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Thunderstorm Wind in Blount County, Tennessee

Thunderstorm Wind August 7, 2023 · Blount County, Tennessee

60 mph
Measured gust (52 kt)

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Knoxville McGhee Tyson Airport ASOS records a 52 knot severe thunderstorm wind gust.

The wider storm

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.

Began near Chandler (35.8200, -83.9800).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1120656. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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