The tornadoes, which also injured three people and caused widespread damage, reached wind speeds in excess of 100 miles per hour.

The year’s first deadly US tornado struck after dark Thursday, killing two people in a small East Tennessee community as the first of five back-to-back, jet stream-driven winter storms pummeled the eastern United States.

A mother and daughter were killed by a tornado in Deer Lodge, in Morgan County, Tennessee, Thursday night around 8:30 p.m., WATE reports. The town is 50 miles northwest of Knoxville, Tennessee. The National Weather Service (NWS) has preliminarily given the tornado an EF2 rating.