High Wind in Southeast Monroe, Tennessee

High Wind February 17, 2008 · Southeast Monroe, Tennessee

58 mph

Measured gust (50 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

Park officials reported a wind gust to 58 mph (50 knots) at the RAWS observation site at Coker Creek.

The wider storm

A strong pressure gradient brought non-thunderstorm damaging winds to the higher elevations of east Tennessee on the 17th. Strong winds in the valley was responsible for one death in Loudon County.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 79665. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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