Thunderstorm Wind — Union, Tennessee

2019-10-31 · near Maynardville, Union, Tennessee

Event narrative

A few trees were reported down across the county.

Wider weather episode

A strong cold front moved through the Southern Appalachians around mid day impacting much of East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia resulting in widespread wind damage. The air mass in advance of the front was associated with only weak instability. However, the wind field was very strong with favorable directional shear in a small part of Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. In this environment, a weak, short lived tornado formed across Northeast Tennessee. Farther south, in Central East Tennessee, straight line winds downed a large tree onto a vehicle resulting in a fatality.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 856637. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.