December 2023 Tennessee tornado outbreak
A significant, late-season severe weather and tornado outbreak affected portions of the Southern United States, primarily across the states of Tennessee, Kentucky, and Mississippi.[2] Tennessee was most affected by the outbreak, with multiple damaging tornadoes touching down, including a high-end EF1 tornado that damaged a National Guard Armory site near Dresden,[3] a long-tracked, intense EF3 tornado that caused heavy damage in northwestern portion of Clarksville,[4] and another strong, long-tracked high-end EF2 tornado that prompted a tornado emergency for the city of Hendersonville.[5]
Tornado outbreak
18
December 9–10, 2023
150 mph (240 km/h) (Clarksville, Tennessee EF3 on December 9)
7
92
$62.375 million (2023 USD)[1] (tornado damage only)
The tornadoes resulted in a total of seven deaths and injured 71 others, including 61 from the Clarksville tornado alone.[6][7][8][9] The tornado outbreak scored 15 points on the Outbreak Intensity Score, ranking it as a significant tornado outbreak.[10] This system also caused significant winter storm impacts to the Northeastern United States.
Meteorological history
68 minutes
150 mph (240 km/h)
>$20.75 million (2023 USD)
52 minutes
130 mph (210 km/h)
$20.2 million (2023 USD)