OT: Nashville took a direct hit from a tornado last night - UPDATE - 22 dead in TN

[starkvegasdawg]

Haven't heard reports of injuries, but very heavy damage.

[starkvegasdawg]

Five fatalities have now been reported.

[ScoobaDawg]

Shows you how important it is to have a seafety plan. thankful this little kid is alive, look at all that glass in his room
https://twitter.com/malkoff/status/1234854603486900226

[ScoobaDawg]

40 buildings damaged so far, 9 reported dead. so sad. 7 different tornadoes,(3 in TN, 3 in MO, 1 in KY) the one in nashville stayed on the ground for around 10 miles running along I-40.

https://apnews.com/795688aab981d4e8220042c20e095b55

[ScoobaDawg]

https://twitter.com/harrywx1999/status/1234739105373851650

https://twitter.com/Daniel_Alley/status/1234733638085902342

[ScoobaDawg]

https://twitter.com/NashWX/status/1234810168027820034

[ScoobaDawg]

Hard to see but this is the tornado moving thru nashville. Watch the cranes shift in the wind (left unlocked so the wind doesn't make them fall.. like in dallas last year) and the power arcs and going out. such power.
https://twitter.com/shamnadoes/status/1234745899009675269

[ScoobaDawg]

Sad.. numbers creeping up. now 19 confirmed deaths.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/tornado-directly-hits-nashville-extensive-damage-reported/story?id=69352467

[Bothrops]

Downtown Nashville has been hit before, not too many years ago.

[ScoobaDawg]

Downtown Nashville has been hit before, not too many years ago.

Correct. this one actually crossed part of the same path.
Now 22 confirmed dead.

https://twitter.com/accuweather/status/1234904470385037313

[ScoobaDawg]

Sometimes it's the simple things you find in response to a disaster. Half of this building is gone but the mural remained. It's going viral already.

https://twitter.com/Titans/status/1234905821944983552

https://twitter.com/TheTimMcGraw/status/1234896418411884544

[RocketDawg]

It must've come pretty close to Vanderbilt - possibly just a little north.

[ScoobaDawg]

It must've come pretty close to Vanderbilt - possibly just a little north.

Just traced it back... roughly 2.5 - 3 miles north. Scary

[West Tn Dawg]

Car in Nashville thrown into the third floor of apartment.......
Tornadoes are bad business!https://i.iheart.com/v3/re/new_assets/5e5e74c51256d8e1f5d331b2?ops=max(650,0),quality(80 )

[chainedup_Dawg]

Car in Nashville thrown into the third floor of apartment.......
Tornadoes are bad business!https://i.iheart.com/v3/re/new_assets/5e5e74c51256d8e1f5d331b2?ops=max(650,0),quality(80 )

Not sure where that pic came from but it looks like a car in a parking lot on the other side of that building. If you zoom in you can see that is taken through a breezeway and you can see parts of the other cars around it.

[Political Hack]

My nephew's (State grad) apartment complex got hit too. Just moved there to take an engineering job. It shook his building and he saw stuff flying around outside his window right before his window busted. He said he dove under the bed to take cover and still felt like he was about to be sucked out of his window. He was pretty shaken last night but God was looking out for him. Thankfully he's ok. Out of a place to live for a few weeks, but otherwise ok.

Welcome to Nashville buddy!!!

[Dawgcap]

Daughter about 2 miles from Lipscomb. Thank God it missed her. Was up till 12:30 studying. Heard the thunder no damage by her. Slept through it.
As a dad I?m upset cause I went to sleep never imagining this! So upset

[starkvegasdawg]

Daughter about 2 miles from Lipscomb. Thank God it missed her. Was up till 12:30 studying. Heard the thunder no damage by her. Slept through it.
As a dad I?m upset cause I went to sleep never imagining this! So upset

I completely understand you being mad at yourself, but nobody was expecting tornadoes of that magnitude that night. Environment was marginal for even producing tornadoes. That storm was so strong it modified the environment around it and changed it from marginal to very supportive of tornadoes. In 20 minutes it changed the surface winds from the SSW to the SE which increased shear and helicity. I think it also bumped up the CAPE a little, too.

[FISHDAWG]

Daughter about 2 miles from Lipscomb. Thank God it missed her. Was up till 12:30 studying. Heard the thunder no damage by her. Slept through it.
As a dad I?m upset cause I went to sleep never imagining this! So upset

Really nice area through there with a lot of beautiful older homes and Oak trees ... I went to Lipscomb and know the area well. We have property and family in Cookeville about an hour East of there and they lost friends ... 77 still missing

[ScoobaDawg]

Really nice area through there with a lot of beautiful older homes and Oak trees ... I went to Lipscomb and know the area well. We have property and family in Cookeville about an hour East of there and they lost friends ... 77 still missing

Thankfully the missing has dropped to 21. Death count now stands at 24
18 fatalities in Putnam County
3 fatalities in Wilson County
2 fatalities in Davidson County (where Nashville is)
1 fatality in Benton County.

[starkvegasdawg]

On the fatalities I'm hearing some talk it looks like some of them were aware the tornado was coming and took shelter. It was just so strong it didn't matter because it wiped the entire home off the foundation. It was one of those 0.1% of all tornadoes that is only survivable in a shelter. I firmly believe the rating will be increased from the preliminary EF-3.

[ScoobaDawg]

my goodness what an insane story... tornado picked up their house with them in the bathtub...the whole thing...
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nashville-tornadoes-leave-24-dead-tennessee-putnam-county-couple-describes-house-flying-air/

[ScoobaDawg]

On the fatalities I'm hearing some talk it looks like some of them were aware the tornado was coming and took shelter. It was just so strong it didn't matter because it wiped the entire home off the foundation. It was one of those 0.1% of all tornadoes that is only survivable in a shelter. I firmly believe the rating will be increased from the preliminary EF-3.

Agree. sadly have seen at least 2 children being listed ..and i believe the parents were with them at the time. what a horrible horrible feeling.

[Commercecomet24]

I have customers all over that area and I've been reaching out to see how they fared. Thankfully most are ok. Just an awful tragedy. Praying for that whole area!