EF0 tornado in White County, Tennessee

Embedded within the large macroburst that struck White County, an EF-0 tornado touched down near the Sparta Golf and Country Club on Baker Montain Road and moved northeast onto Bon Air Mountain, ending near Highway 70 at Eastland Road. Damage along the nearly 7 mile track showed a convergent pattern, with numerous large trees snapped and uprooted on Baker Mountain Road and Highway 70. Several farm barns and outbuildings were destroyed on Corolla Road, and a few homes had roof damage. Trees continued to be blown down along Highway 70 before the tornado lifted just before reaching the DeRossett community. Maximum winds in the tornado were estimated to be 85 mph.

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.