High Wind — Coffee, Tennessee

2025-03-04 · Coffee, Tennessee

Event narrative

Estimated 60 mph winds downed a large tree, crushing an old vehicle and destroying some fencing at a home on McKellar Drive in Tullahoma. Another large tree was downed on South Spring Street in Manchester. While weather stations in the area generally measured wind speeds in the 40 to 50 mph range, it's likely sporadic wind gusts up to 60 mph occurred. Damages are a rough estimate.

Wider weather episode

A potent storm system tracked across the eastern United States, steering a very strong low-level jet over Middle Tennessee on March 4, 2025. These very strong upper-level winds were able to mix down to the surface which resulted in damaging winds across the area. The strongest winds during this event were measured across the Cumberland Plateau where wind gusts of 55 to 65 mph occurred. While wind gusts weren't as strong west of the Cumberland Plateau, several hours of strong winds still caused damage. Across Middle Tennessee, numerous reports of downed trees and powerlines along with power outages were received.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1230427. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.