English: A zoomed-in view of thunderstorms over Nashville, Tennessee, seen by GOES-East on March 3, 2020. In this view, lightning is shown as white flashes.

The Nashville Fire Department said that they are responding to reports of more than 40 structural collapses around Nashville and urged residents to avoid downed power lines and storm debris. A local television news reporter tweeted that hundreds of people in downtown Nashville were left homeless after their apartment complexes were destroyed. Additionally, a public information statement from the National Weather Service stated that so far, surveys in Mt. Juliet and Donelson have "found at least EF-3 damage ," where wind gusts ranged from 136-165 mph.

The city’s power provider, Nashville Electric, stated at 4:14 a.m. CST that more than 44,000 residents had lost power, but they are working as quickly as possible to assess the damage and restore it. Schools, courts, transit lines, an airport, and the state capitol have been closed, and even some damaged polling stations had to be moved just hours before Super Tuesday voting began.