Thunderstorm Wind — Hamblen, Tennessee

2023-08-14 · near Valley Home, Hamblen, Tennessee

Event narrative

Numerous trees blown down by severe thunderstorm winds across the county, primarily concentrated in southern and eastern portions of the county.

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 1121765. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.