3 dead from severe weather, tornadoes in Tennessee, North Carolina as storms leave 900-mile trail of damage
Severe storms caused over 900 miles of damage from Kansas to eastern North Carolina, resulting in 13 reports of tornadoes. The storms appeared to impact the country in clusters, with Tennessee, southern Illinois and northern Alabama being the hardest hit by tornadoes. There were also hundreds of hail and damaging wind reports in other nearby states.
The nation's deadly severe weather outbreak continued Wednesday with severe storms from the Carolinas to the Midwest, with fatalities in two states.
Severe storms caused over 900 miles of damage from Kansas to eastern North Carolina, resulting in 13 reports of tornadoes. The storms appeared to impact the country in clusters, with Tennessee, southern Illinois and northern Alabama being the hardest hit by tornadoes. There were also hundreds of hail and damaging wind reports in other nearby states.
Tornado strikes communities around Columbia, Tennessee
A tornado struck communities south of Nashville along Interstate 65 on Wednesday evening. Several injuries and damage was reported.
Two Tornado Emergencies – the most dire warnings from the National Weather Service – were issued in Maury, Marshall, Rutherford and Williamson counties in Tennessee and Dekalb County in Alabama. This came after two other Tornado Emergencies were issued earlier this week in Oklahoma and Michigan, marking the most Tornado Emergencies in a three-day period since March 31, 2023.
Additionally, 136 Tornado Warnings and 563 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings were issued on Wednesday.
As of early Thursday morning, nearly 240,000 power outages were reported across the Southeast, according to PowerOutage.us.
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One person was killed in Claiborne County, Tennessee, after a tree fell on their car during a storm. In Gaston County, North Carolina, a similar event happened west of Charlotte during the afternoon when one person was killed and another was injured by a tree that toppled onto a car.
Late Wednesday night, severe weather moved into Alabama, causing damage in the Huntsville and Henagar areas. The town of Henagar was placed under the Tornado Emergency issued for Dekalb County, and there were reports of substantial damage.
A tornado is believed to have struck communities around Clarksville, Tennessee, in the northern part of the state, and a Tornado Emergency was issued south of Nashville around Eagleville, for a confirmed tornado.
Hear the roar of a powerful Tennessee tornado
A large tornado was spotted south of Nashville on Wednesday and impacted communities around Spring Hill in Central Tennessee.
Maury County Public Schools in Tennessee canceled all after-school activities before the severe weather, and local emergency management encouraged everyone to stay off the roads due to damage. The tornado is believed to have crossed Interstate 65, which was shut down due to at least one vehicle that was flipped during the severe storm.
Car flipped on I-65 south of Nashville during a tornado
At least one car was flipped on I-65 south of Nashville during Wednesday's tornadoes in Tennessee.
The local medical center reported that it was aware of one death and four injuries associated with the event. According to Maury County Office of Emergency Management, damage was extensive to homes and some businesses.
Damage was also reported at Russellville Intermediate School in Morristown, Tennessee, as a tornado-warned storm rolled through Hamblen County on Wednesday morning. District school officials said all students were safe, and there were no injuries.
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE REPORTED IN MICHIGAN AS SEVERE STORMS, TORNADOES SWEEP ACROSS MIDWEST, OHIO VALLEY
Severe storms shift south and east on Thursday
On Thursday, the threat of supercells will be highest from Central Texas to the Ark-La-Tex region during the afternoon and evening. This is where thunderstorms could produce very large hail, potentially up to the size of baseballs. Damaging winds and a few tornadoes are also possible.
A broader severe weather risk stretches from East Texas into the lower Mississippi Valley and Southeast, where large hail and damaging wind gusts are the main threats, along with the potential for a few tornadoes.
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Additionally, more flooding is likely, especially across eastern portions of Texas, where catastrophic flooding has already occurred. Between 2 and 3 inches of additional rain is expected in that region.
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