Result of the Work of the Storm in Dickson County": DICKSON, Tenn., April 30. One of the heaviest and hardest rains followed by a hail storm; hundreds of trees blown down and nearly all orchards ruined. Mrs. Welch and son, Byron, sustained slight injuries, the former being hit on the head and the latter had a gash cut in his cheek. The tornado continued into Giles County where nine more people lost their lives. Part of a larger outbreak that started a few days earlier, the unrelenting barrage of . A portion of the residence of Mrs. Alice Estes was blown away. The tornado was a mile wide at times, and its winds reached 300 mph, putting it at the top of the Fujita scale for tornado intensity. A gulch just west of the town evidently broke the force so that no serious damage has resulted. One person was killed near Nolensville and another near Walterhill. A tornado outbreak March 24-25 dropped several long-track, powerful tornadoes in Alabama, one of which impacted cities like Greensboro, Brent and Centreville and stayed on the ground for more than . Some homes were reportedly destroyed in six counties further to the ENE, but tornadoes there are not confirmable. This is the first storm of the kind that ever visited this section, although in 1878 much timber was blown down. Dickson was left to the right of the storm's pathway, and fortunately little damage was done here. SHAMBURGER (2016): Despite the death of the child and significant damage to the two homes in Perry County, this tornado was not included in Grazulis' book Significant Tornadoes 1680-1991. In its course from Rudolphtown to the Robertson County line the storm put out the eyes of several mules and other stock at Hinton, blew down the residence and stable of Joe Rosson, blew away the residence of Mrs. Ella Rosson and blew her over 100 yards. The most frightful wreckage and loss of life occurred in the little valley through which passes the road from Bunker Hill to Bryson, and in which were located the homes of Bud Guffey, Will McGrew, Lee Smith, J. S. Bryson and others. 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. Several other houses were blown down and a number of people injured. Here is an opportunity in my judgement, for an exhibition of true Christian benevolence. Among those whose homes are wrecked are Postmaster C. H. Underhill, Asa Hickerson, Mrs. Lizzie McPherson and Jim Butler. At this time it is impossible to ascertain the damage and loss of life to stock; no lives so far reported. All of the buildings belong to the Fentress Coal & Coke Company. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) The deadliest tornado outbreak ever in Middle Tennessee struck the region from the evening hours of April 29, 1909, through the night and into the next day on April 30, 1909. From that point, the storm moved into the Greenbrier section, where it destroyed two stores, several churches, and numerous farm houses, barns and outbuildings. Damage: Eight-year-old boy of Paulina Farris, colored, Centreville. Some homes were reportedly destroyed in six counties further to the ENE, but tornadoes there are not confirmable. From Conway eastward to the county line, and even beyond through Lincoln County a wide path of destruction and desolation was swept through a prosperous and happy farming community. The dwelling of Lon Dowell was unroofed, and the house of Will Hickman was blown fifty yards and caught fire and was consumed. The next place in Tennessee was the farm of Mrs. Kate Wall, where all the fences and outbuildings were blown away and considerable other damage wrought. In addition to those killed outright many were more or less seriously injured. (Bud) Hardy, Mrs. Louie Gordon, who was living with her mother, Mrs. Eliza Wilkinson, was cut and bruised about the face and arm. One brick home was completely demolished. "April 29, 1909 Tornado Outbreak." Undated. Mrs. Speight, one mile from Charlotte, suffered a severe loss. A. C. Morgan's house was blown away and Mrs. Morgan was badly injured, but not fatally, it is thought. On account of the destitution which is reported to exist in the stricken district, Mayor Northington has issued the following statement: "Reports having reached me of the destitution occasioned by Thursday night's storm, on account of which scored of persons have lost all of their means and been rendered homeless, it becomes my duty to make the fact known in our citizens officially. Many tenant houses and barns were wrecked on different places. Besides the loss of property, which is now estimated at $100,000, seven known dead are reported, and injured. 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. The largest national tornado outbreak was the Super Outbreak of April 26-28, 2011, which spawned more than 300 tornadoes across the eastern United States. 