The National Weather Service has confirmed an EF0 tornado touched down in the Birchwood community early Thursday morning. EMA officials confirmed “many falling trees and power lines as well as a few storage buildings and cars damaged by falling trees.” The Hamilton County Highway Department worked quickly to get the roads cleared of debris. There were no immediate reports of injuries.
Also Thursday morning, in Athens, Tennessee strong winds toppled a massive tree onto a home and narrowly missed the bed where two young boys were sleeping. Their mother said the boys were scared but otherwise okay.