Thunderstorm Wind — Bledsoe, Tennessee

2023-08-07 · near Old Cumberland, Bledsoe, Tennessee

Event narrative

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.

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 1137802. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.