown by Grazulis was kept. It traveled through the Conway Community, destroying the local public school, Lancaster explained. Houses, barns and buildings generally were blown down or else badly wrecked. It touched down during the dead of night between 10 and 11PM. Twenty-two others lost their lives that fateful night across Middle Tennessee in tornadoes that struck Montgomery, Robertson, Rutherford, Wilson, Grundy, and Fentress Counties. These pictures show the damage in Centerville in Hickman County where there were 9 deaths and 32 injuries. It is thought that the dead and injured list will be increased by further reports. The timbers in front of the hotel were laid waste, some of which fell on the hotel, doing considerable damage to the building. A third son died two days later as a result of injuries sustained during the tornado. GRAZULIS: Moved NE near "Sango," 8 miles ESE of Clarksville. The strongest, an F-4 with winds 207 mph or higher traveled for 30 miles across Giles and Lincoln counties killing 31 people in all. after celebrating, Driver dead after Maryland tanker explosion, Ja Morant investigated by NBA after Instagram post, How NIL will affect local high school athletes, The right thing to do: College softball players, Forsberg, Giannis join Nashville SC ownership group, Ja Morant accused of making threatening statement, Arrest warrants issued for projected NFL draft pick, Best athletic wear for kids joining baseball and, How to watch all the Oscar-nominated movies in style, Best smart home devices for older users, according, 5 reported dead after severe weather in Kentucky, Rollover crash cleared on I-65N, injuries reported, Man hit, killed after celebrating birthday in Nashville, Driver dead after MD tanker explosion, fire, Ja Morant investigated by NBA over Instagram post, More than 21K NES customers without power, Downed power lines cause road closure in Goodlettsville, 1 killed amid turbulence event on business jet, Straight line winds damage buildings in Waverly, Portions of Calif. home hang over cliff after landslide, BBB: Beware of Storm Chasers in Middle TN, WATCH: Carjacking suspect caught after wild chase, Man dies after being hit by metal carport in Kentucky, Highest wind speeds from Fridays severe storms, Parent threatens teacher over book assignments, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. after celebrating, Driver dead after Maryland tanker explosion, Ja Morant investigated by NBA after Instagram post, How NIL will affect local high school athletes, The right thing to do: College softball players, Forsberg, Giannis join Nashville SC ownership group, Ja Morant accused of making threatening statement, Arrest warrants issued for projected NFL draft pick. In town here a number of window panes were broken. 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. Tornado destroyed up to nine homes and hit buildings in. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Marlin was completely demolished. 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. As the storm moved eastward, it cut a path into the Southall community, causing major damage and dealing additional death blows. The houses damaged were all unoccupied, except the one destroyed. Four houses are blown down in Franklin. The cyclone wrecked the house and killed Mrs. McGrew and six children, while Mr. McGrew, a son and a baby escaped with serious injuries. The tornado proceeded over across the Lewisburg Pike area, out Murfreesboro Road, and by 11 p.m. struck for a final time, near Clovercroft. The strongest tornado confirmed so far from. A. C. Morgan's house was blown away and Mrs. Morgan was badly injured, but not fatally, it is thought. 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. The poles were broken down and splintered and the wires were left in a tangled mass. SHAMBURGER (2016): Despite the significant destruction caused by this tornado in Cookeville and Algood, Grazulis did not include this tornado in his book Significant Tornadoes. Another strong tornado struck Franklin County near Decherd. Ten homes were destroyed. A. Hickerson a house barn, buggies and fences. FROM THE NASHVILLE AMERICAN, MAY 1 1909, PAGE 4, "DEKALB COUNTY": ALEXANDRIA, Tenn., April 30 - A destructive wind of high velocity accompanied with much lightning and the largest hail ever known here struck the section of the country from Statesville to Smith Fork, traveling east. On March 21-22, there were 108 tornadoes that impacted several states most focused across Texas, Oklahoma, Mississippi and Alabama. Damage: Elam Tucker, who lives at the old Suttle place, near Aspen Hill, lost his barn, also Will Coon, Billy Widene, and D. Biles, and the tenant houses on the Phillips place, south of Tucker's, were wrecked. Their bodies were recovered the next morning at about daylight. While it was estimated to be an F4, some reports indicate that there was more than one tornado. The damage in town is slight compared with the country. The horror of the storm was greatly increased especially were people were (sic) severely hurt by the darkness and torrents of rain, which followed. The house of Judge Lewis was also destroyed and several other houses damaged beyond repair. The entire town of Statesville had severe downburst damage. Several of the injured people who later died were plantation workers. - 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. Miss Jennie Kelso, Fayetteville; killed by live electric light wire. The Alex Mitchell family of five in Hillsboro was also reportedly all killed, but this could not be confirmed. Bud Guffey, his wife, and two chidlren. The desperately injured are: R. H. Thompson, a son and daughter of Mrs. Money, Hiram Prince and Prof. R. S. Ballen. A latter report comes in from Hillsboro, a small place northwest of here that several people had been killed, however, this is not authentic. 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]. Dr. Barger lost five of his six barns, and the merchants suffered much loss from their business houses being unroofed. One person was killed near Nolensville and another near Walterhill. Among those whose homes are wrecked are Postmaster C. H. Underhill, Asa Hickerson, Mrs. Lizzie McPherson and Jim Butler. The total damage cannot be accurately stated, but it will go into the thousands of dollars in this section. His entire family was wiped out of existence. At Trinity, about seven miles west of here, the damage is beyond description. This tornado is estimated to have touched down in Fentress County southwest of Gatewood Ford Road just west of the Morgan County border, then moved northeast to near where the Crooked Creek and Clear Fork meet destroying a sawmill (F1), and then on into Morgan County. The courthouse roof was blown off. The Sixth District schoolhouse, of Rutherford County, was blown a distance of fifteen or twenty feet and left standing without showing any visible results of great damage. - 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. and Mrs. W. S. McLaurine, Mrs. Ella King, widow of the late Mit King, collar bone broken, Hiram Usselton's baby, seriously, perhaps fatally hurt, George Hardy, son of T. J. 