Thunderstorm Wind — Bledsoe, Tennessee

2023-08-07 · near Luminary, Bledsoe, Tennessee

Event narrative

Multiple large mature trees were felled by severe thunderstorm winds, with several other trees suffering snapped limbs and partial tree loss. In addition, several power poles were snapped by falling trees during the high winds.

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 1129312. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.