PHILADEPLPHIA, Tenn. (WVLT) – More than a dozen emergency responders headed to the Philadelphia area Friday morning after a storm passed through Loudon County, according to Loudon County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Cody Bengel.
The National Weather Service has since confirmed the storm involved an EF-0 tornado. The NWS’s Anthony Cavallucci said the tornado was two miles long and 200 yards wide.
“We do have a report of a structure being damaged with injuries,” Bengel said.
It happened near Holt Road, according to Bengel. He spoke with WVLT News and confirmed that at least four structures had been damaged. Specifically, he said some buildings had had their roofs ripped off and a camper had been rolled.
Bengel did not know how bad the injuries were or if anyone had died, but said five ambulances had responded to the scene. According to the Tennessee Highway Patrol, those ambulances took four people to the hospital for evaluation.
The sheriff’s office asked people to avoid the area, as multiple trees and power lines were down.
Bengel also thanked several agencies, companies and groups who helped respond:
- Loudon County Fire Rescue
- Loudon County Emergency Management Agency
- Loudon County Dispatch
- Loudon County Highway Department
- Priority EMS
- Loudon Fire Department
- Lenoir City Fire Department
- Philadelphia Fire Department
- Monroe County Sheriff’s Office
- Monroe County Emergency Management Agency
- Monroe County EMS
- North Monroe Fire Department
- Sweetwater Fire Department
- Tennessee Highway Patrol
- Tennessee Department of Agriculture
- Tennessee Emergency Management Agency
- Tennessee Office of Homeland Security
- American Red Cross
- National Weather Service Morristown
- Loudon Utilities
- Sweetwater Utilities
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