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In the end, this first tornado, an F3, cut a path 45-miles long through Hickman, Maury, and Williamson counties. Tornado Outbreak of April 29, 1909 (The following newspaper article was transcribed from The Pulaski Citizen of May 6, 1909.) Bud Guffey, his wife, and two chidlren. Homes were destroyed in Marion, Arkansas, resulting in five deaths in Arkansas. The worst damage to houses is the home of Prof. J. M. Goulson, a good two-story house, completely ruined, but no loss of life, though to look at the ruins seems marvelous that the family escaped. Historian John Lancaster with the Giles County Historical Society recalled that fateful night. 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. Damage was noted 1 mile N of Franklin. The strongest tornado confirmed so far from. - 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. A path about 100 yards wide was swept clear of timber. Mrs. Hughes' house was torn into kindling wood, but she was not at home at the time. These pictures show the damage in Centerville in Hickman County where there were nine deaths and 32 injuries. The strongest, an F-4 with winds 207 mph or higher traveled for 30 miles across Giles and Lincoln counties killing 31 people in all. GRAZULIS: Moved NE from 9 miles W of Dickson to Charlotte and on to Bellsburg. This historical footage of Oklahoma's worst-ever tornado outbreak was assembled using News 9's on-air broadcast along with storm tracker footage and some images/interviews with viewers. - This place was visited Thursday night about 1 o'clock by a cyclone traveling in a southeasterly direction. "Death Toll in Ninety-five." 10-18-1909, p. 1. 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Many Lives and Much Property Lost in Giles County. You can see his full report here. The majority of the 34 deaths caused by this F4 tornado were in the residential areas of the east and south areas of the town. So one family that lived here in Bee Spring near the cemetery lost seven members of the family including the mother and six children. The Sixth District schoolhouse, of Rutherford County, was blown a distance of fifteen or twenty feet and left standing without showing any visible results of great damage. April 20, 1909: A windstorm "of great cyclonic power" caused $15,000 of damage in Putnam County. Jeff Dunnivant, a tenant on Irby Scruggs' place and his family escaped from the wreckage of their home with only slight injuries, but not a fragment of anything was left to the family, except the night clothes in which they were sleeping. The large marble shaft erected to the memory of the Collier family, and in the private ground, was thrown to the ground. But the daily mail from Charlotte brings a letter from Circuit Court Clerk J. J. Taylor to the effect that about twenty-five residences were destroyed there. Only two houses were left standing. On May 30, 1909, the Zephyr tornado touched down close to the town of Zephyr. FROM THE NASHVILLE AMERICAN, MAY 1 1909, PAGE 2, "OVER FIFTY HOUSES WRECKED. A large oak tree was lifted bodily and blown across it, crushing in the roof. At Bee Springs, five members of a family were killed in one home, and seven in another family died in a nearby home. FROM THE WILLIAMSON HERALD NEWSPAPER: The second tornado that night struck at 11:15 p.m. about four miles southwest of Nolensville. Miss Daisy Marshall received a few slight wounds. One son, Oscar, was hit by falling timbers and considerably bruised. [3] However, the 1909 outbreak did not produce any F5 tornadoes on the Fujita scale; only one such event occurred in Tennessee on April 16, 1998. W. S. McLaurine's baby were also killed. Striking the residence of Prof. W. H. Hooks it blew away all of his residence except the kitchen, his stable, outbuildings and shade trees. Submit a Storm Report; Briefing Page; Outlooks; Hazardous Weather Outlook; Detailed Hazards; Local Storm Reports (Text) Local Storm Reports (Graphical) Severe Weather Mode; Current Conditions. Large trees were torn and twisted from the roots, and in some places scarcely a tree was left uninjured in a whole forest. Damage: All NOAA, (The following newspaper article was transcribed from The Pulaski Citizen of May 6, 1909.). Mrs. Brown was seriously if not fatally injured. There were no additional fatalities from these tornadoes. A special thanks to the Nashville National Weather Service office and Lead Forecaster Sam Shamburger for his research on this tornado outbreak. The farm of James Welch, near Sango, was swept clean, every building on it being wrecked. - The house of Bush Brown, on Hurricane Creek, three miles from McEwen, was destroyed by a heavy wind last night. FROM THE PULASKI CITIZEN NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ON MAY 6, 1909 "FIFTY HOUSES WRECKED. The cyclone struck Primm Springs, a summer resort in Hickman County, and devastated the country. Get the Android Weather app from Google Play, 5 reported dead after severe weather in Kentucky,, Rollover crash on I-65N in Davidson County leads, Man hit, killed on Old Hickory Blvd. 1 could not continue on account of the wreckage of the roadways. 