NWS Forecast Office Nashville, TN

On March 3, 2020...A single supercell thunderstorm tracked eastward
across the entire length of Tennessee near and north of I-40,
spawning at least 10 tornadoes. An EF-3 tornado touched down west of
John Tune Airport in west Nashville at 12:32 AM and tracked for over
60 miles across Davidson, Wilson, and Smith counties, passing just
1/2 mile north of the state capitol building in downtown Nashville,
and causing 5 deaths, 220 injuries, and hundreds of millions of
dollars in damage. The 60.13 mile path length of this tornado is the
longest in Middle Tennessee since official tornado records began in
1950, and is also one of the longest known tornado paths ever in the
state of Tennessee. In addition, this was the first tornado to strike
within the downtown loop of Nashville since 2000. Less than an hour
later, an EF4 tornado moved across central Putnam County just before
2:00 AM, killing 19 people, injuring 87 others, and destroying dozens
of homes and businesses. This was the worst tornado in the Upper
Cumberland since 1974, and deadliest tornado in Putnam County
history.