Editing Cookeville, Tennessee (section)

===2020 tornado===
{{Main|2020 Nashville tornado outbreak#Putnam County–Cookeville, Tennessee}}

In the early morning of March 3, 2020, an [[Enhanced Fujita scale|EF4]] tornado touched down west of Cookeville, damaging several of the city's western outskirt neighborhoods. It killed 19 people, injured 87, and caused more than $100 million in damages. Tennessee Tech closed for two days, encouraging student volunteers to assist first responders in rescue and clean-up. The tornado's estimated maximum wind speed of 175&nbsp;mph along its nearly nine-mile path was recorded as the strongest storm of the outbreak.<ref name="OHX">{{cite report|author=National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office in Nashville, Tennessee|title=March 2-3, 2020 Tornadoes and Severe Weather|url=https://www.weather.gov/ohx/20200303|publisher=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|date=March 5, 2020}}</ref>