NWS: EF-3 tornado in Montgomery Co, EF-2 tornado in Madison, Hendersonville areas

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - The National Weather Service said in a preliminary report an EF-3 tornado touched down in Montgomery County on Saturday while an EF-2 tornado struck the Madison and Hendersonville areas.

According to the report, the width of the tornado, which reached speeds of 150 mph, was 600 yards wide. The tornado traveled 11.28 miles in the county from five miles south of Fort Campbell North to five miles south of Trenton, Kentucky. The tornado decreased in size to an EF-2 as it traveled another 31 miles in Kentucky before lifting.

Several homes and businesses sustained damage in Montgomery County. According to the preliminary report, nearly 1,000 homes were impacted including 114 homes destroyed and 268 homes with major damage. Debris was blown across a field toward West Creek Elementary School where the school sustained roof damage. Two dozen new two-story brick apartment homes were damaged in the Peachers Mill Road area with roofs missing on at least a dozen of the structures. Dozens more homes were damaged on Needmore Road with significant roof damage.

After the tornado left Montgomery County, it continued into Todd County, Kentucky.

The National Weather Service said the tornado decreased in size to an EF-2 tornado with winds around 125 mph.

The tornado traveled 13.2 miles in Todd County before exiting into Logan County. The maximum width was 440 yards. It entered the county about five miles west of Guthrie, Kentucky, and continued through the county before exiting on the south side of Allensville, Kentucky.

The tornado continued for around 18 miles through Logan County before lifting. The National Weather Service said it was still an EF-2 tornado there with winds around 115 mph.

An EF-2 tornado struck the Madison and Hendersonville areas, according to the preliminary survey. Winds were in the 120-125 mph range and the storm width was 400 yards.

According to the preliminary report, the heaviest damage was confined to two areas off East Campbell Road and Nesbitt Lane in the Madison area. Multiple single-family homes and a church on East Campbell were missing large sections of their roofs with some exterior walls collapsed. Multiple mobile homes were destroyed on Nesbitt Lane where three people died.

An apartment complex off Palmer Avenue sustained damage. As the tornado moved further northeast, it damaged an industrial complex off Myatt Drive.

The storm continued into Hendersonville downing hundreds of trees and causing roof damage to multiple homes. It also damaged many businesses along Main Street. The tornado continued northeast toward Gallatin.

Storm surveyors were not able to complete their assessment of the storm path and will be looking at the Gallatin area on Monday.