Power Outage in Ashland City, TN

Several hours of severe non-thunderstorm winds led to numerous damage reports across Cheatham County, including downed trees and limbs, downed powerlines, and roof damage. One home along New Hope Road near Coopertown received roof damage after a tree fell on the home. No injuries were reported. Damages are estimated.

Kingston Springs Fire Department reported numerous trees downed in the area with some falling on power lines. Damages are a rough estimate. Time is estimated based on when cold front came through the area.

This EF-2 tornado touched down near Highway 70 between White Bluff and Kingston Springs, blowing down a few trees and causing roof damage to a few homes in Dickson County. Moving into Cheatham County while staying north of Highway 70, there was severe roof damage to homes on Sneed Road and dozens of trees were snapped. Many more homes and a few businesses and churches suffered roof damage and dozens of trees were blown down further to the east along Highway 70, Butterworth Road, and Old Butterworth Road. Several outbuildings collapsed, more homes and churches were damaged, and power poles blown down further eastward along Highway 70 and Cedar Hill Road. The tornado continued northeastward across rural areas of southeastern Cheatham County, blowing down more trees and damaging roofs and outbuildings along Sams Creek Road, Indian Springs Road and Pond Creek Road before the tornado lifted just east of the Davidson County line. The track of this tornado was adjusted using high resolution NASA satellite imagery. Total path length of this tornado was 12.61 miles.

This EF-2 tornado touched down near Highway 70 between White Bluff and Kingston Springs, blowing down a few trees and causing roof damage to a few homes in Dickson County. Moving into Cheatham County while staying north of Highway 70, there was severe roof damage to homes on Sneed Road and dozens of trees were snapped. Many more homes and a few businesses and churches suffered roof damage and dozens of trees were blown down further to the east along Highway 70, Butterworth Road, and Old Butterworth Road. Several outbuildings collapsed, more homes and churches were damaged, and power poles blown down further eastward along Highway 70 and Cedar Hill Road. The tornado continued northeastward across rural areas of southeastern Cheatham County, blowing down more trees and damaging roofs and outbuildings along Sams Creek Road, Indian Springs Road and Pond Creek Road before the tornado lifted just east of the Davidson County line. The track of this tornado was adjusted using high resolution NASA satellite imagery. Total path length of this tornado was 12.61 miles.

A tree was blown down across a powerline.

Trees were blown down onto power lines in Kingston Springs.

Trees were blown down onto power lines in Ashland City.

Trees and power lines were blown down across Cheatham County with power outages.

A power pole was knocked down over Highway 49 near Sweethome Road.

Ice accumulations up to one-tenth of an inch were reported across northern Cheatham County. A trained spotter reported significant icing on trees and other elevated surfaces in the Chapmansboro area. A few trees and power lines were also knocked down by the weight of the ice, resulting in scattered power outages in northern parts of the county.

A 3/4 mile wide by 5 mile long downburst caused minor wind damage to 17 homes, 3 churches, an apartment building and several outbuildings along and either side of Old Clarksville Pike from the Mt Zion area in Cheatham County eastward to the Joelton area in Davidson County. Damage included the roof blown off a barn on Johns Road, part of the roof and porch blown off a small home at 7321 Old Clarksville Pike, and a collapsed porch on a home on Old Clarksville Pike at Park Lane. Numerous trees and power lines were also blown down along and near Old Clarksville Pike that blocked roadways. The downburst continued into far northwest Davidson County, where numerous trees were snapped or uprooted along Harper Road, Douglas Road, Bidwell Road, Old Clarksville Pike, and Eatons Creek Road. Six trees were snapped in the yard of a home at 3429 Binkley Road in Joelton. A mobile home suffered minor exterior damage on Old Clarksville Pike and an outbuilding had roof damage on Eatons Creek Road. The downburst ended near I-24 at Whites Creek Pike. Maximum winds were estimated at 75 mph.

A 3/4 mile wide by 5 mile long downburst caused minor wind damage to 17 homes, 3 churches, an apartment building and several outbuildings along and either side of Old Clarksville Pike from the Mt Zion area in Cheatham County eastward to the Joelton area in Davidson County. Damage included the roof blown off a barn on Johns Road, part of the roof and porch blown off a small home at 7321 Old Clarksville Pike, and a collapsed porch on a home on Old Clarksville Pike at Park Lane. Numerous trees and power lines were also blown down along and near Old Clarksville Pike that blocked roadways. The downburst continued into far northwest Davidson County, where numerous trees were snapped or uprooted along Harper Road, Douglas Road, Bidwell Road, Old Clarksville Pike, and Eatons Creek Road. Six trees were snapped in the yard of a home at 3429 Binkley Road in Joelton. A mobile home suffered minor exterior damage on Old Clarksville Pike and an outbuilding had roof damage on Eatons Creek Road. The downburst ended near I-24 at Whites Creek Pike. Maximum winds were estimated at 75 mph.

Snow and sleet accumulations up to 0.5 fell during the late afternoon on February 20, followed by freezing rain with ice accumulations around 0.25 from the evening on February 20 into the early morning hours on February 21. A few trees and power lines were knocked down across the county. Broadcast media reported the weight of snow, sleet, ice, and rain from all of the winter storms over the previous week caused a gas pump awning at a Shell gas station on Maxey Road near I-24 on the Cheatham/Robertson County line to collapse.

Precipitation totals across Cheatham County ranged from 1 of combined ice and sleet in southern portions of the county to 3 of combined ice, sleet, and snow in northern areas. A Facebook report indicated 1.5 of combined sleet and snow fell 8 miles northeast of Ashland City. Numerous trees and power lines were knocked down across the county, and many roads and schools were closed.

Up to a half inch of ice accumulation was reported by a trained spotter near Ashland City. Also, one inch of sleet accumulation was reported via Facebook in the Ashland City city limits. Many power outages were reported.

Power lines were blown down with power outages north of Ashland City.

Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation reported over 3000 customers without power across mainly the northern half of Cheatham County due to ice accumulations on trees and power lines.

Numerous trees, power lines, and power poles were blown down across Cheatham County. One tree was blown down across Peter Pond Road.

Several power lines were downed in Kingston Springs. Also a fallen tree was reported on a building. Extent of any damage and associated repair cost from the tree falling on the building was unknown.

A one half mile wide swath of wind damage occurred in Ashland City. Damage began at the Harpeth Shores Marina and continued eastward through the downtown area to Bell Street. Numerous trees and power lines were blown down with minor roof damage to several homes and buildings. Winds were estimated around 80 mph. These straight line winds, along with the EF1 tornado to the north, damaged 46 buildings in Ashland Cty according to Cheatham County Emergency Management, including 37 houses, two churches and three apartment buildings, and left two homes uninhabitable. This event was updated in January 2015 based on aerial and street imagery from Google Earth.

Two reports of power lines downed across the county due to ice accumulations of one quarter of an inch from freezing rain. One on those was on Marshall Wood Road in Pegram just off U.S. Highway 70 South in southern portion of the county and the other one was on Ed Harris Road, just off of State Highway 49, just outside of Ashland City.

Several trees and power lines were blown down in Ashland City.

A couple trees and power lines were blown down near Ashland City.

Trees and power lines were downed county wide.

Trees and power lines were down at Pleasant View, Pegram and Kingston Springs.

A few power lines and trees were down on roads.

Ham radio report of power outages and 2 inch diameter trees limbs were down.

Trees and power lines were down.

Power company reported large tree limbs down.