Thunderstorm Wind — Van Buren, Tennessee

2020-03-29 · near Bone Cave, Van Buren, Tennessee

Event narrative

A very large tree was uprooted.

Wider weather episode

Severe thunderstorms rumbled across Middle Tennessee from the afternoon hours of March 28 into the early morning hours of March 29, 2020. One supercell in the afternoon hours of March 28 produced large hail in Stewart County, then a broken line of severe storms with individual intense bow echoes raced across the rest of Middle Tennessee at speeds up to 80 mph from the late evening of March 28 into the early morning of March 29, causing widespread wind damage, large hail, and one EF-0 tornado in White County. The worst damage occurred across White and Cumberland Counties, where winds estimated up to 95 mph caused millions of dollars in damage and injured 1 person.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 883229. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.