High Wind, Blount/Smoky Mountains
- When
- January 23, 5:00 PM EST to January 24, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Blount/Smoky Mountains forecast zone
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 35.687, -83.925 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Tennessee, January 23 to 24, 1996
A strong cold front caused gradient winds in excess of 40 mph. Numerous trees and power lines were reported down.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS MRX wrote it up.
A strong cold front caused gradient winds in excess of 40 mph. Numerous trees and power lines were reported down. A roof was blown off a business in Sweetwater. A tree fell on a family's trailer in Walland
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Southeast Monroe
- When
- January 23, 5:00 PM EST to January 24, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Southeast Monroe forecast zone
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Coordinates
- 35.443, -84.253 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Campbell
- When
- January 23, 5:00 PM EST to January 24, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Campbell forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 36.404, -84.149 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes in Louisiana, January 23, 1996
- Flooding in Ohio, January 23 to 30, 1996
- Flood in California, January 23 to 24, 1996
- Flooding in Kentucky, January 23 to 30, 1996
- Winter Storm in Idaho, January 23 to 24, 1996
- Winter Weather in Wisconsin, January 23, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, January 23 to 24, 1996
- Blizzard in Wyoming, January 23 to 24, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, January 23, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, January 23 to 24, 1996
- Winter Storm in California, January 23 to 24, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Montana, January 23 to 24, 1996
More
Every storm in Tennessee in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, January 1996
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5536230, 5536231, 5536431.