Tornado Damage from March 3rd storm

[downtownresident]

2 minutes ago, smeagolsfree said:

From what I can guess is that this storm started about a mile south of me and 5 miles west of JC Tune based on my experiance last night. I had a lot of heavy wind and hail prior to it hitting Nashville and that is when my power went out. 

My power was out for about 5 hours until I knew what happened in Nashville.

Anyone want to guesstimate the damage estimate just in Nashville. I would guess at least 1 billion maybe more as couple of the  large apartment buildings may have to come down and be rebuilt. There is no telling how many aircraft were destroyed at Tune but that can really run the numbers up.

We have not gotten a clear idea of the damage of what has happened in Donelson and Hermitage either.

Vista Germantown will likely need to be rebuilt. Unsure of the others, they don’t appear to have been damaged nearly as bad. 

[smeagolsfree]

I am also looking for Bos2Nash to check in as well. He lives in the East Nashville area as well as Brett Withers, member and Councilperson  for that district.

[downtownresident]

2 minutes ago, smeagolsfree said:

I am also lookingfor Bos2Nash to check in as well. He lives in the East Nashville area as well as Brett Withers, member and Councilperson  for that district.

I’ve seen Brett Withers on Facebook. Hoping @Bos2Nash is ok, I remember him saying he lived near that area. 

[smeagolsfree]

Thanks for the update on Brett. Craig lives on the north side of Main off of McFerren I think, but closer to the Cleveland Park area.

Large warehouse fire in Mt Juliet now. May or may not be connected.

[markhollin]

2 minutes ago, smeagolsfree said:

Thanks for the update on Brett. Craig lives on the north side of Main off of McFerren I think, but closer to the Cleveland Park area.

Large warehouse fire in Mt Juliet now. May or may not be connected.

Bos2Nash (Craig) is fine.  We chatted via Facebook earlier.

[Andrew_3289]

Drove through the Nations this morning and there is no signs of significant damage. My home and others all seem to still have power. 

John C. Tune airport seemed to get the worst of it on the West side of Nashville. 

 

 

[markhollin]

 

[MLBrumby]

1 hour ago, Mr_Bond said:

I was working in the second to top floor of the B of A (now Philips) buildings in '98 when the tornado hit the building.  I looked out the window to check the weather and looked up in to the funnel of the tornado as it was passing over the building.  As I ran to the hallway for safety, I could smell the moist outside air as most of the windows on the other side of the building were blown out or damaged.

I was doing some routine legal audit work for HCA (what was called Columbia-HCA at the time).  I parked in the lot across the RR tracks from our building. They had recently finished the walkway over to the lot. When I looked out from that vantage point, I saw the building just to the west of the lot was completely collapsed.  The building just to the east of the lot had a hole from its west side through its east side... the north & south walls and roof were still standing. It was a large 2-3 story warehouse... I believe I remember that it was of cinder block construction. 

[markhollin]

Today Nashville and central Tennessee is Grace Under Pressure (as the late, great Neil Peart of Rush would say).

If you would like to donate time, go to Hands On Nashville:

https://www.hon.org/?layoutViewMode=tablet

If you would like to donate funds to a clearinghouse agency that will get them to where most needed locally, go to The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee:

https://www.cfmt.org/story/middle-tennessee-emergency-response-fund/

 

[Sean blackdog]

Update.  Death tolls risen 21. 

[smeagolsfree]

35 minutes ago, markhollin said:

Bos2Nash (Craig) is fine.  We chatted via Facebook earlier.

Thanks Mark!

[gnash_nelson]

I work over in one of the warehouse buildings adjacent to the new Amazon worksite.  From what my boss told me, our building sustained roof damage along with many windows being blown out.  At least it is still standing.  The new warehouse to our south was destroyed along with half of the warehouse adjacent to our building.  This is all just north of the Under Armour warehouse.  Thankfully this happened at 1am and not 1pm when the buildings would have been full.

[tragenvol]

24 minutes ago, Sean blackdog said:

Update.  Death tolls risen 21. 

16 in Putnam County...and likely to increase.

[Sean blackdog]

Update.  Death tolls risen 22.  

[donNdonelson2]

1 hour ago, Mr_Bond said:

I was working in the second to top floor of the B of A (now Philips) buildings in '98 when the tornado hit the building.  I looked out the window to check the weather and looked up in to the funnel of the tornado as it was passing over the building.  As I ran to the hallway for safety, I could smell the moist outside air as most of the windows on the other side of the building were blown out or damaged.

