NASHVILLE, Tenn. - It's Severe Weather Awareness Week in
Tennessee. TEMA, along with the National Weather Service and the
Tennessee Associate of Broadcasters, will sponsor activities and
drills to help people prepare for weather emergencies like
tornadoes, damaging winds, floods, lightning and hail.
Activities include a statewide tornado drill on Wednesday at 9
a.m. A storm system produced 22 tornadoes in Middle Tennessee in
the early morning hours of January 30, 2013. According to NWS
records, it was the largest January tornado outbreak in Middle
Tennessee history, eclipsing the previous record of 12 tornadoes
that occurred on Jan. 24, 1997. It also makes Jan. 30, 2013 the
second biggest outbreak of tornadoes for any month in Middle
Tennessee history. More information on Severe Weather Awareness
can be found here.