May 10, 2008
10:00 PM| Date | May 10, 2008 |
| Time | 10:00 PM |
| County | Lauderdale |
| City | Sheffield |
| Property Loss | $100000.00M |
| Crop Loss | $0 |
| Source | NCEI 92866 |
2.0 W Powell - 1.0 WSW Powell A tornado with peak winds of around 95 mph touched down along County Roads 181 and 515 and uprooted and snapped several trees in its path. The tornado also produced minor structural damage to an outbuilding. Start: 34.9700/-87.2600 End: 34.9700/-87.2500
NWS EF Scale: F1
A tornado with peak winds of around 100 mph touched down near a cove along the Tennessee River and moved east northeast, nearly paralleling county road 14 between the Wright and Rhodesville communities. Extensive tree damage was observed with multiple large trees uprooted and many medium size tree trunks snapped. The heaviest damage occurred to a farm along county road 14, where an all metal barn was completely destroyed, an awning adjacent to another outbuilding was ripped off, and concrete posts were ripped from the ground. The metal roofing was catapulted approximately 1/2 of a mile.
A complex of severe thunderstorms produced wind damage and isolated tornadoes in a moist unstable environment near the junction of a warm front and approaching cold front. The tornadic circulations were embedded within the linear segments of the line of thunderstorms that moved through the area. Swaths of wind damage were reported, particularly along interstate 65 between mile markers 295 and 299 near Dodge City.
Part of 5-tornado outbreak on May 10, 2008
A complex of severe thunderstorms produced wind damage and isolated tornadoes in a moist unstable environment near the junction of a warm front and approaching cold front. The tornadic circulations were embedded within the linear segments of the line of thunderstorms that moved through the area. Swaths of wind damage were reported, particularly along interstate 65 between mile markers 295 and 299 near Dodge City.