A colored child on W. R. Anderson's farm was killed, making the fourth death so far reported. Dickson was left to the right of the storm's pathway, and fortunately little damage was done here. A tornado destroyed 23 homes and damaged a depot and a hotel in Decherd. Many Nolensville residents said it was the worst storm to ever strike there -- even worse than the notorious cyclone of 1900, which had cut a path only a few hundred yards wide. 1909 Natural Disasters: 1909 Atlantic Hurricane Season, 1909 Earthquakes, Tornadoes of 1909, Late-April 1909 Tornado Outbreak: Amazon.es: Books, LLC, Books, LLC: Libros en idiomas extranjeros The property loss cannot be estimated. Wires all down everywhere and communication with the country cut off. B. Thompson lives was blown across the street and his barn turned over, but his family was not hurt. As soon as a message could be sent to Pulaski, local doctors and citizens hastened to the scene of disaster to aid as much as possible in the work of relief. At Trinity, about seven miles west of here, the damage is beyond description. Damage: At Cross Roads, Scott County, it demolished the home of Henry Reed, debris falling upon him and crushing his skull. Trees were twisted in two and hurled great distances. 1 could not continue on account of the wreckage of the roadways. At least 17 states will be under fire from the multi-day outbreak expected to unleash life-threatening weather conditions -- and the timing of the most violent storms will add to the dangers. This large tornado then passed 2 to 3 miles south of Nolensville, moved 1 mile northwest of Florence Station, passed over Wards Mill (also called Evans Mill or Nice Mill) around 4 miles southeast of Smyrna, then damaged homes and barns just south of Walter Hill. 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. At 2:21 PM, Tornado Watch 183 was issued for northern and central Georgia and the northwest corner of South Carolina. J. A force of men from Scott and Morgan counties under the road overseers, cleared the road on May 3rd. The total damage cannot be accurately stated, but it will go into the thousands of dollars in this section. 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. FROM THE NASHVILLE AMERICAN, MAY 1 1909, PAGE 10, "AT WATERTOWN, TENN.". Elk River is higher than ever before. Frete GRÁTIS em milhares de produtos com o Amazon Prime. In Tennessee, the town of Locke was mostly destroyed by the first F3 tornado. Please select one of the following: Elkton Story Mapper - Bee Springs Tornado, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. There were also numerous reports of livestock killed by flying debris. April 29, 1909 Tornado Outbreak: March 1902 Duck River Flood: November 20, 1900 Tornado Outbreak . Many tenant houses and barns were wrecked on different places. The tornado is included here with an estimated F2 intensity and 2 injuries based on the destruction of the Bush Brown home south of McEwen. Gibbons, of this place, was killed while eating. No information is available farther to the east across the extremely rural area between Decherd and Monteagle, but based on newspaper reports and damage in Franklin and Grundy Counties all lining up in a straight line, the damage in both counties was almost certainly produced by the same tornado. [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=946635209, 1909 natural disasters in the United States, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Tornado destroyed two homes about 7 mi (11 km) south of, Tornado transported a tank weighing 1,300. of those most seriously hurt: Esq. Just a few rods east of the McGrew place stood the home of Bud Guffey. Mrs. Speight, one mile from Charlotte, suffered a severe loss. April 29 1909 10 AL, AR, IL, MO, MS 1 June 5 1908 1 NE 1 May 12 1908 3 IA, NE 2 April 23 … 1800s: St. Patrick's Day Snowstorm of 1892: February 2-3, 1886 Historic Snowstorm: Strange Cylinder of Fire: March 15-16, 1843 Historic Snowstorm: January 7-8, 1843 Historic Snowstorm It is thought that the dead and injured list will be increased by further reports. The emergency is one which as charitable, sympathetic people, we should take prompt steps to alleviate. A family of tornadoes also affected later Hickman and Williamson Counties southwest of Nashville and later moved into Cookeville and Putnam Counties. From the foot of the mountain, near Wonder Cave, half way to the top, two-thirds of the large trees are down. It left 10 people dead and 40 more with serious injuries. This list may not reflect recent changes . Robert Barnes and wife, near Fayetteville. Aftermath of 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 … The writer went across the country to Sulphur Fork, following it up, and through Charlotte, on the west side of town. The creeks are out of banks and all the farm work of the spring is practically lost. This is the first storm of the kind that ever visited this section, although in 1878 much timber was blown down. SHAMBURGER (2017): Based on the Fentress County Gazette article, this damage appears to be yet another tornado produced by the same long track supercell that spawned numerous tornadoes from southeast of Memphis to Cookeville. FROM THE NASHVILLE AMERICAN, MAY 1 1909, PAGE 12, "PERHAPS FATALLY HURT": McEWEN, Tenn., April 30. - A terrific rain and wind storm swept this county last night and many reports of widespread damage and destruction are being received. GRAZULIS: Moved NE from 9 miles W of Dickson to Charlotte and on to Bellsburg. No fatalities have been reported as yet, but several are very painfully hurt. During the morning hours of November 14, the local forecasts issued a warning for severe thunderstorms on Wednesday. Will McGrew's family consisted of ten. FROM THE PULASKI CITIZEN NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ON MAY 