Tornadoes and severe weather impacted Tennessee on Saturday, December 9, 2023. Affected counties include Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Gibson, Montgomery, Robertson, Stewart, Sumner, Trousdale, Weakley, and Wilson counties. The National Weather Service has confirmed another tornado bringing the total tornado count to eight. The newest tornado is an EF1 in Clay County. This tornado is in addition to an EF3 in Montgomery County, an EF1 in Gibson/Weakley counties, an EF2 in Robertson County (Springfield), an EF2 in Dickson/Cheatham counties (White Bluff), an EF2 in Dickson County (Cumberland Furnace), an EF1 in Stewart/Montgomery counties, and an EF2 in Davidson/Sumner counties.
TEMA is coordinating with state and local partners to meet survivors’ most immediate needs. Yesterday, December 13, Governor Bill Lee announced approval of his request of an Expedited Major Disaster Declaration, which will support survivors in Davidson, Dickson, Montgomery, and Sumner counties impacted by the tornadoes and severe storms on December 9.
This type of declaration allows assistance to be given to the communities that unmistakably meet FEMA disaster declaration requirements, while other counties whose damage may be harder to initially quantify work with FEMA to assess damages to be added to the declaration.