Severe storms hit Middle Tennessee bringing strong winds, lightning, and hail along with them, and officials with the National Weather Service confirmed an EF-0 tornado touched down in Marshall County.
A Storm 5 Alert was issued for Thursday night from 10 p.m. until Friday at 4 a.m.
According to Meteorologist Bree Smith, the biggest concern was straight line winds followed by the possibility for hail.
Storms began hitting the region around 8 p.m. as the first of two rounds moved through. The scattered storms came ahead of the squall line that hit later in the night, which moved through after 10 p.m. until after midnight.
Multiple tornado warnings were produced by the storm system, and damage was reported in several areas in Middle Tennessee.
NWS officials confirmed Friday afternoon that an EF-0 tornado touched down during the storms in Marshall County. The exact path of the tornado was not yet known, but authorities said it had max winds of 80 miles per hour south of Belfast.
Crews with the National Weather Service have planned to conduct additional storm surveys to assess damage in other counties and determine if any of it was caused by tornadoes.
There were reports of multiple trees down in Lewisburg and trees and power lines down in Columbia, as well as damage reported in Franklin.
A house fire was also reportedly caused by lightning in Mt. Juliet, and the storms were said to have badly damaged a home and property in Warren County where a man saved his 83-year-old grandmother as the roof was blown off the house.
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Emergency officials in Marshall County where the EF-0 touched down gave an update on damage around 7 a.m. Friday. They confirmed no injuries had been reported.
Quarter size hail fell in some parts of the Mid-State Thursday night as those storms moved across the region.
Daniel Smith sent this photo of hail that hit her home in Ashland City.
A tornado warning was briefly issued for Calloway County, Kentucky during the first round.
Round two, the major squall line of the storm system, hit the region's western counties around 10 p.m. That's when tornado warnings began rolling in.
Tornado warnings began in the region's western counties like Decatur, Henderson, Carroll, and Benton Counties. Warnings continued to be issued as the storms moved through the region. Perry and Humphreys Counties were under a tornado warning until 10:45 p.m.
A tornado warning was later issued for Rutherford and Williamson Counties until 11:30 p.m.
Once the storms passed, the forecast included snow that could settle into the region Saturday evening.
Friday will bring cooler temperatures which will lead the way for Saturday's freezing rain. It's expected to then turn into snow around Saturday evening roughly around 6 p.m. to midnight.
Track the forecast by checking the Middle Tennessee Radarand Metro Nashville Radar.
