Power Outage in White Bluff, TN

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.

White Bluff Fire Chief reported several trees down in the White Bluff area. Large tree limb was also reported to be sticking out of one home���s roof. A few other houses had roof damage. Several vehicles were damaged by falling limbs/trees. Newspaper reported that more than 20 homes along Wolfe Road had downed trees from the storm and several driveways were also blocked. Downed power lines also occurred in this area, leaving about 1,500 households without power until 3:30 AM CST on Tuesday, July 27th.

Numerous reports of downed trees and power lines across Dickson County, and in some cases blocking roads in the city of Dickson. One tree fell on a house on Pond Road, just west of Sycamore Rd. One tree landed on a vehicle in the city of Dickson. Storms crossed the county from the western part to the eastern part....including the city of Dickson.