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. 63 people lost their lives, and more than 200 were injured from a total of 12 tornadoes. A special thanks to the Nashville National Weather Service office and Lead Forecaster Sam Shamburger for his research on this tornado outbreak. But for the fact that the country is hilly and in places thinly settled the destruction would have been even greater. Two of the couple's sons were blown over a 20-foot bluff and into a nearby creek. A portion of the residence of Mrs. Alice Estes was blown away. The cyclone of the night of April 29th or morning of April 30th, did great damage near Rugby. Farther to the east, the homes of Mrs. Upchurch and Mr. McAdoo were damaged or destroyed northwest of Lascassas. It is reported that three white people are killed about two miles further down the trail of the cyclone, but this statement has not been authenticated. Here is information to know, understand and remember; The annual average number of tornadoes reported in Tennessee grew from 11.3 for the 20-year period of 1980-1999 to 18.1 for 2000-2019. M. Gilbert, 1909 Natural Disasters: 1909 Atlantic Hurricane Season, 1909 Earthquakes, Tornadoes Of 1909, Late-April 1909 Tornado Outbreak|LLC Books . A few barns and other outhouses were totally destroyed, and a dwelling occupied by Sol Bates, near Linden, was utterly demolished, several members of his family being more or less hurt and one child was killed. The storm seems to have entered the county from the southern side, passing between this place and Tennessee City. 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. No fatalities have been reported as yet, but several are very painfully hurt. From the foot of the mountain, near Wonder Cave, half way to the top, two-thirds of the large trees are down. The total list of those killed in Giles County, so far as could be learned the day after the storm was eighteen white people and four negroes, making twenty two in all. [4], List of North American tornadoes and tornado outbreaks, "Tornadoes, with Special Reference to Those That Have Occurred in Tennessee", "A tornado climatology of middle Tennessee (1830-2003)", "The Forgotten F5: The Lawrence County Supercell During the Middle Tennessee Tornado Outbreak of 16 April 1998", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tornado_outbreak_of_late-April_1909&oldid=1076670277, Tornado destroyed two homes about 7mi (11km) south of, Tornado transported a tank weighing 1,300. "November 20, 1900 Tornado Outbreak." Undated. Will McGrew's family consisted of ten. The farms lying on the hillsides are washed in deep gullies and the low land is completely flooded. The 77 killer tornadoes recorded in the year 1909 marked an all-time yearly record for the number of killer tornadoes, a total that was only equaled in the year 1917. Weather.gov > Nashville, TN > April 29, 1909 Tornado Outbreak . The old McGavock home is wrecked. It eventually passed just south of Franklin causing eight deaths and eleven injuries. Damage: At Florence, a village about six miles from here, the large mill known as "Ward Mill", on the Stones River, was blown completely into the river. Special thanks to Sam Shamburger from the National Weather Service office in Nashville, who did extensive research on this tornado outbreak. National Weather Service Many of the inhabitants here moved to Bryson, a few miles away, and that community grew a little bit larger. The property loss cannot be estimated. Another family lost five or six members of its family, as well. Tornado destroyed six homes at Moreland. It will amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars. The house of Mr. Harvey, near town, was turned bottom side up without serious injury to the occupants. April 29, 1909 Tornado Outbreak Weather.gov> Nashville, TN> April 29, 1909 Tornado Outbreak Current Hazards Outlooks Submit a Storm Report Decision Support Hazardous Weather Outlook Detailed Hazards Local Storm Reports (Text) Local Storm Reports (Graphical) Severe Weather Mode Current Conditions Surface Observations Satellite Affecting particularly the Mississippi and Tennessee Valleys, it killed over 150 people, 60 of them in the U.S. state of Tennessee alone. The strongest tornado traveled through Giles and Lincoln Counties. Greatest damage and the most horrible loss of life occurred in the community between Bunker Hill and Bryson, but the destruction was by no means confined to one place. Although not specifically stated in the article, Mr. Henry Reed of Cross Roads died from his injuries per death certificate records. All the houses there are damaged more or less, but no one was killed. BEE SPRING, Tenn. (WKRN) On April 29th and 30th in 1909, Middle Tennessee suffered its deadliest tornado outbreak in history. - A terrific rain and wind storm swept this county last night and many reports of widespread damage and destruction are being received. It cut a huge path over a mile wide through the area. This page was last edited on 12 March 2022, at 09:35. This would be typical of damage reports all along the storm route that night. The cyclone followed the course of Dog Creek, a small stream close to the springs, and followed it until it came to the mouth of the hollow, when it entered the hollow and laid waste everything in its path. The listing is U.S.-centric, with greater and more consistent information available for U.S. tornadoes. NUMBER EIGHT - THE ZEPHYR TORNADO - MAY 30, 1909 Tornado number 8 formed somewhere close to the town of Zephyr, in Brown County, near midnight and destroyed large parts of the town during the early morning hours, leaving little to view except vacant lots. In all there were 12 tornadoes that caused 62 fatalities in Middle Tennessee. The home of Wilson Estes was also destroyed, together with the livery barn of Russell Estes, owner of Primm Springs Hotel. It was an F-4 with winds 207 miles per hour or higher. So one family that lived here in Bee Spring near the cemetery lost seven members of the family including the mother and six children. Therefore a more accurate total of 6 deaths was used here, although the final number may have been even higher.

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1909 tornado outbreak