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An AWOS station at the Smyrna Airport measured a peak non-thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph. Several hours of severe non-thunderstorm winds resulted in numerous damage reports, including downed and uprooted trees, downed powerlines, and roof and other property damage across all of Rutherford County. In Smyrna, a Twitter user using #tspotter shared pictures of a destroyed shed while in Nolensville, a roof was torn off of an outbuilding. Damages are estimated.

Trees and power lines were blown down in downtown Murfreesboro, including a tree that fell onto a house on East Vine Street.

Report of a tree down on powerlines on Cotton Court.

Numerous trees and power lines were blown down across Rutherford County with widespread power outages.

Numerous trees and power lines were blown down across the Lake Forest subdivision in La Vergne with some falling on cars and homes.

A large and intense downburst affected northern Rutherford County from I-840 near Hickory Grove Road southeastward across Mona Road and Powells Chapel Road to around Walterhill. Dozens of trees were snapped and uprooted, power lines and poles were blown down, and fences and outbuildings damaged.

A large and intense downburst affected northern Rutherford County from I-840 near Hickory Grove Road southeastward across Mona Road and Powells Chapel Road to around Walterhill. Dozens of trees were snapped and uprooted, power lines and poles were blown down, and fences and outbuildings damaged.

A tree was blown down onto power lines and caused a small fire on Jones Blvd. near Northfield Blvd.

Power lines were blown down on Shelbyville Highway.

Power lines were blown down at 3156 Emery Road.

Three power poles were snapped on Barfield Road.

A large downburst associated with the rear flank downdraft of the Cool Springs and Four Corners Marina tornadoes caused damage across a wide swath of northeast Williamson, far southeast Davidson, and far northwest Rutherford Counties. In Williamson County, dozens of trees were snapped and uprooted from the Concord Pass area across Waller Road, Forest Trail, and Nolensville Pike, with minor roof and siding damage to numerous homes and a few trees falling on outbuildings and houses. One duplex on Nolensville Pike was heavily damaged by multiple trees falling onto it. ||In Davidson County, trees and power poles were blown down on Pettus Road, and several other trees were snapped and uprooted on Burkitt Road and near Cane Ridge Park. TDOT reported trees down at 13390 Old Hickory Blvd. Several tall power poles were blown down on Nashville Highway near Hickory Woods Drive, and scattered trees were snapped or uprooted in the Hickory Woods Estates and Peppertree Forest subdivisions. ||In Rutherford County, a large truck parked at 1325 Heil Quaker Road in La Vergne was blown over, injuring a man inside who was transported to the hospital. Scattered trees were also snapped and uprooted across the Lake Forest subdivision, where one house was severely damaged by a fallen tree on Frontier Lane. Several more homes suffered roof and siding damage on Cedar Bend Lane, Angel Way Court, and Hollandale Road. Winds in this 12 mile long by 2 mile wide downburst were estimated around 80 mph.

A large downburst associated with the rear flank downdraft of the Cool Springs and Four Corners Marina tornadoes caused damage across a wide swath of northeast Williamson, far southeast Davidson, and far northwest Rutherford Counties. In Williamson County, dozens of trees were snapped and uprooted from the Concord Pass area across Waller Road, Forest Trail, and Nolensville Pike, with minor roof and siding damage to numerous homes and a few trees falling on outbuildings and houses. One duplex on Nolensville Pike was heavily damaged by multiple trees falling onto it. ||In Davidson County, trees and power poles were blown down on Pettus Road, and several other trees were snapped and uprooted on Burkitt Road and near Cane Ridge Park. TDOT reported trees down at 13390 Old Hickory Blvd. Several tall power poles were blown down on Nashville Highway near Hickory Woods Drive, and scattered trees were snapped or uprooted in the Hickory Woods Estates and Peppertree Forest subdivisions. ||In Rutherford County, a large truck parked at 1325 Heil Quaker Road in La Vergne was blown over, injuring a man inside who was transported to the hospital. Scattered trees were also snapped and uprooted across the Lake Forest subdivision, where one house was severely damaged by a fallen tree on Frontier Lane. Several more homes suffered roof and siding damage on Cedar Bend Lane, Angel Way Court, and Hollandale Road. Winds in this 12 mile long by 2 mile wide downburst were estimated around 80 mph.

