High Wind in Northwest Carter, Tennessee

High Wind December 2, 2009 · Northwest Carter, Tennessee

75 mph

Estimated gust (65 kt)

$25K

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

The Elizabethton Star newspaper reported at least 15 trees and many powerlines downed by non-thunderstorm winds countywide. A mobile home in Elizabethton was blown off its foundation. Several homes...businesses and outbuildings in Elizabethton were also damaged.

The wider storm

A strong pressure gradient across east Tennessee brought windy conditions over the mountains as a storm system moved across the midwest part of the U.S.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 206914. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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