Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- May 13, 4:55 PM EST
- Where
- Jefferson County, White Pine
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Crop damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 36.120, -83.280
Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 13, 1999
Damage was confined to the area of Highway 113 and Nina Road. Two barns were completely destroyed.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Crop damage
- $10,000
- 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.
Damage was confined to the area of Highway 113 and Nina Road. Two barns were completely destroyed. Harvest Temple Baptist Church sustained roof damage. Twelve mobile homes in the Spring Park mobile home park sustained damage to their underpinnings. Several trees were also blown down in this area. A storm survey shortly after the event estimated the winds at 80 to 100 mph.
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 12 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:55 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 Alabama, May 13, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 13, 1999
- Hail in Nebraska, May 13 to 14, 1999
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, May 13, 1999
- Lightning Strikes in Virginia, May 13, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 13, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 13, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, May 13, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 13, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 13, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, May 13, 1999
- Hail in South Carolina, May 13 to 14, 1999
More
Every storm in Tennessee in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, May 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: 5694481.