Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has formally requested a Major Disaster Declaration to make federal assistance available to the West and Middle Tennessee counties impacted by severe weather and flooding on April 2-6. The request follows completed damage assessments across impacted counties.
The Major Disaster Declaration request comes in addition to the Emergency Declaration that was requested by Gov. Lee on April 2 and approved by President Trump on April 3.
The National Weather Service has preliminarily surveyed 19 tornadoes that impacted West and Middle Tennessee over the duration of the weather event.