A tSpotter Twitter report indicated power lines were blown down near Florence Station.

Numerous reports of trees and power lines down across Rutherford County.

A large tree was blown down on power lines at West Primm Lane and Sulphur Springs Road blocking the roadway.

Trees and power lines were blown down on Mercury Blvd in Murfreesboro.

Precipitation totals across Rutherford County ranged from 0.5 to 1.5 of combined ice and sleet. A CoCoRaHS observer 2.1 miles SW of La Vergne measured 0.6 of combined ice and sleet, while a Facebook report from Murfreesboro measured 0.66 of ice. Numerous trees and power lines were knocked down across the county, and many roads and schools were closed.

Reports from local fire departments and trained spotters indicate major wind damage along Couchville Pike just west of the Wilson County line. Numerous trees and power lines were blown down with several trees falling onto and damaging 3 homes. A porch was also blown off a home at 6450 Couchville Pike. Winds were estimated from damage reports and radar at up to 75 mph.

The roof of a mobile home was blown off on Weakley Lane with multiple trees and power lines down in the area.

An NWS Storm Survey team determined that a downburst with winds estimated up to 80 mph struck areas from La Vergne to Lascassas. The roofs of a BP gas station and a car wash on Sam Ridley Parkway East near Weakley Lane in Smyrna were blown off. Several carports of homes were damaged around Central Valley Road at Webb Lane in Walterhill. Telephone poles were snapped in the 1400 block of West Jefferson Pike in Walterhill. Numerous trees and power lines were blown down all along the path.

An NWS Storm Survey team determined that a downburst with winds estimated up to 80 mph struck areas from La Vergne to Lascassas. The roofs of a BP gas station and a car wash on Sam Ridley Parkway East near Weakley Lane in Smyrna were blown off. Several carports of homes were damaged around Central Valley Road at Webb Lane in Walterhill. Telephone poles were snapped in the 1400 block of West Jefferson Pike in Walterhill. Numerous trees and power lines were blown down all along the path.

Power lines were blown down on Flat Rock Road east of Murfreesboro.

Power lines were blown down all across Rutherford County due to strong gradient winds ahead of a squall line.

Numerous trees, power lines, and power poles were blown down across Rutherford County. Tree damage was reported in Murfreesboro. A telephone pole snapped and blocked Stones River Road in La Vergne. Homes received minor roof damage in Walterhill and Smyrna.

Numerous trees and power lines were blown down across Murfreesboro.

A few trees and power lines were blown down onto Southeast Broad Street around one-quarter mile south of Middle Tennessee Boulevard.

Numerous trees were snapped and uprooted with power lines blown down all around the Siegel Road area of north Murfreesboro. Spotter measured a wind gust of 76 mph.

Several trees and power lines were downed across eastern portions of the county.

A microburst caused wind damage along a 1 mile long east to west swath in La Vergne. Two businesses suffered blown in metal doors, loss of metal siding, and broken windows on Sand Hill Road. Trees were blown down on Stones River Road. One tree fell on a house on Scenic Drive. A power line was blown down on Mercury Drive.

A tight pressure gradient across Middle Tennessee created strong southwest winds that blew down a few power lines across Rutherford County. A wind gust of 53 mph was measured at the Smyrna Airport.

Power lines were reported downed at 121 Taylor Drive in La Vergne.

Several trees and power lines were downed between Smyrna and La Vergne.

In the Regent Wood area, several trees were downed, power poles were damaged, and some structures also received roof damage. Specific details concerning the roofs of the structures damaged and associated costs were unknown.

A large tree was downed on Kingwood Drive. Large limbs from other trees and power lines were also downed as well.

