High Wind in Northwest Carter, Tennessee

High Wind December 9, 2009 · Northwest Carter, Tennessee

69 mph

Estimated gust (60 kt)

$20K

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

The Elizabethton Star newspaper reported numerous trees and powerlines downed by non-thunderstorm winds countywide.

The wider storm

A strong low pressure tracked across east Tennessee bringing damaging non-thunderstorm winds to the area late in the day on the 8th and continued into the overnight hours on the 9th. The strongest winds occurred over the higher elevations. Flash flooding was also reported in the overnight hours.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 202346. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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