Thunderstorm Wind, Unicoi
- When
- June 20, 3:32 PM EST
- Where
- Unicoi County, Rocky Fork
- Crop damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 36.030, -82.550
Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 20, 1997
A few trees blown down on state highway 352 near Rocky Fork.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- $5,000
- Events
- 1
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 few trees blown down on state highway 352 near Rocky Fork.
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 78 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:34 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 20 to 21, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Michigan, June 20 to 23, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, June 20, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 20, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 20, 1997
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 20, 1997
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 20, 1997
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 20, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 20, 1997
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Nebraska, June 20, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 20, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 20, 1997
More
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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: 5603787.