Nashville hammered by overnight tornado. Reports of (Update: 25) deaths.

There is some sort of system in Nashville. Everyone in the line of the storm in the Nashville metro area got phone alerts that no doubt saved a bunch of lives. Once it left the suburban county east of Nashville it skipped over many miles before hitting Cookeville. There the cell towers apparently were taken out very early and the same warning system could not call as many people. And that is where most of the deaths happened.
It also happened at 1 and 2 in the morning when most people were asleep.

It is also sort of weird/interesting that Nashville has had 3 huge tornados in the last 100 years. One in the 1930s, one in 1998, and one last week. They all have taken a very similar trek, and all crossed the exact same point in the city where they each caused tremendous destruction: East Nashville and more specifically the 5 Points area. Just sort of weird because if you know Nashville you could still see some of the effects of the 1998 tornado in terms of where buildings were rebuilt and that sort of thing and then this tornado took the same basic path.