Thunderstorm Wind, Monroe
- When
- August 19, 7:20 PM EST
- Where
- Monroe County, North Center
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Crop damage
- $9,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.483, -84.367
Trees and power lines down.
Damaging Wind in Tennessee, August 19, 2001
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
- $10,000
- Crop damage
- $9,000
- 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 forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Morristown, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 19, 1:48 PM EST, 5 hours 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 19, 1:48 PM EST, 5 hours 32 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 248 PM EDT SUN AUG 19 2001 MAIN PERIOD OF CONCERN THIS PACKAGE IS EARLY TONIGHT. STRONG CONVECTION IS CURRENTLY DEVELOPING ALONG THE COLD FRONT FROM NRN PARTS OF THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU NE INTO ERN KY. THE COLD FRONT SHOULD WORK THRU MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA BY 19/03Z...SO IN SPITE OF VERY LOW MOS POPS...I WILL CARRY 20-40% POPS FOR THIS EVENING. CAPES REACHING 1500-2500 J/KG AT THIS TIME...AND WATER VAPOR PICS SHOW DRY SLOT APPROACHING...SO WILL INCLUDE MENTION OF SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE. MONDAY INTO TUESDAY...UPPER TROUGH LIFTS NE AND RIDGING STARTS TO BUILD EASTWARD. A DRY PERIOD...ALTHO SHORT RANGE MODELS DO WORK PCPN AROUND THE UPPER RIDGE...INTO THE MID MISS VALLEY BY 12Z TUE. THIS MAINLY WOULD AFFECT WRN TN...BUT I DID TREND BACK TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES FOR TUE. OTHERWISE...MOS TEMPS ARE VERY CLOSE AND GENERALLY ACCEPTED THRU 60 HOURS. PRELIMINARY TEMPS/POPS FOLLOW BELOW FOR COORDINATION PURPOSES: CHA 65/87/62/89/64 20/-/0/- TYS 63/84/60/86/62 30/-/0/- TRI 60/80/56/82/57 40/-/0/- OQT 63/83/59/85/61 30/-/0/- .MRX... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. TG
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 19, 5:17 PM EST, 2 hours 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
617 PM EDT SUN AUG 19 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0600 PM KNOXVILLE TN WIND DAMAGE
08/19/01 KNOX TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
IN WEST PART OF CITY.
REPORTED BY DISPATCH.
GMLocal storm report, Aug 19, 5:47 PM EST, 1 hour 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
647 PM EDT SUN AUG 19 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0630 PM ROGERSVILLE TN WIND DAMAGE
08/19/01 HAWKINS TREES DOWN BETWEEN
ROGERSVILLE AND
SURGOINSVILLE. REPORTED BY
DISPATCH.
GMLocal storm report, Aug 19, 6:01 PM EST, 1 hour 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
701 PM EDT SUN AUG 19 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0645 PM CHATTANOOGA TN .75 INCH HAIL
08/19/01 HAMILTON EAST SIDE OF CHATTANOOGA.
REPORTED BY AMATEUR RADIO
OPERATOR.
GMLocal storm report, Aug 19, 6:14 PM EST, 1 hour 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
714 PM EDT SUN AUG 19 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0630 PM HALETOWN TN WIND DAMAGE
08/19/01 MARION TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
DISPATCH.
GMLocal storm report, Aug 19, 6:43 PM EST, 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
743 PM EDT SUN AUG 19 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0600 PM KNOXVILLE TN WIND DAMAGE
08/19/01 KNOX TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
IN WEST PART OF CITY.
REPORTED BY DISPATCH.
0630 PM ROGERSVILLE TN WIND DAMAGE
08/19/01 HAWKINS TREES DOWN BETWEEN
ROGERSVILLE AND
SURGOINSVILLE.REPORTED BY
DISPATCH.
0630 PM HALETOWN TN WIND DAMAGE
08/19/01 MARION TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
DISPATCH.
0645 PM CHATTANOOGA TN .75 INCH HAIL
08/19/01 HAMILTON EAST SIDE OF CHATTANOOGA.
REPORTED BY AMATEUR RADIO
OPERATOR.
GMThe radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 116 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:18 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
- Wildfire in California, August 19 to 29, 2001
- Tornado and Hail in Pennsylvania, August 19, 2001
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, August 19, 2001
- Wildfire in Montana, August 19, 2001
- Tornado in Pennsylvania, August 19, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, August 19, 2001
- Tornado and Hail in Michigan, August 19, 2001
- Damaging Winds in New York, August 19, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 19, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, August 19, 2001
- High Wind in Florida, August 19, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Florida, August 19, 2001
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: 5268502.