Many in Middle Tennessee woke up to several volleys of tornado warnings, lightning, thunder and a lot of rain as round after round of severe weather blew through the region Thursday morning.

NWS office in Paducah, Kentucky, in a flood watch: "Showers and storms through today produced 1 to 4 inches of rainfall across the Quad State. With another 5 to 9 inches of rainfall forecast through Sunday, a particularly dangerous flooding and flash flooding situation is expected."

Over 10 inches of rain could fall through Saturday, pushing rivers well above flood stage in a "particularly dangerous situation." If that wasn't enough, multiple rounds of severe thunderstorms with hail,

As Nashville braces for more severe weather through the weekend, those with homes in a floodplain face the highest risk of dangerous flooding.

The Tennessee Department of Transportation listed current closures in the Western Part of the state at 3 p.m. on April 3, 2025, following a series of heavy storms.

A multiple-day severe weather and "generational" flash flooding threat is pummeling the Ohio, Tennessee and Mississippi Valleys with an onslaught of tornadoes, damaging winds and forecasts of more than a foot of rain,

At least two people were killed in Tennessee, officials said, and millions of people were under severe weather advisories. Flooding was reported in Nashville.

The National Weather Service described the disaster as "a once-in-a-generation to once-in-a-lifetime" event, warning that the worst may still be ahead.