Thunderstorm Wind — Sullivan, Tennessee

2023-08-14 · near Springdale, Sullivan, Tennessee

Event narrative

Several trees blown down along the road by severe thunderstorm winds.

Wider weather episode

A highly anomalous weather pattern involving a closed low and a trailing cold front brought discrete thunderstorms and multicell clusters in multiple rounds to east Tennessee. Repeat events as well as training of cells resulted in flash flooding, some of it significant.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1121756. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.