Tornados and Straight Line Winds Hit the Area

February 9, 2020

The National Weather Service confirms 5 tornadoes touched down on Wednesday night in southern Midstate.
Locally an EF-0 was measured near Centertown in Warren County with peak winds of 85 mph.
In addition, straight-line winds were measured in southern Cannon and northern Coffee Counties with peak winds of 70 to 75 mph.
In Bedford County, an EF-0 twister touched down six miles northwest of Shelbyville on Old Unionville Road before lifting one-mile northwest of Bell Buckle.

Lucky Knott

One of Southern Tennessee's most experienced and recognized news broadcasters and play-by-play sportscasters. News and Sports Director for Rooster 101.5 FM, 93.9 The Duck and Whiskey Country 105.1, and 95.9. He is currently the play-by-play voice of the Coffee County Red Raiders (30 years) on The Rooster 101.5 and can be heard M-F broadcasting our local news. Lucky has done play-by-play for 3,917 (and counting) sports events on Radio & TV. He also served four years as the Public Information Officer for the Coffee Co. Sheriff's Dept. and taught Radio/TV for six years at Grundy County High School.