Thunderstorm Wind in Carter County, Tennessee

Thunderstorm Wind July 8, 2016 · Carter County, Tennessee

62 mph

Measured gust (54 kt)

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A 62 mph wind gust was recorded on a Davis wind sensor. Several trees were downed in the area along with widespread power outages.

The wider storm

The combination of summer heating and high low level moisture content provided the necessary conditions to create a highly unstable environment across the Southern Appalachian region. The instability and more than adequate upper level west to northwesterly flow allowed an mesoscale convective system to remain quite strong as it moved east across the area. Downburst winds in some areas were in the 60 to 70 mile an hour range with speeds as high as 80 miles an hour estimated. Trees were downed across a broad area and resulted in the deaths of three people.

Began near Elizabethton (36.3400, -82.2300).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 635272. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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