NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A tornado was spotted in northwest Tennessee and hail and thunderstorm damage was reported as a line of storms moved east across the Mississippi Valley.

The National Weather Service said the tornado was spotted Tuesday afternoon east of Dyersburg moving northeast.

The Dyersburg State Gazette reported a string of homes north of Halls were destroyed or heavily damaged shortly before 3 p.m.

The Tennessee Highway Patrol reported the tornado touched down along Bruceville Slab Road, near the Dyer-Lauderdale county line but has dissipated.

Dyer County Sheriff's Department reported no injuries associated with the storm.

Judy Adams was in the rear of her home north of Halls when she heard "things starting to get noisy" and walked to the front of the house.

Seconds later, she said the tornado tore the back from the house and scattered shingles, lumber and furniture. The front door was ripped from the frame, leaving a large hole in the front of the house.

"It was the loudest boom I think I've heard," Adams told the newspaper. "Just look at this. Terrible."

A Forked Deer Electric Cooperative team started assessing the damage after the storm passed.

No severe weather was reported in middle Tennessee except a few downed trees in Dickson County and power outages in Davidson County on Tuesday night.

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