Thunderstorm Wind, Grainger
- When
- June 13, 5:45 AM EST
- Where
- Grainger County, 4 mi SE of Rutledge
- Crop damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 36.250, -83.450
Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 13, 1998
Trees down near German Creek boat dock.
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.
Trees down near German Creek boat dock.
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 10 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:42 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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, June 13, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 13, 1998
- Tornado in Kansas, June 13, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Massachusetts, June 13 to 23, 1998
- Heat in Florida, June 13, 1998
- Flooding in Kansas, June 13 to 22, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 13, 1998
- Flash Flooding in New Hampshire, June 13 to 15, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 13, 1998
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in District of Columbia, June 13, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Maine, June 13 to 15, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 13, 1998
More
Every storm in Tennessee in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, June 1998
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: 5659810.