EF0 tornado in Rutherford County, Tennessee

An EF-0 tornado touched down in extreme southeast Davidson County near Murfreesboro Pike and Old Hickory Blvd around 717am CST. It cause sporadic damage mainly to trees as it raced to the northeast, although a few homes suffered minor roof damage on Lavergne Couchville Pike, Pepperwood Drive, and Chutney Drive. It then hit the Four Corners Marina around 719am CST and caused extensive damage to docks, boats and shelters. The tornado crossed the Hurricane Creek inlet of Percy Priest Lake into Rutherford County, then blew down a few trees and deposited debris from the marina on the eastern shore of the lake. The tornado then lifted near the northern end of Stones River Road.

The most damaging severe weather outbreak in Middle Tennessee since the December 23, 2015 Tornado Outbreak struck during the morning hours on March 1, 2017. A line of strong to severe thunderstorms with embedded circulations, known as a Quasi-Linear Convective System (or QLCS), moved rapidly across Middle Tennessee at 60-70 mph from west to east between 6 AM and 10 AM CST. Additional severe thunderstorms developed later in the morning and affected areas of southern Middle Tennessee from the late morning into the early afternoon hours. Widespread damaging winds were reported in nearly every county along and north of I-40 across Middle Tennessee, with winds estimated up to 90 mph in some areas. These intense downburst winds caused 3 injuries - two in Clarksville when a tree fell on a mobile home, and one in Lavergne when a tractor trailer flipped over. In addition to the damaging winds, 7 confirmed tornadoes also touched down from the Nashville metro area eastward to the Upper Cumberland, damaging hundreds of homes and businesses. Several reports of large hail were also received in parts of southern Middle Tennessee.