Updated: November 19, 2017

A LINE OF STRONG STORMS WAS TO BLAME FOR DAMAGE TO HOMES AND BUSINESSES IN THE REGION SATURDAY EVENING.  IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE, SEVERAL POWER OUTAGES WERE REPORTED IN THE NASHVILLE AREA ALONG WITH NUMEROUS TREES THAT WERE DOWNED BY STRONG WINDS.  HOMES IN CHEATHAM AND RUTHERFORD COUNTIES SUSTAINED ROOF DAMAGE IN ADDITION TO A FEW RESIDENCES IN SOUTHERN WILSON COUNTY.  IN NORTH ALABAMA, WINDS WERE TO BLAME FOR HEAVY DAMAGE TO THE ADVANCE AUTO PARTS BUILDING ON CLOVERDALE ROAD IN FLORENCE. THE ROOF OF THE BUSINESS WAS BLOWN OFF WHICH RESULTED IN A PARTIAL COLLASPE OF THE BUILDING'S WALLS.  TWO PEOPLE SUSTAINED NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES DURING THE STORM.  BROOKS HIGH SCHOOL'S FIELD HOUSE WAS ALSO HEAVILY DAMAGED FROM THE WINDS HOWEVER NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.