The National Weather Service's Nashville office has confirmed a tornado struck northeast Bedford County early Friday afternoon.

"It appears that a low end EF2 tornado (111 mph-135 mph) struck from 1:15 to 1:25 p.m. starting 4.1 miles north-northeast of Shelbyville to 11.1 miles northeast of Shelbyville," said a storm report issued Tuesday following a visit by NWS meteorologists earlier in the day.

"The path length was about 7.6 miles with a path width of 200 yards."

Damage noted by the NWS included the backside walls and part of the roof of the Eva Carter home on Fairfield Pike, which was left uninhabitable and blown off its foundation. Based on the damage path noticed by T-G news staff members, the initial touchdown was at this residence.

The NWS report also mentioned snapped and uprooted trees; two leveled barns, one a pole barn; homes with roof damage along the tornado's path, most notably in the Country Estates subdivision; and bent utility poles along Wartrace-Bell Buckle Road.

Damage extended as far northeast as Beechwood Road east of Bell Buckle.

At 1:30 a smaller tornado spawned from the same supercell storm touched down briefly in northwest Coffee County around Beech Grove, according to the NWS storm survey.

This tornado was on the ground for approximately one minute with a path of 0.2 miles and a width of 10 yards. Damage included a westbound tractor-trailer blown onto its side on Interstate 24 at mile marker 99 and a few trees blown down.

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(T-G Video by Brian Mosely)