I was next door on the stage door level of TPAC, but deep inside. Didn’t know anything was going on until the power went out. Everyone was rushed to a rehearsal studio in the basement until an all clear was announced. (Symphony and ballet were rehearsing for Swan Lake, so all those folks, a few from the opera, and state office workers, all huddled down in the basement-those lower levels are truly built like bunkers! I felt very safe.)

[Titans10]

1 hour ago, Binbin98 said:

Was the magnitude of the storm ever stated officially? It looks like at least an F3 if not more.

Hoping Nashville recovers quickly. It has so much potential as a city.

Likely a strong F3 or low end F4 from some of the info a few meteorologists put on Twitter, debris swept almost 20,000ft into the atmosphere. There likely won’t be an official announcement for a day or two at least.  

[Tennessine]

Putnam County's initial damage assessment reveals this tornado was an EF3. That rating could change if the surveyors find evidence of stronger damaging winds.

[erdichia]

I live in Mount Juliet north of I-40. The tornado passed through a new unbuilt section of my neighborhood and hit the neighborhood next to mine. 3 schools in Wilson county were also hit.

 

The tornado also hit my parents neighborhood in Lebanon. Luckily they are ok.

[smeagolsfree]

So glad you are all OK Eric. Thanks for the update.

[archilove]

Germantown, one of my favorite Nashville neighborhoods, took a big hit. I don't want to drive over there and get in the way, but would like to know about damage, especially on 5th, 6th, and 7th avenues between Madison and Monroe. How did places like Tempered Chocolate, Germantown Cafe, Cathedral of the Assumption. Monell's, Germantown Inn,  the houses at the corners of 6th and Monroe, the former Mad Platter building, and the houses at 1315 and 1317 5th Avenue fare?

[nashwatcher]

any guesstimates on how long it will take to rebuild what was damaged?

[downtownresident]

5 minutes ago, nashwatcher said:

any guesstimates on how long it will take to rebuild what was damaged?

Easily 2+ years for some buildings. Vista Germantown lost its roof, and that is a huge apartment building. 

[PianoKing03]

I wasn’t really aware of the extent of things until this morning...  Glad to hear from everyone that is safe. Thoughts and prayers will go out to Middle Tennessee this week.

[Bos2Nash]

2 hours ago, smeagolsfree said:

I am also looking for Bos2Nash to check in as well. He lives in the East Nashville area as well as Brett Withers, member and Councilperson  for that district.

2 hours ago, downtownresident said:

I’ve seen Brett Withers on Facebook. Hoping @Bos2Nash is ok, I remember him saying he lived near that area. 

As Mark stated my girlfriend, Rita, and I are safe. We woke up to the sirens at around 12:30/1 and saw the colored lightning for the tornado hitting the transformers in Germantown and north of the capital. Safely made it into our basement and waited it out. never had an experience like that before. I’ve chatted with Mark and @DJIII and glad to hear people are doing alright. Our house is without power but luckily without any damage. We started to go to work at around 8am and ended up parking and walking the neighborhood to help where we can. Below are some photos of the carnage...

Single family homes one street off main took a BIG hit:

Amplify on Main may need a rebuild, whole apartment blown out, roof sheered off the top of a townhome and balcony damage

Looking up McFerrin toward Main and Molly Green is gone. Attaboy is located directly behind here and two folks (a couple) perished after closing attaboy

Woodland Street is in shambles from about the basement East eastward

BoomBozz took a direct hit after the tornado cam across burger up and soda parlor (that building is destroyed, whole second level gone). Water lines for BoomBozz sprinkler were still spraying water all over the place

 

looming from five points at burger up and where the family dollar store used to stand.

house directly behind Burger Up building

South 1thh at Holly (specifically Holly) took a direct hit and it was so sad walking through the area

the material and debris field is pretty scattered over here, so please only drove if you need to in order to allow all emergency workers to do their jobs effectively (I know I would love to have power back sooner rather than later, but there are other priorities I play). 
 

Thank you for the concern and care that this entire board has for all of our posters and please everyone stay safe! Nashville will rebuild and we will be better for it.

[smeagolsfree]

40 minutes ago, archilove said:

Germantown, one of my favorite Nashville neighborhoods, took a big hit. I don't want to drive over there and get in the way, but would like to know about damage, especially on 5th, 6th, and 7th avenues between Madison and Monroe. How did places like Tempered Chocolate, Germantown Cafe, Cathedral of the Assumption. Monell's, Germantown Inn,  the houses at the corners of 6th and Monroe, the former Mad Platter building, and the houses at 1315 and 1317 5th Avenue fare?

The church with the large steeple at the corner of 7th and Monroe has issues. The structure that the  steeple sits is leaning so it is off limits to my understanding.  I do know the historic house that sits on the corner of 7th and Jefferson I think, was pretty much destroyed.