Thunderstorm Wind — Wayne, Tennessee

2022-03-22 · near Collinwood, Wayne, Tennessee

Event narrative

Tennessee Valley Weather and Facebook reports, along with radar and satellite data, indicate a swath of wind damage occurred between Collinwood and Waynesboro. Numerous trees and power lines were blown down with power outages along Waterfall Creek Road, Chalk Creek Road, Sunny Acres Drive, and Johnson Hollow Road. A lumber yard on Chalk Creek Road also suffered minor damage. In addition, NASA satellite imagery indicates a 200 yard wide swath of trees was blown down in rural forests from Waterfall Creek Road to Chalk Creek Road, suggesting this may have been a weak QLCS tornado. However, the damage along with satellite and radar data are too inconclusive at this time.

Wider weather episode

A QLCS moved across Middle Tennessee during the afternoon and evening hours on March 22, producing a few reports of wind damage. Ahead of the QLCS, strong south winds occurred across the region with wind gusts near and over 50 mph at times, although no damage was reported. A wind gust of 53 mph was measured at the Clarksville Outlaw Field ASOS at 853pm CDT, and a wind gust of 47 mph was measured at the Nashville International Airport ASOS at 1148pm CDT.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1015624. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.