Updated: November 20, 2017

A STRONG LINE OF STORMS WERE 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 DOWNED BY STRONG WINDS.  HOMES IN CHEATHAM AND RUTHERFORD COUNTIES SUSTAINED ROOF DAMAGE IN ADDITION TO A FEW RESIDENCES IN SOUTHERN WILSON COUNTY.  THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CONFIRMED THAT TWO EF1 TORNADOES DID TOUCH DOWN IN WILSON AND DAVIDSON COUNTY WITH WINDS UP TO 105 MILES PER HOUR.  EXPERTS WILL BE OUT SURVEYING TROUSDALE AND SMITH COUNTIES TODAY.  IN NORTH ALABAMA, WINDS WERE TO BLAME FOR HEAVY DAMAGE TO THE ADVANCE AUTO PARTS BUILDING ON CLOVERDALE ROAD IN FLORENCE WHERE TWO PEOPLE SUSTAINED NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES.  BROOKS HIGH SCHOOL'S FIELD HOUSE WAS ALSO HEAVILY DAMAGED FROM THE WINDS. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONFIRMS THAT TWO  EF1 TORNADOES DID TOUCH DOWN IN COLBERT AND LAWRENCE COUNTY WITH WINDS UP TO 105 MILES PER HOUR.