EF0 tornado in Wilson County, Tennessee

An EF0 tornado down along Sparta Pike at Peyton Road then moved northeast across the Wilson County Fairgrounds before lifting northeast of Bluebird Road. A few outdoor sheds at a business on the west side of Sparta Pike were damaged and another was blown northeast across Peyton Road and destroyed. A power pole was also snapped and power lines blown down on Peyton Road. Several trees were blown down and an information booth was destroyed at the Wilson County Fairgrounds. More trees were blown down on Bluebird Road with one falling onto and crushing a pickup truck. Emergency management personnel took video of the tornado as it passed through the Fairgrounds. Maximum winds were estimated at 75 mph.

Scattered showers and thunderstorms developed across Middle Tennessee during the afternoon and evening hours on July 2. Some of these storms became supercells with low level rotation, and produced 5 weak tornadoes along with several other funnel clouds and wind damage. Showers and thunderstorms spread eastward into the Upper Cumberland region during the evening on July 2 and continued through the night and into the morning on July 3, causing widespread major flash flooding. Dozens of homes and businesses were flooded, and many roadways were washed out and closed. One man was killed in Cumberland County when he drove off a 30 foot ravine created by a washed out roadway.