Excessive Heat in Northwest Blount, Tennessee

Excessive Heat August 7, 2007 – August 29, 2007 · Northwest Blount, Tennessee

What the National Weather Service wrote

During the period, McGhee Tyson Airport experienced temperatures at or above 93 degrees for 23 straight days, including 3 days over 100 degrees. Five record highs temperatures were also broken.

The wider storm

An stagnant upper ridge brought a prolonged period of excessive heat to east Tennessee.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 54654. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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