Thunderstorm Wind in Loudon County, Tennessee

Thunderstorm Wind August 7, 2023 · Loudon County, Tennessee

75 mph

Estimated gust (65 kt)

$500K

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Loudon County High sustained significant roof damage to the gymnasium. The roof decking was ripped off the building. The only other structural damage on site was to the ticket booth, which also had the roof lifted off and destroyed.

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 Loudon (35.7300, -84.3500).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Knox County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1120669. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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