Remembering the deadly March tornadoes that tore through the heart of Middle Tennessee

As one year since the deadly tornado outbreak is near, Tennesseans are remembering the lives lost and the devastation left behind on March 3, 2020.

In just three hours, the overnight March 2-3 tornadoes bolted across 175 miles of Middle Tennessee. Surveyors revealed that 10 tornadoes touched down across the state, with seven of those ripping through Middle Tennessee.

From March 2-3, 2020, multiple supercell thunderstorms produced several tornadoes across Tennessee, central Alabama, southern Kentucky and southeast Missouri. Just one of those supercells that began in West Tennessee near the Mississippi River formed the seven tornadoes that left 25 people dead in Middle Tennessee.

Why were these storms so crippling? Chief Meteorologist Katy Morgan says it boils down to the structure of the storm – a supercell storm. Supercell storms often create the most dangerous tornadoes and rarely occur in Tennessee.

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