High Wind in Northwest Carter, Tennessee

High Wind January 17, 2010 · Northwest Carter, Tennessee

58 mph

Estimated gust (50 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

A few trees were reported down on Taylor Avenue near Watauga Road.

The wider storm

A low pressure system strengthened as it shifted northeast into the Tennessee Valley

early Sunday morning. The mountain wave developed in the tight pressure gradient between the low and higher pressure over the Atlantic coastline and was aided by a resident stable air mass across the Southern Appalachians. Strong winds produced some damage in the highest terrain and in the immediate foothills.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 205441. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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