Requested Information for Shelby County,
TN
| Date: 2/5/2008 | Time: 532 pm | Counties Affected:
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| Length of path (miles): 10.2 | Width of Path (feet): 1320 | ||
| Beg Lat/Lon: 34.98 / -90.02 | End Lat/Lon: 35.05 / -89.85 | F-scale: F2 (range of winds from 113-157 mph) |
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| Fatalities: 3 | Injuries: 13 | ||
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| A tornado touched down at Southaven High School and tracked northeast crossing into Shelby County, Tennessee, northeast of the intersection of Stateline Road and Airways Boulevard. Roughly 30 windows were blown out of the High School. The school also sustained minor roof damage. Damage at the high school was classified EF-0. Many homes in the Carriage Hills subdivision sustained minor damages as well. Further northeast, more significant damage occurred near the intersection of Stateline Road and Airways Boulevard in the warehouse area. Three warehouses were destroyed including the Cooper Lighting Plant. A gas station was damaged as well. Damage was classified as EF-2 in this area. Numerous trees, power poles, and lines were knocked down. Minor roof damage occurred along the path as well. The tornado continued northeast and crossed into Tennessee and several warehouses sustained damage. The DSC warehouse near Clarke Road was struck causing EF-2 damage. Three people were killed inside the warehouse. Hardy Bottling Company sustained substantial damage as well. Tractor-trailers were tossed about in the area. Windows were shattered in the Willow Lake Business Park and utility poles and trees were snapped in the area. A utility substation sustained severe damage along Clarke Road causing major power outages in the area. The tornado then continued northeast and struck homes along Maple Tree Drive and Pinbranch Court. Five homes received major damage and had to be condemned. Other homes sustained roof damage. The tornado continued northeast and struck the Hickory Ridge Mall causing a wall to collapse at the Sears Department Store. Six injuries occurred at the mall. This damage was estimated at EF-1. The tornado then struck a Taco Bell along Winchester Road before lifting. Thirteen people in all were transported to an area hospital due to injuries sustained from the tornado. $128,400,000. | |||
REFERENCES Storm Data, Asheville, NC: National Climatic Data Center, 1950-present.Note: The sources above were used to obtain a list of confirmed tornadoes in the National Weather Service Memphis County Warning Area (CWA).This is not a list of all tornadoes that have ever affected this area. Many weaker and more isolated tornadoes occurred that were never reported. |
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