Tornadoes of February 5, 2008

February 5, 2008
Counties: Monroe, Cumberland (from Sumner, TN)
EF-scale: EF3
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Path width: 440 yards
Path length: 21.2 miles
Time: 10:31pm CST to 10:50pm CST
Notes: About two miles west of Gamaliel the tornado destroyed two conventional homes and two mobile homes. Thirteen residents of the four homes took shelter in the basement of one of the homes. They escaped without injury, though they were trapped in rubble for 30 minutes. Several other homes were damaged in a subdivision one mile north of Gamaliel. The tornado ripped the roof off of a brick home there. It then tracked across rural Monroe County, uprooting and snapping large trees. On the north side of Tompkinsville it destroyed a large wood frame warehouse and twisted a large steel frame metal building off its foundation. A nearby well-built brick home had its roof and exterior walls swept away. It also destroyed a detached three car garage. The tornado then proceeded through a rural area of Cumberland County and lifted about three miles southwest of Marrowbone.

February 5-6, 2008
Counties: Meade
EF-scale: EF1
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Path width: 350 yards
Path length: 6.5 miles
Time: 11:54pm EST to 12:05am EST
Notes: This tornado caused extensive tree and power line damage near Happy Ridge Road, Wood Dale Road, and Maple Grove Drive. Several businesses were damaged in the Broadway and Lakeview Drive area. A cinder block storage building was toppled. The tornado knocked down the exterior wall of another building. A storage building was lifted up and thrown across Broadway. The Old Brandenburg Telephone Company Office had roof damage. A church was damaged near the intersection of Broadway and KY 933.

February 5, 2008
Counties: Hart
EF-scale: EF1
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Path width: 150 yards
Path length: 10.5 miles
Time: 11:32pm CST to 11:43pm CST
Notes: The tornado first touched down near Lone Star, where it destroyed several barns and a mobile home. The tornado next touched down along US 31W north of Bonnieville, where it heavily damaged or destroyed several more barns and mobile homes. It touched down again near the intersection of Hammonville and Bacon Creek roads. Here, it caused minor damage to some homes, destroyed a barn, and damaged the roof of another. The tornado continued on eastward, where it damaged several barns near US 31E.