Thunderstorm Wind in McMinn County, Tennessee

Thunderstorm Wind August 14, 2023 · McMinn County, Tennessee

60 mph

Estimated gust (52 kt)

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Multiple trees blown down by powerful thunderstorm winds across the county.

The wider storm

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.

Began near Mashburn (35.4400, -84.5300).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1121763. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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