The Nashville National Weather Service just released this storm survey from Sumner County.

NWS CONFIRMS EF-1 TORNADO DAMAGE IN SUMNER COUNTY FROM JULY
30TH STORM…

A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GROUND SURVEY TODAY CONCLUDED THAT AN
EF-1 TORNADO OCCURRED AROUND 11 PM CDT LAST EVENING IN SUMNER
COUNTY TENNESSEE. THE TORNADO TRAVELED SOUTH TO NORTH CROSSING
HIGHWAY 52…3 MILES WEST OF WESTMORELAND TENNESSEE. THE TORNADO
DAMAGED A PATH THAT WAS 3 MILES LONG AND 100 YARDS WIDE.

AT LEAST A FEW HUNDRED TREES WERE EITHER SNAPPED OFF OR UPROOTED.
A FEW HOMES SUSTAINED VERY LIGHT DAMAGE WITH WINDOWS BLOWN OUT.
SOME HOMES HAD SHINGLES BLOWN OFF. ONE LARGE BARN WAS FLATTENED.
SEVERAL OUTBUILDINGS AND CARPORTS WERE ALSO DAMAGED.

BASED ON THE DAMAGE…WINDS WERE ESTIMATED BETWEEN 95 AND 100 MPH
WHICH CORRESPONDS TO EF-1 ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE.

NWS NASHVILLE THANKS SUMNER COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
DIRECTOR KEN WEIDNER FOR HIS ASSISTANCE DURING THIS SURVEY.

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