The University of Tennessee campus experienced a beautiful and balmy Wednesday morning. The temperature was in the 60s and the sun was shining.

However, the local news called for severe weather later in the day. According to the local weather stations there were tornado warnings in effect for much of East Tennessee.

The same storm front hit Oklahoma on Tuesday night producing a violent tornado, killing 8 and injuring more than a dozen. No tornadoes or known injuries have been reported in Tennessee according to a knoxnews.com article.

Around 4 p.m. the wind was quickly picking up and sheets of rain were blowing angrily across the sky. At one point during the fast-moving storm, the gusts were so bad that visibility was little to none.

Luckily, the campus did not suffer the amount of damage that some counties nearby did. Knoxnews.com reports that nearly 50,000 are without power throughout East Tennessee and many may not have it restored until Friday.

After the worst of the storm had passed, the campus came back to life as the sun returned for an encore presentation.