Thunderstorm Wind — Johnson, Tennessee

2025-05-02 · near Mountain City, Johnson, Tennessee

Event narrative

Several trees were blown down by severe thunderstorm wind gusts. Hail also fell during the storm, unknown size.

Wider weather episode

An area of thunderstorms moved into eastern Tennessee during the afternoon hours on May 2, 2025. Damaging wind reports were seen throughout the Cumberland plateau and Tennessee valley, but the strongest storms and greatest concentration of severe weather reports were mainly in the southern Tennessee valley. Flash flooding, damaging winds, and even some severe sized hail were seen there.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1253163. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.