High Wind in Northwest Greene, Tennessee

High Wind April 11, 2024 · Northwest Greene, Tennessee

71 mph

Measured gust (62 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

The NOAA ATDD weather station at Camp Creek Elementary recorded a 71 mph non-thunderstorm wind gust. A nearby weather station in Unicoi County recorded a 53 mph wind gust 30 minutes prior to this observation.

The wider storm

A shortwave weather system with a strong winds aloft and a sharp pressure gradient helped generate a mountain wave event in the East Tennessee mountains followed by severe thunderstorms in the Tennessee Valley.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1164298. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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