Thunderstorm Wind in Washington County, Tennessee

Thunderstorm Wind August 14, 2023 · Washington County, Tennessee

81 mph

Estimated gust (70 kt)

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Downburst severe winds from a thunderstorm produced a divergent pattern in the woods, felling several hardwood trees along with broken branches.

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 Woodlawn (36.2700, -82.4820).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1121789. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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