At 12:41 a.m. on March 3, a 911 operator answered the call of a panicked man under the Jefferson Street Bridge in Nashville. “Are there current tornadoes on the ground?” he asked. The operator barely had a chance to respond. In the next instant, a forceful wind roared across the phone line. For 33 seconds,…
Storm surveys add tornadoes in Humphreys and Cumberland Counties
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The National Weather Service continued surveying storm damage and confirmed two new areas of tornado damage. The first was in Humphreys County. This is a continuation of the path of the EF-2 tornado already confirmed in Benton County. It moved into across the Tennessee River into Humphreys County northwest of Waverly…
Second tornado confirmed from July 5, 2017 storms
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) A line of thunderstorms spawned a pair of tornadoes in western Middle Tennessee Wednesday evening. The first occurred in Carroll County doing damage in the Cedar Grove community along Hwy 70 southwest of Huntingdon. It was deemed an EF-1 tornado with 100-105 mph winds. The second occurred two hours later on the…