Since 1950, Davidson County has experienced 58 tornadoes. Wilson County has had 55 tornadoes, Sumner County 52, and Rutherford County 45.
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Yup, it's that time of the year again.
That map shows 52 tornadoes in Sumner County, 55 in Wilson and only 17 in what appears to be Macon and Trousdale counties combined. It does appear that most tornadoes do seem to dissipate before they hit Macon County, at least from what I've seen since we moved here.
Notice I said most. We caught a small one near my house a couple three years after we moved here, causing quite a bit of damage at the house across the road while only knocking down a pecan tree at my place. I believe that one was a spin-off from a slightly larger one that touched down about a mile north of my house.
Then there was the 2008 tornado that barely missed Lafayette, but ripped up my road killing a bunch of people before veering off to the east and thoroughly fucking shit up and completely destroying a church two miles to my southeast. I think the final death toll from that one was 13 Macon County residents.