6, 1909 "FIFTY HOUSES WRECKED. [2], The April 1909 outbreak was part of an active and deadly year nationally for tornadoes. Therefore, the Franklin County damage (at least F2) and Grundy County damage (F1) were combined into this entry and added to the NWS Nashville tornado database. Mr. McNutt, wife and three children, near Fayetteville. Jim Cheat, a prosperous farmer near town, lost his barn, and had one very fine mule killed by the storm. Miss Jennie Kelso, Fayetteville; killed by live electric light wire. Damage: One hundred trees were blown across the Rugby Pike, delaying the mails that day, for it was next to impossible to get through. I made the following changes: A heavy storm raged here throughout the night. Multiple locations were found. All of the buildings belong to the Fentress Coal & Coke Company. From that point, the storm moved into the Greenbrier section, where it destroyed two stores, several churches, and numerous farm houses, barns and outbuildings. The courthouse was unroofed, and sixteen of its beautiful shade trees uprooted. Three other tornadoes killed four people in the Memphis coverage area, including in St. Francis and Lee Counties in Arkansas and Haywood County in Tennessee. His daughter, who had her leg broken, crawled to hear father's aid by the light of a flash of lightning and found him dying. - A terrific cyclone passed through a portion of Maury, Giles, Hickman and Williamson Counties last night, and as a result thirty-five or forty known dead and a hundred or more injured, some seriously. 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. From there, it crossed over to Columbia Avenue, where it completely wrecked everything along both sides of the pike, from Winstead Hill to the area just adjacent to Battle Ground Academy. The most terrible cyclone in the history of Giles County struck with great fury between 11 and 12 o'clock Thursday night. The storm was about two miles south of Alexandria, and the following farmers had their barns demolished entirely or unroofed: James Dinwiddle, J. S. Turner, J. D. Griffith, Oby Jenkins, G. G. Gibbs, Vick Groom, Bob Vannatta, John Midgett (two), Mort Foutch, and Hanison Self. A thorough reading of the Nashville American, Nashville Tennessean, and Pulaski Citizen newspaper articles for several days after the tornado outbreak indicates 22 deaths occurred in Giles County and 9 deaths occurred in Lincoln County, for a total of 31 deaths from this tornado. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Marlin was completely demolished. The description of the tornado path by Grazulis does not match the reports in the Nashville American and Williamson Herald, which indicate the tornado passed around 1 mile south of Franklin, not north as Grazulis wrote, with heavy damage in Hillsboro, Southall, on Carter's Creek Pike, between Winstead Hill and the Battleground Academy on Columbia Pike, at the Historic Carenton Plantation, and on Lewisburg Pike. The photo was taken from inside one of three VORTEX-99 mobile mesonet vehicles. Am 3. 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. But nowhere was the loss of life greater or the destruction of property more complete than in Giles County. the 1907 Orestes, Indiana tornado, also known as the 1907 Tippecanoe-Randolph County, Indiana tornado or the 1907 Summitville, Indiana tornado was a long-tracked and devastating F5 tornado that devastated communities across north central Indiana on May 7, 1907. The old Henry Wade residence, a two-story frame buildings, was demolished, and also several cabins on the place. GRAZULIS: Moved NE … A school was reportedly carried intact for two miles, touching the ground every 200-300 yards, leaving holes in the earth. Another tornado or downburst later struck near Monterey in eastern Putnam County, as the Nashville American reported "one of the worst wind storms in the history of the town" unroofed houses and barns, but the description of the damage is unclear whether a tornado or downburst was the cause. Parts of the planning mill were blown through F. H. White's residence, some 200 yards away, and Mrs. White was slightly injured and their house considerably damaged. Jack Pope's home was wrecked and he and his wife were killed. 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. The residence of Rush Brown, four miles from town, was razed to the ground and Mrs. Brown dangerously injured by the falling of the roof. Here is an opportunity in my judgement, for an exhibition of true Christian benevolence. At this time it is impossible to ascertain the damage and loss of life to stock; no lives so far reported. With the exception of several street lights being burned out, the damage at McEwen was slight. The track of the cyclone was about a mile in width, passing across the country from west to east and north of Murfreesboro. This page was last edited on 28 May 2017, at 02:19 (UTC). Mobile mesonets - cars outfitted with mounted surface weather stations - are positioned near tornadoes … SHAMBURGER (2016): Although Grazulis reported 10 deaths and 40 injuries from this major tornado, newspaper articles from the Nashville American and Williamson Herald indicated several more people were injured, killed, or eventually died from their injuries in the days after the tornado. It is reported that one man is dead, but his name cannot be ascertained. Mai 1999 war eine der schlimmsten Naturkatastrophen in den USA. Sixty-three people lost their lives and more than 200 were injured from a total of 12 tornadoes. This page was last edited on 28 May 2017, at 02:19 (UTC). The April 1982 tornado outbreak affected areas from north Texas to Illinois, but, as most outbreaks, was marked by several deadly and destructive tornadoes. - The windstorm in this county Thursday night was probably the worst in its history. FROM