Date: January 25, 1999
Time: 10:00 A.M.
Place: Downtown Clarksville, Tennessee
Camera: Minolta 35mm
Warnings: None
Rating: S0 (survey of tornado aftermath)
On the early morning of January 22, a monster storm barreled directly toward the town a Clarksville,
TN. The storm was moving to the northeast. At exactly 4:10 A.M. the tornado hit. It ripped right through
downtown. The tornado, rated at F4, was very similiar, both in size and strength, to the tornado that
hit Jackson, Tennessee only 5 days earlier.
Today, just three days later, we surveyed the destruction. From looking at the damage, the tornado
was about 300 to 400 yards wide, and it was very intense. It damaged many historical buildings in
the downtown area. Here's a map of the tornado's path along with my pictures of the destruction.