High Wind in Northwest Blount, Tennessee

High Wind February 27, 2023 · Northwest Blount, Tennessee

87 mph

Measured gust (76 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

An 87 mph gust was measured at McGee Tyson Airport.

The wider storm

A line of storms moved across East Tennessee in the afternoon, with some portions of the line producing damaging winds. A strong pressure gradient also produced high winds, both ahead and behind the storms.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1074866. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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