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. 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. Telephone lines are a mass of wires and poles. The loss in timber alone in this section was placed at $100,000. The McConnico Church southeast of Franklin was also heavily damaged. - The most horrible catastrophe ever known in Lincoln County was the cyclone which passed through the county last night about midnight, wrecking homes, destroying lives and injuring a large number of citizens. The path length was estimated based on a beginning point in the Bushtown area and end point just past Algood. The Tri-State Tornado occurred on March 18, 1925. 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. Farther to the east, the homes of Mrs. Upchurch and Mr. McAdoo were damaged or destroyed northwest of Lascassas. Many Lives and Much Property Lost in Giles County. And those individuals are buried in the Bee Spring Cemetery that you see here today.. Nashville, TN500 Weather Station RoadOld Hickory, TN 37138615-754-8500Comments? 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. Hardest-hit areas were in and around Pulaski, Bryson and Fayetteville. FROM THE NASHVILLE AMERICAN, MAY 2 1909, PAGE 5, "FALLING TIMBER": WILDER, Tenn., May 1. GRAZULIS: Moved NE from just over the Alabama line, crossing extreme SE Giles County to 5 miles NW of Fayetteville. A colored child on W. R. Anderson's farm was killed, making the fourth death so far reported. Please try another search. The most lives were lost in the Bee Spring community of Giles County. At Cross Roads, Scott County, it demolished the home of Henry Reed, debris falling upon him and crushing his skull. 1998 - 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. | All Rights Reserved. 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 late-April 1909 tornado outbreak was a deadly tornado outbreak that affected much of the central and Southern United States between April 29 and May 1, 1909. His mother, who was seriously injured, and a little boy were rescued with much difficulty from the ruins. In addition, Grazulis did not include the part of this tornado's path in northwest Robertson County near Sadlersville, which was included here along with the reported one injury. GRAZULIS: The entire town of Statesville had severe downburst damage. Following are some of the more serious losses: Lee Smith, house and barn; J. S. Bryan, house and barn; Werner Stevenson, house and barn; W. H. Watson, house and barn; Otha Young, house and barn; W. S. McLaurine, house and barn; Irby Scruggs, residence, outhouses and tenant houses; - barn escaped, Mrs. Eliza Wilkinson, residence; Hood Wilkinson, orchard, shop and barn, resident damaged, but not wrecked; T. J. Hardy, residence and barn; Ike Shapard, gin, The Scruggs' school house, near Conway, and the school house and church at Bee Spring were utterly swept away. The property loss will mount into the thousands. The storm seems to have entered the county from the southern side, passing between this place and Tennessee City. Their bodies were recovered the next morning at about daylight. The entire town of Statesville had severe downburst damage. The second highest number of fatalities occurred from an F-3 tornado with winds of 158 miles per hour or higher that ravaged Hickman and Williamson counties. It touched down during the dead of night between 10 and 11as it moved into Williamson County. Please select one of the following: Nashville (KOHX) Local Standard Radar (low bandwidth), Hopkinsville, KY (KHPX) Local Standard Radar (low bandwidth), Hytop, AL (KHTX) Local Standard Radar (low bandwidth), Columbus, MS (KGWX) Local Standard Radar (low bandwidth), National Radar Standard Radar (low bandwidth), Southern Mississippi Valley Local Standard Radar (low bandwidth), Central Great Lakes Local Standard Radar (low bandwidth), Southeast Local Standard Radar (low bandwidth), State of Tennessee and Middle TN Daily Climate, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The lightning flashed incessantly, and all evidences indicated that a great storm was raging in the neighboring sections. Fortunately no one was killed, but several were wounded. The second largest was the Super Outbreak of April 3-4, 