Thunderstorm Wind — Rhea, Tennessee

2023-08-07 · near Morgantown, Rhea, Tennessee

Event narrative

A large tree was blown down by severe thunderstorm wind gusts.

Wider weather episode

A highly anomalous pattern for August including an unseasonably intense low pressure system created several hours of severe thunderstorms including the final round of storms that grew upscale into a severe mesoscale convective system.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1120644. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.