March 2-3rd, 2020:
An outbreak of 15 tornadoes struck the Southern US. Ten of the tornadoes were spawned by a cyclic supercell in Tennessee. An EF3 tornado killed five people and caused $1.5 billion in damage, devastating parts of the Nashville metropolitan area.
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An outbreak of 15 tornadoes struck the Southern US. Ten of the tornadoes were spawned by a cyclic supercell in Tennessee. An EF3 tornado killed five people and caused $1.5 billion in damage, devastating parts of the Nashville metropolitan area.
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The supercell spawned 2020's first violent tornado in Putnam County, TN. The EF4 produced catastrophic damage in several residential subdivisions of Cookeville. Several homes were swept away, vegetation was shredded, and vehicles were mangled. Another 19 people were killed.