Tennessee here. Apparently some people saw it. I went out and looked — several times. Trees or clouds must have been in the way for me.
To the naked eye the aurora may look like nothing more than thin, diffuse cloudiness, barely visible. It WON’T look like most pictures posted online or in the media. Kinda like comets always seem very disappointing to the naked eye...
A good digicam or cell camera with a long exposure setting (very preferably on a tripod or other stable mount / placement) will do much better.