WILSON COUNTY, Tenn. (WTVF) — National Weather Service officials say an EF-1 tornado hit eastern Wilson County and the western part of Smith County Saturday with winds reaching up to 90 miles per hour. Officials’ preliminary report states the tornado spun up near Bell Road in far eastern Wilson County where several trees were downed…
Science of a storm: How a 2% tornado risk turned into total chaos in Tennessee
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,…