EF1 tornado in Robertson County, Tennessee

An EF1 tornado touched down about one mile northeast of the Interstate 24 and Stroudville Road intersection in far southwest Robertson County and moved eastward. Several videos of the tornado were taken by residents and storm chasers as the tornado crossed Winters Road and Maxey Road although the only damage was scattered blown down trees. The tornado strengthened as it turned southeast and followed Ridge Road, blowing down dozens of trees and damaging several homes and barns. Three homes had shingle and roofing material loss along with gutter and soffit damage. One home had fourteen trees snapped or uprooted with one falling onto their home. An older 20-by-40 barn on Ridge Road south of Center Drive was picked up and thrown in a northeasterly direction with metal sheeting blown into and wrapped around trees. The tornado took a sharp turn back to the east and continued blowing down trees before it lifted northeast of the Ridge Road and Corlew Road intersection. Damages are a rough estimate.

A widespread severe weather event impacted Middle Tennessee beginning in the early morning hours of May 8, 2024, and continued through the early morning hours of May 9th. During this time frame, numerous rounds of severe weather moved through the area, causing widespread wind damage in nearly every county in Middle Tennessee, hail up to 3 inches in diameter, and four tornadoes. One of these tornadoes in Columbia prompted a Tornado Emergency to be issued. In addition, major flash flooding also occurred with the worst flooding reported across Robertson and Sumner counties. With nearly nine inches of rain, Flash Flood Emergencies were issued for these counties. This is the first time National Weather Service Nashville issued both a Tornado Emergency and a Flash Flood Emergency in the same event. Unfortunately, this event claimed the lives of five individuals.