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4th Tornado Confirmed In Tennessee

Posted at 4:15 PM, Sep 03, 2017
and last updated 2017-09-03 17:15:42-04

Officials with the National Weather Service have confirmed a fourth tornado touched down in Tennessee during storms that moved through from the remnants of Hurricane Harvey.

Reports stated the EF-0 tornado briefly touched down along Cotton Branch Road in Linden in rural southeast Perry County around 4:19 p.m. Thursday.

The tornado had max wind speeds of 80 miles per hour. It traveled a path that was one fourth of a mile long and 50 yards wide.

Damage from the tornado included a porch and metal roof that were blown off a home and several trees that were blown down.

Three other tornados were also confirmed from Thursday's storms in both Davidson and Maury counties.