A brief thunderstorm that moved across the city of Murfreesboro produced gusty winds that knocked down several trees and power lines in downtown Murfreesboro and also damaged at least one piece of property. A large tree was downed on a car, a 1998 Nissan Maxima, causing damage. Exact type and extent of damage to the car was unknown. As a result of the downed power lines, a power outage occurred in downtown Murfreesboro that lasted for about 45 minutes.

One quarter of an inch of ice accumulations on trees, power lines, and other exposed surfaces caused scattered to widespread power outages across the southern portion of the county.

The pavilion at the New Vision Baptist Church was blown down resulting in one minor injury. Newspaper also reported that about 50 Middle Tennessee Electric Membership Corporation customers lose power temporarily.

An EF-4 Tornado...with maximum estimated wind speed around 170 mph, was reached in the Highland Park Drive Neighborhood as well as the|Tomahawk Trace Area. Several well constructed homes were destroyed|in those areas, hardwood trees were debarked, and vehicles were tossed|considerable distances. There were two fatalities, a 30 year old women and her 9 week old daughter, and 58 injuries per newspaper reports, of which at least 7 were serious. Path length was 23.25 miles and maximum width was 750 yards.||Gound surveys of the Murfreesboro tornado indicate that the actual initial touchdown was just north of the Eagleville Community in far|Southwestern Rutherford County. Intermittent tree and roof damage was |noted beginning at a residence near the intersection of Kelly Road and|Highway 41A. Intermittent tree damage continued northeast, with the path becoming continuous along Rocky Grove Road between the Cedar Grove |and Pleasant Hill Communities. The survey team then inspected continuous|damage from Rocky Grove Road northeast to a residence on Newman Road approximately 2 miles north of the Windrow Community. Extensive tree damage was noted along the path...along with multiple instances of roof damage to homes.||The most significant damage was on Patterson Road 1/2 mile west of Windrow. A brick home was completely destroyed and thrown almost|completely off its foundation. ||Additional areas between Stones River Battlefield and Medical Center |Parkway in Murfreesboro were surveyed. Two homes on Wilkinson Pike and two homes on Highland Park Drive were completely destroyed. One of the homes did appear to be properly anchored to it's foundation while three|were not. Per a newspaper report, at Stones River Battlefield, a quarter mile swath of fallen and damaged trees streched one mile across the battlefield, along with numerous fences being destroyed, closing parts of the park to tourists. One particular fallen tree damaged a 60 foot section of the national cemetary wall and a cannon display.||Additional information about the tornado included it tracked due northeast for the first 9 miles then began a steady turn to the right. By the time the tornado lifted it was moving to the east-southeast. Additionally, videos of the tornado indicated a multiple vortex appearance to the tornado and the aerial survey was able to detect focused areas of damage within the larger path.||The aeriel survey revealed 12 to 15 homes which were completely destroyed and dozens others which suffered significant damage. A 2-story office building had the complete upper floor removed.|Numerous large vehicles were picked up and tossed, including|several semi trailers which wound up piled together near the|intersection of Thompson Lane and Broad Street. Significant roof|damage and some wall collapse on homes were also noted.|Several well built homes suffered significant exterior and|interior wall failure. ||Three other areas received significant damage. The first area was along Bushnell Drive just north of Compton Road. A well built 2-storty brick home was almost completely destroyed with just part of the kitchen wall remaining standing. The second area was near the intersection of Haynes Drive and Sulphur Springs Road. Three homes on Cornwall Court were completely destroyed and thrown clear of their slab foundations, however|it did not appear any of the homes was properly anchored.||The third area of enhanced damage was along Battleground Drive between |D`Ann Drive and Tomahawk Trace. The National Weather Service Assessment team was joined by a Murfreesboro Code who assisted with assessing construction quality at this location. Three homes were completely blown clear of their foundations and destroyed. One home was not |anchored/fastened to the foundation, however, the other 2 were very well constructed. Several trees were also debarked at this location.||Additional information provided by the Rutherford County EMA through a newspaper report stated that over 845 homes were damaged, of these 117 were destroyed, 298 had major damage, 175 had minor damage, and another 255 were affected in some way. 519 Structures were also affected, including 77 destroyed, with an additional 300 plus homes and structures impacted in some way just outside of the city limits. Newspaper also reported an overturned truck caused traffic backup on Interstate 24 and multiple power lines down across the entire city.|Power lines being down resulted in as many as 18,000 homes being without power after the storm. ||Newspaper also reported that two people were seriously injured and multiple homes were destroyed when the tornado passed through the Wilkinson Pike/Thompson Lane Areas. Large trees were also uprooted|and utility poles were blown over. Multiple businesses in the Thompson Lane/Broad Street area were significantly damaged, including a Shell convenience store and Huddleston-Steele Engineering.||Newspaper also reported continuous damage, detail of damage not provided, between Esquire Court and Wigan Drive and Tomahawk Trace to Highway 231 and then into the Compton Road area.||Newspaper also reported that Murfreesboro Waste Department had gathered in excess of more the 2.7 million pounds of debris. And that total tonnage associated with the storm gathered at the Rutherford County Landfill was 5,071 tons.

