Thunderstorm Wind — Johnson, Tennessee

2017-05-12 · near Shady Vly, Johnson, Tennessee

Event narrative

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.

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 687918. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.