Tornado Warning for Lee County

**burton2019** · April 26th, 2007, 08:16 PM

Be careful

**beamer_ball** · April 26th, 2007, 08:29 PM

This storm produced a tornado back near Crossville and has a tornado warning out for every county since then. One of the updates said a tornado was reported near Tazewell down in Claiborne county at 7:59.

**1inStripes** · April 26th, 2007, 08:32 PM

Watch out TW baseball field.

**NotSoSilentBob** · April 26th, 2007, 11:10 PM

I drove by there a couple of weeks ago. The field house was the only thing affected. Trees in the area didn't appear to have been damaged.

**beamer_ball** · April 26th, 2007, 11:26 PM

Storm started weakening as it moved into the county, a good thing too, looks like Lee was lucky, just missed it...

http://www.wbir.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=44583

Video:
http://www.wbir.com/video/player.aspx?aid=43267&bw=

UPDATED: Injuries, damaged homes reported as storms hit Claiborne County

By: Katie Allison Granju, Producer
Date created: 4/26/2007 5:21:27 PM
Last updated: 4/26/2007 11:05:36 PM

Wicked winds ripped homes apart and left more than half a-dozen people injured across several East Tennessee counties Thursday night.

The National Weather Service confirmed two tornadoes - one in Claiborne County and one in Cumberland County.

The Claiborne storm caused significant damage near New Tazewell, where as many as 30 houses were damaged or destroyed.

At least six people were injured, and power was knocked out in the community. Search and rescue teams are looking for other storm victims.

The Red Cross is assessing the community's needs, and a shelter has been set up at TNT-New Tazewell Elementary School.

In Cumberland County, wind tore apart a mobile home on Tanner Road, taking off the roof and dumping insulation in nearby trees.