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The tornado that caused the destruction and loss of lives in Putnam County ruled a F-4 tornado.
National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed the damage Wednesday including 20 homes destroyed to the foundation.
The tornado is the strongest in Middle Tennessee since the Good Friday tornado on April 10, 2009.
Weather Service officials will be back on the ground Thursday and Friday assessing the complete path of the storm and the width of the tornado.
Scientists use the Fujita Scale to rank tornadoes. An F4 or F5 tornado is categorized as a violent tornado. In an F-4 storm, even the most well-built homes will be reduced to debris. That can make the practice of sheltering to an inside room insufficient to survive. These types of storms can pick up large, heavy vehicles and can fling passenger cars for considerable distances.