THE NASHVILLE AMERICAN, MAY 4 1909, PAGE 5, "HEAVY DAMAGE AT CHARLOTTE": CHARLOTTE, Tenn., May 3. One-half of the house where Attorney J. Intensity was unclear but probably F2 based upon descriptions. Will Hudson, another farmer near Charlotte, lost his barn, and had several head of stock crippled by the storm. Brave men bared their backs to the chilly rain to provide wraps for suffering women and children; and worked through the dreary hours till daylight, searching for the dead and endeavoring to relieve the suffering of survivors. FROM THE NASHVILLE AMERICAN, MAY 4 1909, PAGE 5, "THREE CHURCHES DESTROYED": ALEXANDRIA, Tenn., May 3. SHAMBURGER (2016): Based on the locations of damage reported by Grazulis and in the Pulaski Citizen, the Nashville American, and the Nashville Tennessean newspapers, the path of this tornado as plotted by Grazulis is incorrect, and is certainly oriented more east-northeastward similar to the other tornadoes on this day. At Leiper's Fork, in Williamson County, a mother and three children were killed in their home. A. C. Morgan's house was blown away and Mrs. Morgan was badly injured, but not fatally, it is thought. FROM THE NASHVILLE AMERICAN, MAY 1 1909, PAGE 10, "FROM MURFREESBORO, TENN.": MURFREESBORO, Tenn., April 30. 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. For about one mile north of Florence the telegraph poles were twisted off and thrown across the N., C. & St. L. Railroad, which obstructed traffic for a considerable time last night. Six people were killed in Hickman County, along a track through Shipps Bend, Centerville, and Little Tot. Damage: At Rudolphtown, which lies between Port Royal and Clarksville, one man was killed whose name has not been ascertained here. One room was left of his home place, a seven-room dwelling, and it was in this room the family sought refuge. Content is available under CC BY-SA 3.0 unless otherwise noted. J. M. Colston and wife, near Fayetteville. Ward's Mill, one of the oldest country mills in the country, was blown bodily into Stones River. This tornado was almost certainly produced by the same supercell that spawned the even worse Giles/Lincoln County tornado just to the west. The path of the cyclone at this point is about 300 yards wide, and was accompanied by a heavy rain and thunder and electrical display. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. Numbers of barns completely wrecked, and several houses ruined. - At Statesville, seven miles from here, the storm of Thursday night destroyed the three churches and the school building. 2,636 likes. Only two houses were left standing. Great injury was done forests. Damage: A destructive tornado outbreak struck a wide swath of the Southern and Eastern United States as well as Canada on November 15 and 16, 1989. SHAMBURGER (2017): The path of this tornado, which touched down just south of where the Franklin tornado occluded near Clovercroft, was estimated to begin southwest of the Trinity Methodist Church southeast of Franklin. The Bee Springs tornado touched down in northernmost Limestone County, Alabama, before crossing the into Lincoln and Giles Counties in Tennessee. A number of houses have been damaged by falling timber, one or two thrown off the foundations and one large two-story building completely demolished. One person was killed near Nolensville and another near Walterhill. From April 3 to 4, 1974, there were 148 tornadoes confirmed in 13 U.S. states and the Canadian province of Ontario. It then completely blew away Webb & Crawford's Planning Mills and the stock house of the Cookeville Roller Mills. A gulch just west of the town evidently broke the force so that no serious damage has resulted. Please try another search. THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, April. Miss Daisy Marshall received a few slight wounds. One brick home was completely demolished. It is miraculous that there was no more personal injuries, as this was the worst storm ever seen in this part of the State. Thousands of trees were downed and cattle were killed. 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. Tornado ‘outbreak’ and severe storms with ‘baseball-sized hail’ rage across south destroying homes & putting 45M at risk. It is impossible to estimate the property loss, probably not less than a hundred thousand dollars. Ein Tornado … W. C. Greer lost his large barn and two mail hacks. Franklin, Tenn., Apr. North of Memphis, Tennessee, two F3 tornadoes killed a total of 22 from Crittenden County, Arkansas, to Carroll County, Tennessee. Some homes were reportedly destroyed in six counties further to the ENE, but tornadoes there are not confirmable. The night of the 29th was one of severe wind and rain, with heavy thunder and lightning the cyclone coming at 2 a.m. Friday morning with a low terrible rumbling heard by those awake at Rugby. FROM THE NASHVILLE AMERICAN, MAY 2 1909, PAGE 5, "FALLING TIMBER": WILDER, Tenn., May 1. Homes were destroyed in Marion, Arkansas, resulting in five deaths in Arkansas. Dickson was left to the right of the storm's pathway, and fortunately little damage was done here. I call upon all persons in this community who will contribute to this object to leave contributions at either of the banks. The plate glass show windows stood the shock, but a number of other smaller lights in the windows were broken. In town here a number of window panes were broken. About 75 homes were damaged or destroyed at Centerville, and losses totaled over $100,000. An F4 tornado … Columbia, Tenn., April 20. Mrs. Will Adcock and her daughter are reported killed, but not verified. The cyclone went from Primm's on to Centreville. However, for several hours a strong gale blew, and there was more or less excitement in the town throughout the night.
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