7 tornadoes touched down in Tennessee Valley on Easter Sunday, NWS says

The National Weather Service has determined that seven tornadoes touched down in the Tennessee Valley on Sunday, April 12, killing 10 people and causing significant damage. The first tornado touched down shortly after 8 p.m. The last touched down nearly four hours later. Walker County, Georgia (1 tornado) 8:15 p.m. An EF-2 tornado with estimated…

Tornado in Georgia lifts house, drops it on middle of road as deadly severe storms strike

A county roadway in central Georgia resembles a scene out of the movie “Twister” after an apparent tornado dropped a house on a road Monday as a deadly severe storm system slammed the region. At least 20 people were killed throughout the South as the storm system brought dozens of reported tornadoes, storm winds, large…

Chattanooga tornado had winds of 145 mph as deadly storms damage 150 structures in Tennessee

One of the tornadoes that ripped through the South as part of a severe storm system that left dozens dead brought severe winds in Chattanooga, where the storms killed at least 10. The National Weather Service office in Morristown, Tenn., said Monday the twister that struck Putnam County was a 145 mph EF-3 tornado. Overall,…