High Wind in Southeast Greene, Tennessee

High Wind December 27, 2018 · Southeast Greene, Tennessee

83 mph

Measured gust (72 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

An 83 mph gust was recorded at Camp Creek.

The wider storm

A strengthening low pressure system over Middle America and a strong ridge of higher pressure over the Eastern Seaboard produced a very strong pressure gradient over the Southern Appalachian region causing very strong low-level southerly winds in the

higher terrain in the foothills of the Appalachians and along the Appalachian Crest bordering North Carolina.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 793005. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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