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Murfreesboro Power Outages Caused by Weather

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March 3, 2023 - High Wind

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.

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April 13, 2022 - Thunderstorm Wind

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

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May 6, 2021 - Thunderstorm Wind

Report of a tree down on powerlines on Cotton Court.

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May 3, 2020 - Thunderstorm Wind

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

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August 13, 2019 - Thunderstorm Wind

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

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June 29, 2023

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.

March 24, 2023

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.

March 21, 2017

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).

December 23, 2015

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.

July 28, 2015

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.

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School Bus Crashes into Power Pole on Murfreesboro Road - Williamson Source

A school bus crashed into a power pole on Murfreesboro Road/96 Friday morning, reports local officials. No children were abroad the bus during.

Aug 19, 2022

Mt. Juliet, TN internet outages affecting city services Open Navigation Close Navigation

The city of Mt. Juliet is currently experiencing internet and phone outages, which are reportedly affecting all city offices.

Aug 12, 2022

Transformer fires cause power outage in Mt. Juliet | Community | wilsonpost.com

Two transformer fires near Green Hill High School caused power outages for residents for about an hour Friday afternoon.

Aug 5, 2022

Storms bring floods, power outages to East Tennessee | WKRN News 2 Open Navigation Close Navigation

Heavy rain and thunderstorms have brought flooding and power outages to parts of Anderson, Blount and Knox counties.

Jul 21, 2022

Electric companies ask residents to cut back on electricity as heat wave surges through Middle Tennessee Open Navigation Close Navigation

Electric companies are offering tips on how to keep the heat from scorching your pockets.

Jun 13, 2022

Thousands without power as storms roll through Middle Tennessee Open Navigation Close Navigation

Severe storms late Wednesday into Thursday left thousands of people without power across Middle Tennessee.

Apr 13, 2022

Check power outages near you after heavy storms rolled through Middle Tennessee

Check power outages in your neighborhood after severe weather passed through Tennessee on Saturday morning.

Dec 11, 2021

Tornadoes, storms strike Tennessee, decimate parts of South, Midwest

At least two dozen tornadoes moved through Southern and Midwest states late Friday into early Saturday, leaving death and destruction in their wake.

Dec 11, 2021

Vehicle damages TVA transmission line causing 10K to Lose Power in Murfreesboro - WGNS Radio

Murfreesboro, Tenn – Residents and business in the Blackman and Gateway areas of Murfreesboro experienced a power outage today for several hours. At approximately 11:15 a.m., the Middle Tennessee Electric (MTE) Blackman and Gateway Substations lost service from the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), affecting nearly 11,000 MTE members. The outage was caused when an unidentified vehicle damaged guy wires, a transmission pole and equipment at the intersection of Tabitha St. and Boyd Dr. in No ...

Sep 3, 2021

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power is out in Christiana off of Rucker Christiana rd

Chris k | July 12, 2022  

Power just came on in the Blackman area!

Power just came on in the Blackman area! | June 07, 2022  

Power went out 710pm. Reported on line swepco cell not working very well either

Shamrock motel | April 12, 2020  

Power went out in North Woods 1 hour ago. Can’t reach anyone to find out issue or when it will be back on

Bill Bilbo | January 10, 2020  

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What is Power Outage?

Power outage (also called a power cut, a power blackout, power failure or a blackout) is a short-term or a long-term loss of the electric power to a particular area.

What Causes Power Outages?

  • Severe weather (high winds, lightning, winter storms, heat waves, rain or flooding can cause damage to power lines or equipment);
  • Other damage to electric transmission lines (vehicle accidents, trees, and animals can cause damage to power lines or equipment);
  • Repairing, maintenance or upgrades on power lines and equipment.

What are the Top Outage Safety Tips?

  • Stay away from the downed power lines, park vehicles in protected areas;
  • Unplug appliances and electronics, limit cell phone use to conserve battery life;
  • Use portable generators outdoors only, well away from open windows and doors;
  • Pack perishable foods into a cooler, keep refrigerator and freezer doors shut as much as possible.

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Murfreesboro, Tennessee

City Murfreesboro
County Rutherford
State Tennessee (TN)
Country United States
Zip Codes 37127, 37128, 37129, 37130, 37131, 37132, 37133

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