NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Strong winds associated with a powerful cold front moving across Tennessee downed trees and power lines across the Mid-State Friday afternoon, leaving thousands without power.
At 1 p.m., Nashville Electric Service reported more than 14,000 customers without power on its outage map. That number had dropped to 11,000 by 2:30 p.m. and to 7,000 by 4 p.m.
The damaging winds followed a line of storms that developed ahead of a cold front expected to move through the Mid-State later Friday evening.
In Sylvan Park, trees were reported down along 47th and 48th avenues in the areas of Idaho and Wyoming avenues.
Downed trees and power lines near Sylvan Park Elementary School forced school officials to reroute buses and cancel after school care because the school did not have electricity.
In west Nashville, there were reports of blown transformers in Bellevue off McCrory Lane and off Trimble Road in Belle Meade.
Also in Belle Meade, a tree reportedly fell into a home on Woodmont Boulevard, and in Green Hills, wires were down near the busy intersection of Hillsboro Pike at Crestmoor Road.
Not too far away, the wind destroyed a residential cottage at a foster care facility.
The cottage at Monroe Harding on Glendale Lane was demolished by a fallen tree. No one was inside at the time and no one was inured.
In east Nashville, a roof was blown off a building in the 800 block of Meridan Avenue, south of Cleveland Street, and in Metro Center, a downed tree was partially blocking Rosa Parks Boulevard.
In downtown Nashville, the wind blew out a window at Puckett's Grocery on Fifth Avenue and Church Street.
One person was injured by the shattered glass and taken to a local hospital as a precaution.
"I was in the kitchen and my ears popped and I ran out and the whole window had come down and shattered everywhere and fortunately we had some cuts but no serious injuries and we got everybody up and cleaning and evacuated as quickly as possible," restaurant manager Claire Crowell told Nashville's News 2. "It was pretty unbelievable. I've never seen anything like that happen."
Nearby, a large sign for the Tennessee Performing Arts Center fell onto the sidewalk below on Union Street and earlier in the day, around 1:30 p.m., building debris was found on Union Street between Fourth and Eighth avenues.
The hazard has since been cleared by Metro Public Works.
Further east, in Mt. Juliet, in Wilson County, a tree toppled onto a mobile home, nearly slicing the trailer in half.
A second round of storms was expected in Nashville on Friday evening as the cold front pushed through.
Much cooler temperatures are in store for Saturday in Nashville, with highs only in the upper 50s.
A sunny, milder day is forecasted for Sunday, with temperatures in the low 70s.
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