Early Access Reconnaissance Report (EARR)

In the overnight and early morning hours of March 2-3, 2020, a series of tornadoes struck Tennessee and Kentucky. The seven tornadoes touching down in Tennessee caused 25 fatalities, 19 of which occurred within a two-mile stretch just west of Cookeville, TN. This Early Access Reconnaissance Report (EARR) is StEER’s second product in response to these tornadoes, (1) overviewing the hazard characteristics, (2) StEER’s event response, (3) preliminary findings based on the data and observations generated by its Field Assessment Structural Team (FAST), and (4) recommendations for further study. Note that all observations and findings provided in this EARR should be considered preliminary and are based on the limited scope of the FAST.