Roane County, TN (WOKI) The National Weather Service Friday confirmed an EF1 tornado touched down in Roane County Thursday night, August 3. That finding coming after NWS meteorologists surveyed damage in the community of Oral, along Highway 70.
“We have found max winds of 95 miles an hour,” said NWS Meteorologist Jeremy Buckles. “The damage was consistent with an EF1 tornado that was about 200 yards wide, at its widest, and had about a half mile path length.”
Buckles said surveys found uprooted trees, damaged outbuildings, and damage to roofs on homes with no reported injuries. He added that an August tornado in Tennessee is a very uncommon event with only five others recorded before in the state.
Thursday’s tornado is the sixth tornado on the list, following the last August tornado that happened in Bradley County in 2004.
