Thunderstorms with heavy rain drenched Rutherford County Sunday. Several roads were closed due to flooding.
It was reported by @RuthSevereWx on Twitter a home on Zephyr Court off Round Rock Drive was struck by lightning around 11:20am. An off duty police officer who lived nearby drove to the home to find the roof and attic on fire. It was quickly contained as Rutherford County Fire & Rescue, Christiana Fire Department, the Rutherford County Sheriff's Office and Rutherford County EMS responded.
Several short in duration power interruptions were caused by the storms as they rolled through.
In nearby Chattanooga, nearly two dozen people in two Tennessee counties were hospitalized and about 150 structures were damaged by an apparent tornado. Places like East Ridge, East Brainerd, Collegedale, Ooltewah and Cleveland all reported damage.
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PREVIOUSLY REPORTED
The potential for severe weather exists Sunday for Rutherford County and all of Middle Tennessee.
We are in an enhanced risk of severe weather. On the Storm Prediction Center scale of one to five, it's a level three.
All modes of severe weather will be possible, including damaging straight line winds, tornadoes and flooding.
The National Weather Service has already issued some advisories:
Stay tuned into a reliable source of weather information on Sunday and have multiple ways of receiving notification of severe weather. You can sign up to receive free text alerts of watches and warnings at WGNSRadio.com.
