NWS Forecast Office Nashville, TN

On April 3, 1974...The Super Outbreak, one of the worst tornado
outbreaks in U.S. history, produces 148 tornadoes from the Gulf Coast
to Canada -- with 24 confirmed tornadoes across Middle Tennessee, 38
deaths, and over 500 injuries. Lincoln County is particularly
hard-hit, as an F5 that began in Alabama kills 6 in the county.
Three-inch hail is reported in Marshall County. This is the 3rd
deadliest tornado outbreak, as well as the largest tornado outbreak,
ever to strike Middle Tennessee.