Strong Wind — Northwest Monroe, Tennessee

2025-03-05 · Northwest Monroe, Tennessee

Event narrative

A couple of large trees were blown over by strong wind gusts in Tellico Plains, with one tree landing partially on a large RV.

Wider weather episode

A closed low moving into the Midwest helped intensify a very strong low level jet that brought high end mountain wave winds to the East Tennessee mountains and foothills, with strong non-thunderstorm wind gusts that were sub-warning criteria across much of the Tennessee Valley. An event of this magnitude is typically rare per each winter season. After the passage of the cold front, light snow showers brought light snow and limited impacts to higher elevations of the East Tennessee Mountains.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1244719. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.