The National Weather Service said Friday that four tornadoes touched down in Middle Tennessee on Wednesday including one in DeKalb County in the area of Lower Helton and Temperance Hall.
The tornado that hit DeKalb and crossed into Smith county was classified as an EF2. There were no injuries from this storm.
It touched down on Helton Creek southwest of Dry Branch Road in DeKalb County with wind speeds estimated around 125 mph.
The tornado caused damage to homes and barns and uprooted trees along its path as it moved toward Temperance Hall. One of the hardest hit areas appeared to be on Jackson Hollow Road and the Old Temperance Hall Road/Smith Fork Creek Road near the DeKalb/Smith County line.
The summer home of Gene (Robie) and Lois Page which sets on a hill off Smith Fork Creek Road at the county line was heavily damaged.
The storm destroyed a cinder block garage and caused roof damage to a log cabin home on Maynard Hollow Lane in Smith County near the DeKalb County line
The tornado ended around Lancaster.
Two of the four tornadoes that touched down in Tennessee, an EF1 and an EF3 occurred in Wayne County. An EF2 tornado struck in Perry County.
Tennessee has six, confirmed, weather-related fatalities:
* Maury County (3) – two, 17-year-old males; one, 16-year-old female
* Perry County (2) – one, 70-year-old male; one, 69-year-old female
* Rhea County (1) – one, 22-year-old male
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