Deadly tornado in Middle Tennessee
![](https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/images/2024/05/tn2_2p-20240508_230225.png)
1-minute GOES-16 “Red” Visible (0.64 µm, top) and “Clean” Infrared Window (10.3 µm, bottom) images with plots of Severe Thunderstorm Warning (yellow) and Tornado Warning (red) polygons — with/without an overlay of GLM Flash Extent Density — from 2059 UTC on 08 May to 0000 UTC on 09 May [click to play animated GIF | MP4]
1-minute GOES-16 Visible/Infrared Sandwich RGB images (below) began to exhibit an Above-Anvil Cirrus Plume or AACP (reference | VISIT training | blog posts) about an hour before the tornado began near Columbia around 2237 UTC (damage survey). A Tornado Emergency (bold red polygon) was then issued for the Spring Hill area (and downstream locations) at 2253 UTC.
![](https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/images/2024/05/tn2_rgb-20240508_220425.png)
1-minute GOES-16 Visible/Infrared Sandwich RGB images with plots of Severe Thunderstorm Warning (yellow) and Tornado Warning (red) polygons, from 2059-2300 UTC on 08 May [click to play animated GIF | MP4]
![](https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/images/2024/05/tn2_2p-20240508_214325.png)
GOES-16 “Red” Visible (0.64 µm, top) and “Clean” Infrared Window (10.3 µm, bottom) images with plots of Severe Thunderstorm Warning (yellow) and Tornado Warning polygons (red) at 2143 UTC on 08 May [click to enlarge]