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Thunderstorm Wind in Johnson County, Tennessee

Thunderstorm Wind May 12, 2017 · Johnson County, Tennessee

58 mph
Estimated gust (50 kt)

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

In this area, trees were reported down, a storage shed was blown from its foundation, and a metal roof was peeled off of a double wide structure.

The wider storm

Scattered thunderstorms formed in the unstable air in the vicinity of a surface low pressure area riding along a weak frontal boundary. Some of the storms were slow moving and generated some minor nuisance flooding. There was even a weak tornado that developed over the extreme northeast corner of Tennessee.

Began near Shady Vly (36.5200, -81.9300).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 687918. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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