1974, which was credited with producing 148 tornadoes in the central and southern United States (though 4 of these were later . The Bee Spring Church was destroyed and many graves in the cemetery are the resting places of those killed that fateful day. A force of men from Scott and Morgan counties under the road overseers, cleared the road on May 3rd. - Following the trail of the storm which passed through Centreville April 9, the tornado last night between 10 and 11 o'clock was one of the most appalling that has visited this section probably in half a century. One of the saddest stories took place at Leiper's Fork. The plate glass show windows stood the shock, but a number of other smaller lights in the windows were broken. Besides the loss of property, which is now estimated at $100,000, seven known dead are reported, and injured. J. M. Colston and wife, near Fayetteville. Others moved to towns like Elkton, which is the closest incorporated town to the area, Lancaster said. A total of 22 people were killed in that area (Giles County), and seven near "Millville" (Lincoln County). The damage in town is slight compared with the country. A number of small barns was blown down. - Following the trail of the storm which passed through Centreville April 9, the tornado last night between 10 and 11 o'clock was one of the most appalling that has visited this section probably in half a century. A portion of the residence of Mrs. Alice Estes was blown away. Coming as it did near midnight, when the people generally were asleep, many barely escaped in their night clothes. Henry Frate, colored, who lived on Finis Brown's farm, was so badly hurt that he may not recover. Another strong tornado struck Franklin County near Decherd. The 77 killer tornadoes recorded in the year 1909 marked an all-time yearly record for the number of killer tornadoes, a total that was only equaled in the year 1917. Miss Jennie Kelso, Fayetteville; killed by live electric light wire. A large oak tree was lifted bodily and blown across it, crushing in the roof. BEE SPRING, Tenn. (WKRN) On April 29th and 30th in 1909, Middle Tennessee suffered its deadliest tornado outbreak in history. This tornado is estimated to have touched down in Fentress County southwest of Gatewood Ford Road just west of the Morgan County border, then moved northeast to near where the Crooked Creek and Clear Fork meet destroying a sawmill (F1), and then on into Morgan County. The tornado likely began in Humphreys County based on the information by Grazulis and the Nashville American. Please Contact Us. The old McGavock home is wrecked. Mr. Brinkley's house was carried from its foundations, as was a newly completed house of J. Fayetteville was not in the pathway of the cyclone, but was near it. This list does not include F0 events. All the houses there are damaged more or less, but no one was killed. However, the party living in this was away. B. Barnes'. Greatest damage and the most horrible loss of life occurred in the community between Bunker Hill and Bryson, but the destruction was by no means confined to one place. The Elk Cotton Mill was damaged about $5,000. J. M. Colston and wife, near Fayetteville. This would be typical of damage reports all along the storm route that night. After striking Nolensville, the storm moved into Rutherford County. The old McGavock home is wrecked. In town here a number of window panes were broken. The town of Statesville, six miles from here, was struck last night by a tornado. The young son of J. L. Cox, who lives on Hervey Whitfield's farm in District No. SHAMBURGER (2016): This tornado was not included in Grazulis' book Significant Tornadoes 1680-1991. - The windstorm in this county Thursday night was probably the worst in its history. Much of the land was washed. And the tornado also injured 70 people as it traveled through the county, Lancaster said. 11 deaths were recorded in the Missouri storm, 5 near Texas City and 29 along the Alabama-Tennessee state line. Coming into Robertson County the storm struck the barn of Mrs. Laban Warfield on the place occupied by Mr. Duff. No lives were lost, but live stock suffered greatly. Columbia, Tenn., April 20. NWS The parent supercell thunderstorm continued on to produce additional tornadoes in Scott County. Affecting particularly the Mississippi and Tennessee Valleys, it killed over 150 people, 60 of them in the U.S. state of Tennessee alone. NWS Damage: Ab Hays, of Nashville, who was visiting Joe Rosson's family, near Port Royal, was seriously hurt by timbers, and died this morning. These are some notable tornadoes, tornado outbreaks, and tornado outbreak sequences that have occurred in North America. All NOAA.
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