An EF-4 Tornado...with maximum estimated wind speed around 170 mph, was reached in the Highland Park Drive Neighborhood as well as the|Tomahawk Trace Area. Several well constructed homes were destroyed|in those areas, hardwood trees were debarked, and vehicles were tossed|considerable distances. There were two fatalities, a 30 year old women and her 9 week old daughter, and 58 injuries per newspaper reports, of which at least 7 were serious. Path length was 23.25 miles and maximum width was 750 yards.||Gound surveys of the Murfreesboro tornado indicate that the actual initial touchdown was just north of the Eagleville Community in far|Southwestern Rutherford County. Intermittent tree and roof damage was |noted beginning at a residence near the intersection of Kelly Road and|Highway 41A. Intermittent tree damage continued northeast, with the path becoming continuous along Rocky Grove Road between the Cedar Grove |and Pleasant Hill Communities. The survey team then inspected continuous|damage from Rocky Grove Road northeast to a residence on Newman Road approximately 2 miles north of the Windrow Community. Extensive tree damage was noted along the path...along with multiple instances of roof damage to homes.||The most significant damage was on Patterson Road 1/2 mile west of Windrow. A brick home was completely destroyed and thrown almost|completely off its foundation. ||Additional areas between Stones River Battlefield and Medical Center |Parkway in Murfreesboro were surveyed. Two homes on Wilkinson Pike and two homes on Highland Park Drive were completely destroyed. One of the homes did appear to be properly anchored to it's foundation while three|were not. Per a newspaper report, at Stones River Battlefield, a quarter mile swath of fallen and damaged trees streched one mile across the battlefield, along with numerous fences being destroyed, closing parts of the park to tourists. One particular fallen tree damaged a 60 foot section of the national cemetary wall and a cannon display.||Additional information about the tornado included it tracked due northeast for the first 9 miles then began a steady turn to the right. By the time the tornado lifted it was moving to the east-southeast. Additionally, videos of the tornado indicated a multiple vortex appearance to the tornado and the aerial survey was able to detect focused areas of damage within the larger path.||The aeriel survey revealed 12 to 15 homes which were completely destroyed and dozens others which suffered significant damage. A 2-story office building had the complete upper floor removed.|Numerous large vehicles were picked up and tossed, including|several semi trailers which wound up piled together near the|intersection of Thompson Lane and Broad Street. Significant roof|damage and some wall collapse on homes were also noted.|Several well built homes suffered significant exterior and|interior wall failure. ||Three other areas received significant damage. The first area was along Bushnell Drive just north of Compton Road. A well built 2-storty brick home was almost completely destroyed with just part of the kitchen wall remaining standing. The second area was near the intersection of Haynes Drive and Sulphur Springs Road. Three homes on Cornwall Court were completely destroyed and thrown clear of their slab foundations, however|it did not appear any of the homes was properly anchored.||The third area of enhanced damage was along Battleground Drive between |D`Ann Drive and Tomahawk Trace. The National Weather Service Assessment team was joined by a Murfreesboro Code who assisted with assessing construction quality at this location. Three homes were completely blown clear of their foundations and destroyed. One home was not |anchored/fastened to the foundation, however, the other 2 were very well constructed. Several trees were also debarked at this location.||Additional information provided by the Rutherford County EMA through a newspaper report stated that over 845 homes were damaged, of these 117 were destroyed, 298 had major damage, 175 had minor damage, and another 255 were affected in some way. 519 Structures were also affected, including 77 destroyed, with an additional 300 plus homes and structures impacted in some way just outside of the city limits. Newspaper also reported an overturned truck caused traffic backup on Interstate 24 and multiple power lines down across the entire city.|Power lines being down resulted in as many as 18,000 homes being without power after the storm. ||Newspaper also reported that two people were seriously injured and multiple homes were destroyed when the tornado passed through the Wilkinson Pike/Thompson Lane Areas. Large trees were also uprooted|and utility poles were blown over. Multiple businesses in the Thompson Lane/Broad Street area were significantly damaged, including a Shell convenience store and Huddleston-Steele Engineering.||Newspaper also reported continuous damage, detail of damage not provided, between Esquire Court and Wigan Drive and Tomahawk Trace to Highway 231 and then into the Compton Road area.||Newspaper also reported that Murfreesboro Waste Department had gathered in excess of more the 2.7 million pounds of debris. And that total tonnage associated with the storm gathered at the Rutherford County Landfill was 5,071 tons.

