Tornadoes reported on December 10th and 11th caused at minimum, 250-miles of damage in Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee and Kentucky.
One of the harder hit areas of Middle Tennessee was Hendersonville, where high winds and a tornado knocked over trees and power lines. Some of those trees fell onto homes and vehicles throughout the city.
Peggy Dabbs in Hendersonville, TN described what she heard...
Hendersonville resident Bobby Shinault stated...
Steve Rigley with Music City Roofers told WGNS...
We spoke to a father of two who said he and his wife purchased their home a little over a year ago because it had a basement...
Jessie Barton said that his family got good use out of the basement in their newly purchased Sumner County, TN home...
In Madison, Tennessee, the Nashville National Cemetery that dates back to 1866, was damaged by the tornado that swept through early Saturday morning (December 11, 2021). Uprooted trees caused several headstones to be moved or pushed over.
The cemetery has over 64-acres and at last count, over 34,000 Veterans and their family members are buried on the property.
Less than a mile from the Veterans cemetery, contractors had left a slew of construction materials outside prior to the storm hitting. Foam insulation that was going to be installed at Chippington Towers on Berkley Drive was swept away during the storms. The thick sheets of foam were blown throughout the surrounding neighborhood.
No serious injures or deaths were reported in Middle Tennessee.
In West Tennessee, the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency reported that 4-people died as a result of the storms on Friday night and early Saturday morning. Two of the deaths were in Lake County, one in Obion County and a fourth in Shelby County.
Scroll down for information and soundbites of residents in Mayfield, Kentucky...
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Mayfield, Kentucky, the Most Devastated
On Saturday in Kentucky, the Governor suggested that there may have been at least 70-people killed in the storms. However, Governor Andy Beshear addressed the death toll again on Sunday evening and said that was now at an estimated 80 deaths or more. CBS News reported early Monday morning...
Mayfield, Kentucky homeowner Rick Foley, which was the most devastated area, described what he heard as the tornado neared...
Brittany Sullivan, a business owner in Mayfield said...
Sullivan went on to say that the area looks like a war zone...
