Tennessee, 2001

Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 8, 2001

July 8, 2001 · NWS MRX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
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, 3 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 2:11 PM EST, 3 hours 54 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

Local storm report, Jul 8, 3:37 PM EST, 2 hours 28 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.

DAE
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 3:43 PM EST, 2 hours 22 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
Local storm report, Jul 8, 4:33 PM EST, 1 hour 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
533 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2001

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....
,
0525 PM    ERWIN                     TN   60 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
07/08/01   UNICOI                         REPORTED BY AMATEUR RADIO.

DAE
Local storm report, Jul 8, 4:39 PM EST, 1 hour 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
539 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2001

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....
;
0535 PM    RUSSELLVILLE              TN   .75 INCH HAIL
07/08/01   HAMBLEN                        REPORTED BY SPOTTER.

DAE
Local storm report, Jul 8, 4:54 PM EST, 1 hour 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
554 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2001

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0430 PM    HANSONVILLE               VA   WIND DAMAGE
07/08/01   RUSSELL                        TREES DOWN ACROSS RTE 58.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

0435 PM    COUNTYWIDE                VA   WIND DAMAGE
07/08/01   SCOTT                          TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT.

0440 PM    COUNTYWIDE                VA   WIND DAMAGE
07/08/01   LEE                            TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT.

0530 PM    COUNTYWIDE                TN   WIND DAMAGE
07/08/01   JOHNSON                        TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT.

DAE
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 5:23 PM EST, 42 minutes before
TNZ014>018-042>047-VAZ001-002-005-006-008-082300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
623 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2001

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #527 HAS BEEN CANCELED...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...CARTER...CITY OF BRISTOL...CITY OF NORTON...CLAIBORNE...
GREENE...HANCOCK...HAWKINS...JOHNSON...LEE...RUSSELL...SCOTT...
SULLIVAN...UNICOI...WASHINGTON AND WISE.

MODERATE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE TRI CITIES AREA...WHICH
WILL CONTINUE TO ADD TO THE LOCAL URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING.
OTHERWISE...THUNDERSTORMS WILL COME TO AN END BY 800 PM.

DURING A THUNDERSTORMS...DO NOT USE THE TELEPH7ONE UNLESS IT IS AN
EMERGENCY...AND STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION...AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO...FOR THE LATEST
STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS.

RBP

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 45 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:06 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Sevier

When
July 8, 6:05 PM EST
Where
Sevier County, Pittman Center
Crop damage
$21,000
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
35.767, -83.400

Numerous trees down.

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

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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: 5261905.