The tornado touchdown near Scott Street and caused some damage to businesses there, and continued across broad street where it caused significant damage to shops in the Jackson Heights Mall, especially a bank and a movie theater, were several people experienced minor injuries. Several vechiles in the parking lot were also damaged. The tornado also caused major damage to the Boys and Girls Club located on Jones Boulevard. Numerous trees and power lines along with minor structural damage was observed to homes north of Lokey Avenue, and there was some structural damage to businesses on Memorial Boulevard near Clark Boulevard. Maximum winds were estimated at 90 mph.

The tornado touchdown near Scott Street and caused some damage to businesses there, and continued across broad street where it caused significant damage to shops in the Jackson Heights Mall, especially a bank and a movie theater, were several people experienced minor injuries. Several vechiles in the parking lot were also damaged. The tornado also caused major damage to the Boys and Girls Club located on Jones Boulevard. Numerous trees and power lines along with minor structural damage was observed to homes north of Lokey Avenue, and there was some structural damage to businesses on Memorial Boulevard near Clark Boulevard. Maximum winds were estimated at 90 mph.

Trees and power lines were down. In the Southridge Subdivision there were trees 2 to 3 feet in diameter that were blown down. On Amherst Drive, a telephone pole was snapped by a fallen tree. On Lawrence Road, a man had a tree come down on his well house. The well house was destroyed. The roof of a hay barn was mostly blown off. These pieces of roof material was found 50-60 yards away. Two trees fell on homes on Barfield-Crescent Rd.

Trees and power lines were down. In the Southridge Subdivision there were trees 2 to 3 feet in diameter that were blown down. On Amherst Drive, a telephone pole was snapped by a fallen tree. On Lawrence Road, a man had a tree come down on his well house. The well house was destroyed. The roof of a hay barn was mostly blown off. These pieces of roof material was found 50-60 yards away. Two trees fell on homes on Barfield-Crescent Rd.

Trees and power lines down at 4900 Poplar Wood Road at 1105 PM CST.

Trees and power lines were down in the Rockdale area.

Power lines and poles were blown down on Blackman Rd. 4 or 5 storage sheds were damaged or destroyed. One home had slight damage.

