Tag Archives: Tornado

Double Springs Church of Christ the first church in middle Tennessee to join the new Community Safe Place program. The program provides community shelters when severe weather threatens the area. Church Elder Terry Coomer said the expeerience with the March 2020 tornado showed the church family the need for such facilities. Coomer said the 2020 tornado passed right behind the ... Read More »

Wednesday marks the 50th anniversary of the nation’s second-largest tornado outbreak on record, storms that took the lives of 27 Upper Cumberland residents. At least 11 different tornadoes touched down across the Upper Cumberland from April 3, 1974 into April 4. Storms struck every county but Clay and Van Buren. 275 homes were damaged and three people died in Overton ... Read More »

Jackson County 9-1-1 encouraging residents to sign up for the county’s emergency alert system with storm season arriving. 9-1-1 Director Michael Smith said he calls the “Hyper-Reach” system a reverse 9-1-1. He said anytime there is an emergency, residents who have signed up will receive an alert with the details of the potentially dangerous situation. Smith said the system can ... Read More »

A Cookeville family that lost a child in the March 3, 2020 tornado has started a foundation to support families who have lost a child of their own. Founders Matt and Macy Collins lost their oldest daughter Hattie Jo Collins four years ago Sunday, and now use a three-pronged approach to help families through the Magnolia Foundation. Matt Collins said ... Read More »

Putnam County will be collecting donations for Middle Tennesseans dealing with the aftermath of Saturday’s tornado through Wednesday. Cookeville Community Center Program Coordinator Debbie Parker said the center will take donations until 4pm Monday, and from 8am-7pm on Tuesday and Wednesday. Parker said she remembers the support the Upper Cumberland received during the tornadoes of 2020, and now is our ... Read More »

National Weather Service reports an EF-1 tornado touched down in Crossville Sunday. The tornado had winds up to 95 miles per hour and was documented to be 50 yards wide. The tornado touched down just west of Highway 70 N and traveled 1.7 miles before lifting in the area of the Executive Inn on Hwy 127 N. The National Weather ... Read More »

Widespread damage to property in Fentress and Cumberland Counties following Sunday evening’s storms. Both Fentress County and Cumberland County emergency personnel said they received videos from folks in the community showing tornadoes touching down. Fentress Emergency Planning Commission Chair Gary Peters said the tornado started in the Wilder community and appeared to jump back and forth over Highway 127 and ... Read More »

McBroom Chapel Church of Christ will have its first service this Sunday since it was damaged by the 2020 tornado. McBroom Family Historian Larry McBroom said when he first heard that the church was made structurally unsound by the storm, he was in disbelief. He said when they tore it down in April, there was uncertainty it would even be ... Read More »

An emotional ceremony Friday afternoon as the community dedicated a new Dogwood Park sculpture remembering the 2020 Tornado. “And it will forever serve as a reminder of how Cookeville and Putnam County came together in a time of tragedy to support, and comfort, and to assist one another,” Wheaton said. “The beautiful sculpture will remember the lives that we lost ... Read More »

Cookeville City Council will consider providing additional funding to complete a sculpture honoring victims of the 2020 Tornado. Leisure Services Director Rick Woods said the monument was a project by the Leadership Putnam Class of 2021. “The plan is for it to go in Dogwood Park in an area that will be very visible and very nice for the community ... Read More »