Thunderstorm Wind in Bledsoe County, Tennessee
Thunderstorm Wind August 7, 2023 · Bledsoe County, Tennessee
Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.
What the National Weather Service wrote
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.
The wider storm
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.
Began near Luminary (35.7000, -85.0000).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1129312. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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