Trees and power lines were down in Murfreesboro. A tree was down on Academy off Southeast Broad Street, and also on Greenland Drive, Florence Road and Singer Road. Downed trees were also reported in downtown Murfreesboro.

Roof and structural damage around the county. Trees were down a mile long strip in Murfreesboro along Jones Boulevard from Clark Boulevard to Trinity Drive. Murfreesboro Electric reported 16,000 customers without power.

Ham radio report of downed power lines and 4 inch diameter tree limbs.

Spotter reported power lines down at State Route 840 and Highway 96 in Murfreesboro.

Law enforcement reported a tree was blown down. The tree took down a power line. The power line was across a home on Sulfur Spring Road.

Law enforcement reported trees and power lines down.

A Mesoscale Convective System (MCS) developed over Illinois and Indiana early on June 29, 2023, and traveled southward into Middle Tennessee by late morning and early afternoon. As this line of thunderstorms did so, they produced severe wind gusts with several reports of downed tress and power lines received. Across southwest Middle Tennessee, isolated thunderstorms quickly strengthened and produced up to baseball size hail across portions of Lawrence County. Unfortunately, this event did lead to one fatality with a 52-year-old woman in Maury County killed after a tree fell on her during a severe thunderstorm.

As a strong upper-level storm system moved into the Great Plains and warm, moist southerly flow increased across the southeast United States, an early spring severe weather threat was setting up over the area. As a cold front approached from the west, a line of thunderstorms developed along it and marched across Middle Tennessee. With an abundant amount of wind shear, the thunderstorms had no problem producing severe winds across the area. Numerous wind damage reports were received primarily for areas along and west of Interstate 65. These included downed trees and power poles along with structural damage with the most significant damage occurring in Lobelville.

A line of severe thunderstorms called a Mesoscale Convective System (MCS) moved across Middle Tennessee on Tuesday, March 21, 2017, impacting areas mainly south of Interstate 40. This MCS moved into Middle Tennessee around 230 PM CDT, and additional scattered thunderstorms also developed out ahead of the MCS. Numerous reports of large hail and damaging winds were received with these storms before all of the storms exited the area by early evening.||Due to high amounts of instability in the atmosphere and unusually steep lapse rates aloft, very large hail was reported in several areas. Some of the largest hail was reported in Lewisburg, where hail up to 2 inches in diameter covered the ground and caused significant damage to roofs and vehicles. Golf ball size hail was also reported in Waynesboro (Wayne County), with ping pong ball size hail in Hampshire (Maury County) and Summertown (Lawrence County).||Some of the worst wind damage occurred along a segment of the MCS called a bow echo, which is commonly associated with damaging winds. This bow echo moved from Williamson and Rutherford Counties across Cannon, Coffee, Warren, Van Buren, and Grundy Counties during the late afternoon hours. Based on damage reports, photos, and radar data, winds are estimated to have reached over 90 mph in parts of these counties. Damage included a roof blown off a school in Christiana (Rutherford County); numerous trees and power poles snapped, a tractor trailer blown over onto a car, and structural damage to a few homes in Murfreesboro (Rutherford County); structural damage to homes and barns being destroyed near the Iconium community (Cannon County); numerous trees falling on campers and RVs in Fall Creek Falls State Park (Van Buren County); and numerous trees, power lines, and power poles knocked down in Manchester (Coffee County).

An unusually powerful upper level trough moved across the eastern United States on December 23, 2015, spawning widespread severe weather from the Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes. Several tornadic supercell thunderstorms developed across northern Mississippi and western Tennessee, which then moved rapidly east-northeastward at up to 70 mph across Middle Tennessee during the evening hours on December 23. These storms produced 4 long-track tornadoes that caused 2 deaths and 7 reported injuries. Only 7 tornadoes had been previously recorded across Middle Tennessee in the month of December from the 1800s through 2014, easily making this the largest and worst December tornado outbreak in Middle Tennessee history.||In addition to the tornadoes, several reports of wind damage, large hail, and flash flooding were received. Some of the worst flash flooding occurred in Maury County, where 3 teenagers drowned in a submerged vehicle on Carters Creek Pike.

