According to the National Weather Service, two tornadoes struck the area of Burns, Tennessee, and southern Dickson County. Burns is adjacent to Montgomery Bell State Park and the park has a Burns mailing address.  An EF1 tornado touched down at 2:49 a.m. and stayed on the ground for five minutes, traveling through downtown Burns and taking the roofs off two houses on Railroad Street. The tornado had winds of up to 110 mph, traveled on the ground for over five miles and was approximately 175 yards wide. An EF2 tornado touched down at 2:43 a.m. and stayed on the ground for eight minutes, travelling through the Murrell Road area near East Piney Road and damaging multiple homes as well breaking utility poles, downing power lines and uprooting countless trees. The tornado had winds of up to 135 mph, travelled for over eight miles, and was approximately 500 yards wide.

While many trees in the park were uprooted or damaged in other ways, no damage has been reported to the McAdow log house or the chapel in Church Hollow. The site is the birthplace of the Cumberland Presbyterian Denomination and is beloved by many Cumberland Presbyterians.