Thunderstorm Wind, Greene
- When
- July 8, 4:30 PM EST
- Where
- Greene County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Crop damage
- $21,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.183, -82.867
Trees and power lines down.
Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 8, 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
- $20,000
- Crop damage
- $21,000
- 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 8, 2:11 PM EST, 2 hours 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 2:11 PM EST, 2 hours 19 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 311 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2001 SATELLITE SHOWING MCS TRACKING INTO EAST KY...IT SHOULD CONTINUE HEADING SOUTH INTO OUR UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE. NORTHERN ZONES ALREADY BOXED. WILL GO WITH LIKELY POPS ACROSS THE CWA FOR TONIGHT. COULD SEE SEVERE WEATHER FURTHER SOUTH OF THE BOX THIS EVENING. HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY WITH PW'S NEARING 2 INCHES. WILL MENTION HEAVY RAIN TOO. SQUALL LINE MOVING QUICKLY...SO MOST OF THE ACTIVITY SHOULD BE SOUTH OF US BY MIDNIGHT. FOR THE REST OF THE PERIOD...SHORTWAVES RIPPLING THROUGH OUR AREA UNDER NORTHWEST FLOW THROUGH TUESDAY...BUT MOISTURE BECOMES MORE LIMITED LATE TUESDAY...WILL GO WITH CHANCE POPS ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY AND DRY TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. CHA 72 92 71 91 / 60 40 30 30 TYS 70 90 70 89 / 60 40 30 30 TRI 68 88 68 87 / 70 40 30 30 OQT 70 90 70 89 / 60 40 30 30 .MR X... NC...NONE. TN...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHEAST TN UNTIL 8 PM. VA...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHWEST VA UNTIL 8 PM. GH
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 1:15 PM EST, 3 hours 15 minutes before
TNZ014>018-042>047-VAZ001-002-005-006-008-090000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 215 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2001 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 527 IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...CARTER...CITY OF BRISTOL...CITY OF NORTON...CLAIBORNE...GREENE...HANCOCK...HAWKINS...JOHNSON...LEE... RUSSELL...SCOTT...SULLIVAN...UNICOI...WASHINGTON AND WISE. THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM. THE MAIN THREATS FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE THE POSSIBILITY OF STRONG DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF A QUARTER...AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WHICH COULD CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS. REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. DMG
Local storm report, Jul 8, 3:13 PM EST, 1 hour 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
413 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0355 PM POUND VA WIND DAMAGE
07/08/01 WISE TREES DOWN ON POWER LINES.
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
0400 PM WISE VA WIND DAMAGE
07/08/01 WISE TREES DOWN ON POWER LINES.
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
DAELocal storm report, Jul 8, 3:37 PM EST, 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
437 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0433 PM KINGSPORT TN WIND DAMAGE
07/08/01 SULLIVAN TREES DOWN ON ROAD.
REPORTED BY SPOTTER.
DAESpecial weather statement, Jul 8, 3:43 PM EST, 47 minutes before
NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-085>087-101-102-VAZ001-002-005- 006-008-090200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 443 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2001 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 530 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT(900 PM CDT) FOR PARTS OF EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 527 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHEAST TENNESSEE UNTIL 800 PM EDT. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 530 FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...ANDERSON...BLOUNT... CAMPBELL...CHEROKEE...CLAY...COCKE...GRAINGER...HAMBLEN...JEFFERSON.. .KNOX...LOUDON...MCMINN...MONROE...MORGAN...POLK...ROANE...SCOTT TENNESSEE...SEVIER...UNION. THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT(900 PM CDT). SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 527 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...CARTER...CITY OF BRISTOL...CITY OF NORTON...CLAIBORNE...GREENE...HANCOCK...HAWKINS...JOHNSON...LEE... RUSSELL...SCOTT...SULLIVAN...UNICOI...WASHINGTON AND WISE. THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM. REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO...TELEVISION...OR CABLE TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. RBP
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 48 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:31 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
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 8, 2001
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, July 8, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Illinois, July 8 to 9, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Indiana, July 8, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 8, 2001
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 8, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, July 8 to 9, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 8, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 8, 2001
- Lightning Strikes in Indiana, July 8, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 8, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 8, 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: 5261897.