A small cluster of strong to severe thunderstorms moved southward out of Kentucky along the I-65 corridor during the afternoon hours on July 28. These storms caused widespread wind damage across the eastern half of the Nashville metro area, resulting in tens of thousands of power outages including the Nashville International Airport. The BNA ASOS at the Nashville International Airport measured a peak wind gust of 54 mph.

A powerful storm system moved across the Tennessee & Ohio Valleys during the afternoon and evening hours on October 31. A very strong southerly low level jet, measured at 82 knots at 850mb on the OHX November 1 00Z upper air sounding, caused strong to damaging gradient winds at the surface of 50 to 60 mph for many hours west of the Cumberland Plateau. Scattered showers and thunderstorms also developed during the evening hours as a cold front swept across Middle Tennessee, with several reports of damaging winds received.

A powerful upper level trough moved across the United States from Tuesday, January 29th into Wednesday, January 30th. This system contained unusually strong winds aloft, with wind speeds of 80 mph just 2500 feet above the surface and up to 150 mph at 20,000 feet. A record warm airmass with temperatures in the 60s and 70s spread northward ahead of the system into the Tennessee and Ohio Valleys, bringing weak atmospheric instability into the region. As a powerful cold front moved eastward across Middle Tennessee during the early morning hours of January 30, the strong low level jet ahead of the front caused strong gradient winds of 40 to 65 mph at the surface, resulting in several reports of wind damage. A peak sustained south wind of 45 mph with a peak gust of 64 mph was measured by the ASOS at the Nashville International Airport around 315 AM CST in association with these intense gradient winds. A line of showers and thunderstorms known as a Quasi-Linear Convective System (QLCS) developed along the front near the Tennessee River and raced eastward through the area between 2 AM and 6 AM, producing at least 23 tornadoes and widespread wind damage. This severe weather event resulted in 1 fatality and at least 3 injuries across the Mid State. The total of 23 tornadoes made the January 30, 2013 event the largest January tornado outbreak in Middle Tennessee history. It also made January 30, 2013 the second biggest outbreak of tornadoes for any month in Middle Tennessee history.

Strong winds from the remains of Hurricane Ivan blew down many trees and power lines across Middle Tennessee from Thursday evening into early Friday morning. There were 30 incidents on Thursday night where trees had fallen across roadways or downed power lines in Lawrence County alone. Many homes in Lawrence County sustained damage from fallen trees and tree limbs. U.S. Highway 64 west and east was blocked for a time in Lawrence County by fallen trees. Lawrence County students enjoyed a day off on Friday due to clean up efforts. In the city of Loretto, a tree fell on a building on Broad Street and caused some structural damage. A pine tree fell on a shed in Tullahoma. A large oak tree in just off Ragsdale Road in Manchester fell on 2 small barns and a lawn tractor. A 100-foot tree fell at the Salters residence on Fuller Hollow Road in Marshall County. Also, a large tree fell on a pick up truck on Derry Street in Shelbyville. The 3 inches of rain on the night of September 16th along with the gusty winds destroyed the Amazing Corn Maize at Rippavilla located in Spring Hill. Damage was estimated to be $17,000. Rippavilla was scheduled to open on Thursday. The corn maize formed a portrait of explorer Meriwether Lewis at the historic Rippavilla Plantation.About 7000 people lost power in Middle Tennessee due to the remains of Hurricane Ivan. In Giles County alone, there was $1.7 million done to the white corn crop. The winds blew down the corn stalks. A business in Ardmore, also in Giles County, lost a roof, and sustained about $50,000 in damages. Also, there was roof damage done to the Giles County High School. The School Board approved funds for a new roof costing $74,619. These damage assessments were from the Emergency Management Director and newspaper clippings.Total damage due to this storm in Middle Tennessee was about $170,000 in property damage and $1.7 million in crop damage.