Tornado, Knox
- When
- May 23, 4:05 PM EST
- Where
- Knox County, Powell
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.033, -84.033
Tornado in Tennessee, May 23, 2000
Mr. Dewey Rose, a resident of Impala Mobile Home Park, was injured after the storm ripped his home off its foundation.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 1
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- 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.
Mr. Dewey Rose, a resident of Impala Mobile Home Park, was injured after the storm ripped his home off its foundation. Winds estimated at 75-80 mph.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 23, 2000
- Tornadoes in Ohio, May 23, 2000
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Ohio, May 23, 2000
- Hail in Illinois, May 23, 2000
- Hail in Missouri, May 23, 2000
- Hail in Missouri, May 23, 2000
- Tornado and Flash Flood in West Virginia, May 23, 2000
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Ohio, May 23, 2000
- Tornado in Kentucky, May 23, 2000
- Tornado and Hail in Tennessee, May 23, 2000
- Hail in Illinois, May 23, 2000
More
Every storm in Tennessee in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Tennessee, 2000Warnings in Tennessee, May 2000
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: 5147149.