Thunderstorm Wind — Jefferson, Tennessee

2023-08-07 · near Shady Grove, Jefferson, Tennessee

Event narrative

Severe straight line winds that exited Sevier County struck the Overlook RV Park in Dandridge. Multiple trees were uprooted or snapped, and awnings covering RVs in the park were blown over or stripped of their metal roofs.

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 1120671. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.