Wow.
Must be a horrifying thing to live through.
That and big earthquakes.
Prayers to the folks there.
I was watching Channel 5 when it hit. They showed it from their live cam on top of the “Bat Building” as it plowed through. Made my hair stand on end since we’ve been hit here on our farm twice in less than 10 years and it is not a fun ordeal.
Still watching as their reporters show the damage in Germantown and Five Points.
Wow! Someone sent in their video of the tornado as it went through and it was a whomper wedge.
Concerned about my brother and sister-in-law at the moment. They live in Cookeville and the storm was still producing tornados as it went through there a few minutes ago.
Now we wonder what will hit us later this morning as the southern part of this system come through the southern part of the state. Storms are bowing up in AR now and that will be here in a while.
Man we just had major winds south of franklin too....it’s passed now
My Rotts were squalling to get inside
Ruby our ancient black chihuahua was whimpering to get in our bed
Dogs know..as do cats....ours is in basement office
Horses I Hope got in the barn
Wifey oblivious snoring
That looks bad.
We feel lucky - earlier we had a serious hailstorm pass a bit to the south of us, and then a wicked looking “bookend vortex” go by a little to the north. The latter - I went outside to take a look because there was no tornado warning, but from inside our masonry house we could hear the wind roaring, even though it was almost calm and very light rain here. It was a spooky feeling: That vortex was maybe 30 miles in diameter and we were right on the edge of it, yet other than the radar and the (quite loud) roar, one would have thought no storm was near.
Prayers for those hit hard!
Good news is that when Burnie and AOC pass the green new deal these dangerous weather events will never happen again.
2 fatalities. :-(
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — At least two tornadoes touched down early Tuesday in central Tennessee, including one that caused damage near downtown Nashville.
The tornado near downtown reportedly stayed on the ground into Hermitage, about 10 miles (16 kilometers) east of the city.
Police officers and fire crews were responding to about 40 building collapses around the city, Metro Nashville police said.
John C. Tune Airport, Nashville International’s sister airport in West Nashville, “sustained significant damage due to severe weather,” spokeswoman Kim Gerlock said in a statement early Tuesday morning. Several hangars have been destroyed and power lines are down, she said, adding that there are no reported injuries.
Debris scattered across an intersection Tuesday, March 3, 2020, in downtown Nashville, Tenn. The National Weather Service in Nashville confirmed a tornado touched down in the area.
Gerlock asked that the public avoid the airport until further notice and that the Airport Authority has activated its Emergency Operations Center to coordinate response.
A video posted online from east Nashville showed what appeared to be a well-defined tornado moving quickly across the city. Lightning repeatedly flashed while much of the city was in the dark. The whir of the wind could be heard gusting after the tornado moved out of sight.
Images on social media showed extensive damage to buildings, mangled wires on downed power lines and structures that are now unrecognizable as the tornado had reduced them to rubble. One photo showed a white vinyl fence that had fallen a car. Another showed the roof and walls gone from a building that still had what appeared to be boxes stacked on shelves.
A reported gas leak forced an evacuation of the IMT building in the Germantown community, according to WSMV-TV. Photos showed dozens of people in the street carrying their belongings not long after the tornado moved through the city.
Two tornado warnings in Putnam County, east of Nashville, were reported a short time later. The National Weather Service said the tornadoes were confirmed on radar.
Jeff Roberts of the Elections Commission said in a statement early Tuesday that information about damage to polling stations is being collected as polls open for Super Tuesday. Any voter in Davidson County whose assigned precinct has been impacted may vote at the Election Commission Offices, the statement said. Polls open at various times, starting at 7 a.m. CST, depending on the county.
The storm system was forecast to bring an isolated tornado, damaging winds and large hail, news outlets reported. Heavy rain was expected to impact Gulf Coast states over the next several days, according to WTVF-TV.
There were no immediate reports of injuries.
Prayers out to all people involved in this tragedy.
The weather channel is showing a lot of damage right now. Really, really bad. We have had four in our areas in the past couple of years, one hitting Jacksonville, AL and doing heavy damage, tearing down a lot of trees. It hit Jacksonville State University and did a lot of damage. We are thankful the kids were on spring break that night. Prayers up for these people.
Terrible! I hope all the Nashville Freepers are OK. We have them often in my part of TN. My husband has an appointment with his doctor at Vanderbilt on Thursday so we’ll be there. Obviously no damage there or it would be known by now.
My former bass teacher lives and works there. I will see if I can contact him.
Was looking at a drone video on twitter. It looked like quite a few big expensive homes were badly damaged.
It hit Mt. Juliet and Lebanon area as well.
Of COURSE it's all Trump's fault, colluding with the Russians and Storm of the X-Men to keep the bros down. Mighty Bernie would have wrangled that tornado like Pecos Bill and squeezed college money out of it to boot. Yay!
Like that whiny wuss could actually muster it up LOL. Seriously though, that pair of twisters hitting downtown Nashville in 1998 created some high weirdness. Stalks of straw were found totally penetrating hard wooden planks. Someone reported seeing some stuck in aged concrete. Twelve people went in that one which was far less than initially feared.
18 folks taken as of this writing and I wonder why is this not being wrought on the Dem sanctuary vote-manufacturers while we mainland flyovers get nature's wrath more often. I'm thinking how the real common people come out to help the less fortunate that it's an object lesson to the Left and Right Coasters on how to be human.
Of COURSE it's all Trump's fault, colluding with the Russians and Storm of the X-Men to keep the bros down. Mighty Bernie would have wrangled that tornado like Pecos Bill and squeezed college money out of it to boot. Yay!
Like that whiny wuss could actually muster it up LOL. Seriously though, that pair of twisters hitting downtown Nashville in 1998 created some high weirdness. Stalks of straw were found totally penetrating hard wooden planks. Someone reported seeing some stuck in aged concrete. Twelve people went in that one which was far less than initially feared.
18 folks taken as of this writing and I wonder why is this not being wrought on the Dem sanctuary vote-manufacturers while we mainland flyovers get nature's wrath more often. I'm thinking how the real common people come out to help the less fortunate that it's an object lesson to the Left and Right Coasters on how to be human.
Here on the NE coast, we mostly have hurricanes and altho they can be destructive, they are nothing like other storms. Aside from floods or fires, you never know when or where an earthquake will strike. With tornados, you may know they are in your area, but if you are in the center of one, it probably has more destruction of all. And you never know if you will be in its line. I pray for those who were affected today, especially those who lost loved ones. So sad.
Horrible tragedy. It looks like a war zone.
See drone footage of the damage to Nashville:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oO1ERvVxDHo