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
Numerous trees were felled by thunderstorm winds within the confines of Fall Creek Falls State Park boundaries. Satellite photos indicate the swath extended into Bledsoe County with additional trees over a wide area knocked down by powerful straight line 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 Old Cumberland (35.6182, -85.3489).
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 1137802. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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