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The National Weather Service had overnight storm damage reported from Perry County, especially in the Lobelville area and will decide later on where to send survey crews.
A Perry County dispatcher also said there are multiple reports of homes with roof damage with a barn blown away along with trees and power lines down in Lobelville and the surrounding area. No injuries had been reported as of about 6:30 a.m.
Further damage could be revealed and reported with daylight on Saturday.
There were also some scattered damage reports in the Dickson area, including to a business. And a light pole at Smyrna High School fell and damaged automobiles, according to the weather service.
Winds from the storms that came through Middle Tennessee late Friday were regularly 30-40 miles per hour. And wind gusts included 57 mph in Brentwood, 52 mph at Nashville International Airport and 51 mph at the Dickson airport, according to the weather service.
The weather service also had reports of some individual trees, limbs and wires down in Nashville and Davidson County, meteorologist Scott Unger said.
Nashville Electric Service reported more than 5,000 customers out of power before midnight. There were just over 1,800 NES customers without power just before 7 a.m., Saturday.
Middle Tennessee Electric reported less than 100 customers out of power as of Saturday morning.
A tornado watch was issued for parts of Middle Tennessee with the forecast for a line of severe thunderstorms that made their way through the region late Friday.
Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford, Maury, Sumner, Wilson and Coffee Counties were under the watch, which was issued around 9:30 p.m Friday by the National Weather Service office in Nashville.
Reach Andy Humbles at ahumbles@tennessean.com or 615-726-5939 and on Twitter @ AndyHumbles.
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