High Wind in North Sevier, Tennessee

High Wind March 9, 2019 · North Sevier, Tennessee

74 mph

Measured gust (64 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

A 74 mph wind gust was recorded at the Cove Mountain wind tower.

The wider storm

Another strong late Winter season low pressure system moved across the Southern Appalachian region. The tight pressure gradient between the eastward moving low and high pressure over the eastern third of the Nation resulted in very strong low level winds. Mountain wave wind acceleration occurred across the Far East Tennessee Mountains with several reports of wind gusts greater than 70 mph. There was just enough instability for the formation of a few convective storms that produced some wind damage.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 800532. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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