High Wind, Cocke/Smoky Mountains
- When
- January 31, 1:00 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Cocke/Smoky Mountains forecast zone
- Crop damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 35.925, -83.121 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Tennessee, January 31, 1999
Strong winds downed numerous trees throughout the county. Numerous power outages reported due to trees falling on lines.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- $40,000
- 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.
Strong winds downed numerous trees throughout the county. Numerous power outages reported due to trees falling on lines. At approximately 5 pm in Parrottsville, a barn on Happy Hollow Road was blown down, temporarily blocking one lane of traffic.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Northwest Cocke
- When
- January 31, 1:00 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Northwest Cocke forecast zone
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 35.925, -83.121 (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
- Flood in Louisiana, January 31, 1999
- Flood in Louisiana, January 31, 1999
- Flooding in Texas, January 31, 1999
- Heavy Rain in New Jersey, January 31, 1999
- Flooding in Louisiana, January 31, 1999
- Heavy Rain in Pennsylvania, January 31, 1999
- High Wind in Alabama, January 31, 1999
- Sleet in North Carolina, January 31, 1999
- Sleet in South Carolina, January 31, 1999
- Flooding in Missouri, January 31, 1999
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, January 31, 1999
- Winter Weather in Georgia, January 31, 1999
More
Every storm in Tennessee in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, January 1999
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: 5679745, 5679746.