NFL Twitter By Matt Clapp on September 24, 2018 September 25, 2018. Multiple homes were damaged. Moments before I walked out the door, I saw that Davidson County was now under a severe thunderstorm warning.
Of course, my natural response was to start taking pictures, thinking we might need them for the morning show. The windshield stayed intact, but pictures show that a piece of wood cracked it open on the passenger side.
9 dead after tornado hits Nashville, nearby counties. Only one of three to ever hit downtown.Miracles happen, once in awhile... And it’s a miracle from God that I am alive right now.
Of course, my natural response was to start taking pictures, thinking we might need them for the morning show. I also got to hug Annie, which makes me emotional to think about.By morning my parents came to get me in Nashville. Annie assured me that someone from the station was coming to get me.
Traveling the country telling stories.
I am ready to get back to Nashville though.
We were both terrified, and she continued to stay on the phone with me. Somehow I survived being in an EF-2 tornado with 125mph winds. It’s a city I’ve grown to love over the past 2 years. I was trying to find out if another tornado was coming. Chris has interned at New England Cable News and was an i-Team intern for WBZ-TV, the CBS affiliate in Boston.Chris resides in Nashville. Chris has been the recipient of a number of regional Edward R. Murrow Awards and also named "Journalist of the Year" by the Associated Press. Chris has also reported live for the CBS Evening News.Since moving to Nashville, Chris has covered a number of stories that caught the nation's eye including the murder trials in the case of missing nursing student Holly Bobo, the high profile rape trial of two former Vanderbilt University football players and the deadly wildfires in the Great Smoky Mountains.During his Minnesota days, Chris was frequently chasing tornados across the countryside and in September of 2011 he was honored with a Regional Emmy award for his work covering historic floods and an unprecedented tornado outbreak. Originally from Massachusetts, he graduated from Boston University with a degree in Broadcast Journalism and a minor in Political Science.In his spare time you'll usually catch Chris outside running down West End with his yellow lab, Cooper. She said I had just been in a tornado. Even though I knew where I was, I had a hard time forming the words to tell her. I saw one piece of debris in rotation, and suddenly my car was covered. After getting off I-40 and onto Rosa L. Parks Blvd., I was in a panic trying to get to NewsChannel 5. Chris Conte interviewed me at this point, which has since aired on national news.Instead of working I went to the emergency room. Clearly, I should have stayed put.Aside from my nerves, things eventually calmed down a bit. Trophy Count 2. I was trying to find out if another tornado was coming.
I just kept yelling “Annie” over and over. I got in the backseat and sat next their baby.
The newsroom was busy, but I was well taken care of.
This was not the right thing to do in a tornado warning, but I kept going. People started walking up and down Rosa Parks. Nashville reporter Chris Conte is *not* Tampa Bay Buccaneers safety Chris Conte.