Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- May 13, 4:30 PM EST
- Where
- Jefferson County, Countywide
- Crop damage
- $20,000
- Coordinates
- 36.050, -83.470
Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 13, 1997
Trees down throughout both counties. Phone lines down in Rogersville in Hawkins county.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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- 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
- $15,000
- Crop damage
- $43,000
- Events
- 2
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.
Trees down throughout both counties. Phone lines down in Rogersville in Hawkins county.
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 15 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:30 UTC.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Hawkins
- When
- May 13, 4:30 PM EST
- Where
- Hawkins County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Crop damage
- $23,000
- Coordinates
- 36.420, -82.970
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
- Frost and Freeze in Iowa, May 13, 1997
- Strong Wind in South Carolina, May 13, 1997
- Cold in Nebraska, May 13, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 13, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 13, 1997
- Cold in Iowa, May 13, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, May 13 to 14, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 13, 1997
- Hail in Virginia, May 13, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 13, 1997
- Wildfire in Nevada, May 13, 1997
- High Wind in North Carolina, May 13, 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: 5592143, 5592144.