Thunderstorm Wind, Rhea
- When
- July 3, 12:22 PM EST
- Where
- Rhea County, Dayton
- Crop damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.483, -85.017
Several trees down between these two towns.
Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 3, 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
- 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 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 Jul 3, 8:35 AM EST, 3 hours 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 8:35 AM EST, 3 hours 47 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 935 AM EDT TUE JUL 3 2001 QUICK ZONE FORECAST UPDATE ALREADY SENT...ELIMINATING THE MENTION OF FOG THIS MORNING. AND...FOR THIS AFTERNOON...BUMPED HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE SOUTHERN VALLEY TO NEAR 90 AND SOUTHWEST WINDS IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY. .MRX... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. DH
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 115 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:23 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 Iowa, July 3, 2001
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, July 3, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, July 3, 2001
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, July 3, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, July 3, 2001
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, July 3, 2001
- Hail in Wyoming, July 3, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 3, 2001
- Damaging Wind in California, July 3, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 3, 2001
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, July 3, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 3, 2001
More
Every storm in Tennessee in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, July 2001
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: 5261690.