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Strong Wind in Loudon, Tennessee

Strong Wind February 17, 2008 · Loudon, Tennessee

52 mph
Estimated gust (45 kt)
1
Death

What the National Weather Service wrote

The Knoxville News Sentinel newspaper reported a 63 year old man died when a tree on a hillside was pushed by strong winds and fell on his vehicle as he was traveling west on Vonroe Road in Loudon County.

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 79669. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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