• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Nashville's local news and NPR station

Search
Listen Listen
Give Now
  • Search
  • News
    • Arts, Culture & Music
    • Criminal Justice
    • Curious Nashville
    • Education
    • Environment
    • Health Care
    • Housing
    • Metro Government
    • Race & Equity
    • State Politics
  • Schedule
    • WPLN-FM
    • WPLN International
  • Support
    • Give Now
    • Ways to Support
    • The Producers’ Circle
    • Donor Hub
    • Donate A Car
    • Give Stock
    • Business Support
    • Planned Giving
  • Shows + Podcasts
    • NashVillager
    • This Is Nashville
    • The Promise
    • Curious Nashville
    • See All
  • NashVillager
    • Podcast
    • Newsletter
  • Events
  • Giveaways
  • Donor Hub
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter

tornadoes

Five tornadoes confirmed across Middle Tennessee

Tony Gonzalez

May 26, 2025

The storm knocked down trees and power poles and dropped extremely large hail — some as large as a baseball — in and around Williamson County.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: severe weather, tornadoes

More tornadoes and fewer meteorologists make for a dangerous mix that’s worrying US officials

The Associated Press

May 21, 2025

The U.S. is on track to have its second-busiest tornado year ever, and some former weather service veterans worry that overworked meteorologists and violent weather are a dangerous combination.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: National Weather Service, severe weather, tornadoes

Severe weather leaves at least 27 dead, including 18 in Kentucky

The Associated Press

May 17, 2025

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said Saturday that there were 18 weather-related deaths in his state. A devastating tornado damaged homes, tossed vehicles and left many people homeless. Seventeen of the deaths were in Laurel County, located in the state’s southeast.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: severe weather, Tornado deaths, tornadoes

Tornadoes confirmed after late-night Tennessee storms

WPLN Staff

April 1, 2025

The National Weather Service has confirmed four tornadoes touched down during storms late Sunday night. All were in a cluster of neighboring counties: Maury, Hickman and Humphreys.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: Maury County, severe weather, tornadoes

Long-term recovery from the 2023 tornado and Hurricane Helene

Mary Mancini

December 12, 2024

Listen

For those impacted by natural disasters, the holiday season will be very different this year.

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: Alex Dorman, Andrea Prince, Andrew Joyner, Dawn Day, East Tennessee Foundation, East Tennessee State University, Extreme weather, Hands On Nashville, Hurricane Helene, Long-term Recovery Group, Nashville Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster, severe weather, tornado, tornadoes, United Way of Greater Nashville

After tornado devastation, TSU rebuilds its agriculture campus from scratch

Char Daston

September 6, 2024

A group of well-dressed people cut a ribbon in front of a greenhouse on a sunny day. The man in the center carries a pair of giant scissors.
Listen

Tennessee State University’s College of Agriculture suffered a direct hit during the March 2020 tornadoes. Four years later, the rebuilt facilities are finally open.

Filed Under: Education, Science, WPLN News Tagged With: agriculture, Super Tuesday Tornado, Tennessee State University, tornado, tornadoes

President approves Tennessee disaster relief for May storms

Tony Gonzalez

June 18, 2024

The storms included ten tornadoes, damaging hail and record-setting rainfall in some pockets. A tornado in Maury County killed three people and flooding killed a boy in Rutherford County.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: federal funding, severe weather, tornadoes

Severe weather may impact much of Middle Tennessee on Sunday

Miriam KramerandMarianna Bacallao

May 26, 2024

The National Weather Service is warning that people in the area should remain “weather aware” through Memorial Day.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: National Weather Service, severe weather, tornadoes

Maury County tornado survivors reflect on deadly storm that struck with little notice

Blaise Gainey

May 17, 2024

A week removed from the EF-3 tornado, residents in Maury County are continuing to clean up debris. The storm uprooted trees, destroyed homes, and picked up vehicles. But residents are just happy to have each other.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Maury County, severe weather, tornado, tornadoes

Tennessee farms report storm damage, including flooded crops and livestock struck by lightning

Rose Gilbert

May 15, 2024

cow in Antioch

Last week’s deadly storms hit rural areas of Middle Tennessee hard, including many farms. The damages include cattle washed away, hundreds of thousands of dollars of crops flooded, barn roofs torn up and fences knocked down by fallen trees. There have even been reports of livestock struck by lightning.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: severe weather, Smith County, tennessee department of agriculture, Tennessee Farm Bureau, tornadoes, USDA

Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

Become a sponsor?
Become a sponsor?
Become a sponsor?

Footer

About

  • About Us
  • Contact
  • Staff
  • Employment Opportunities
  • Impact Report
  • Financial, FCC and CPB Reports
  • WPLN News Transparency Report
  • FCC Public File
  • Board of Directors
  • Privacy Policy

Listen

  • Ways To Listen
  • Shows & Podcasts
  • iPhone App
  • Android App
  • Alexa Smart Speakers

Sister Stations

  • WPLN International
  • 91.ONE, WNXP
  • Nashville Classical Radio

Stay Connected

  • Contact News Department
  • Receive Our Newsletters
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
WPLN News, Nashville Public Radio
630 Mainstream Drive
Nashville, TN 37228

Phone: (615) 760-2903
©2025 Nashville Public Radio

on-air light On Air - 90.3 WPLN-FM

Pop-Up Player : All Channels
Launch Streaming Player