| Type: | Unknown |
| Active: | February 8, 2005 |
| Duration of tornado outbreak1: | 5 Hours, 6 minutes |
| Maximum rated tornado2: | F4 tornado |
| Highest winds | Unknown |
| Tornadoes confirmed: | 31 |
| Damage: | $4.28M (2005 USD) |
| Injuries: | Unknown |
| Fatalities: | 3 |
| Areas affected: | Southeastern United States, Midwest United States |
|
1Time from first tornado to last tornado | |
| Confirmed Total |
Confirmed F0 |
Confirmed F1 |
Confirmed F2 |
Confirmed F3 |
Confirmed F4 |
Confirmed F5 |
| 31 | 13 (6 anti-cyclonic) | 8 (2 anti-cyclonic) | 4 (2 anti-cyclonic) | 4 (2 anti-cyclonic) | 2 (0 anti-cyclonic) | 0 |
On February 8 the SPC issued a High Risk of Severe Weather extending from North Mississippi to Southwest Indiana...a 25% chance of tornadoes was highlighted in Southwest Kentucky, the threat was mostly of Large Hail and Damaging Winds with individual supercells...at about 12:00PM Eastern Daylight Time, Severe Thunderstorms started to initiate...the individual cells started to produce Weak F0 tornadoes...at 12:36PM a Tornado Warning was issued for McCracken County,KY...minutes later a F3 Tornado barreled through Paducah, Kentucky...A F4 tornado ripped through Bowling Green minutes later, killing 3 and causing $1M in damage...
February 8 high risk
High-End F3 damage from the Paducah Tornado
The Paducah F3 tornado at peak intensity
The first tornado of the day.
a F4 near Bowling Green
the Nashville tornado shortly after touchdown
the F1 Shamrock Lakes tornado
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the F3 Indianapolis tornado only seconds after touchdown
the F0 Fort Myers tornado before moving on land
the F1 Saint Petersburg tornado
a F2 stovepipe outside of Orlando
A picture of the soon to become Atlanta F3 as a funnel
a F2 nearing Miami
the beautiful Atlanta F3 shortly after touchdown
the photographic Atlanta F3 at peak intensity.
Atlanta F3 nearing Atlanta
the Universal Studios F0
Muncie F0
the final tornado of the outbreak, a F0 near Charlotte
Feburary 8 event[]
| F# | Time | Town | State | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| F0 | 2007-
2009 UTC |
NW of Paducah | KY | No damage reported |
| F0 | 2014-2032 UTC | N of Owensboro
to NE of Evansville |
KY/IN | Light Damage reported by this Long Track F0 tornado |
| F0 | 2036-2040 UTC | N of Paducah | KY | No Damage reported... |
| F3 | 2046-2153 UTC | Paducah | KY | 1 Death - Heavy Damage from this F3 tornado, many homes were completely destroyed...1 person was killed by this tornado... |
| F4 | 2156-2302 UTC | Bowling Green | KY | 1 Death - F4 tornado almost caused F5 damage...and killed a person, this tornado was also the widest of the day, and of winter and spring 2005 tornadoes |
| F3+ | 2309-2354 UTC | Indianapolis | IN | 1 Death - Heavy Damage reported...currently unknown whether or not this event was a F3 or a F4...but is currently rated a F3 by the NWS |
| F2 | 2314-2356 UTC | SW of Memphis, TN | AR | Several Chicken Coops were destroyed by this F2 tornado...event could have been two separate tornadoes |
| F1 | 2319-2331 UTC | NW of Nashville | TN | A Few Houses sustained roof damage... |
| F4/F5 | 2330-0046 UTC | Downtown Nashville | TN | Massive Tornado causes major injuries, unknown if event was F4 or F5, but is left rated F4 by NWS |
| F3+ | 2341-0017 UTC | Kokomo to Marion | IN | Large Wedge Tornado causes High End F3/Low End F4 damage in downtown Kokomo...Starbucks in front of Markland Mall was blown down, would be blown down again by a EF3 in the August 24, 2016 tornado outbreak...Five Points Mall sustained severe damage... |
| F1 | 2346-2350 UTC | Shamrock Lakes | IN | Moderate Damage reported to homes in Shamrock Lakes, became a waterspout 4 times after passing over 4 of the 7 lakes in Shamrock Lakes |
| F1 | 2348-2356 UTC | Muncie | IN | Moderate Damage to several homes... |
| F0 | 0011-0012 UTC | Fort Myers | FL | Weak waterspout moved on shore for about 25 seconds, very light damage reported. |
| F1 | 0016-0018 UTC | St Petersburg | FL | Weak thunderstorm spawns a tornado in downtown St Petersburg causing light damage. |
This is a WIP