Thunderstorm Wind, Knox
- When
- June 13, 5:45 PM EST
- Where
- Knox County, 4 mi W of Knoxville
- Crop damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- GOVT OFFICIAL
- Coordinates
- 35.967, -84.000
Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 13, 2001
Several trees down around Knoxville specifically around Sutherland Ave. and Papermill.
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
- $10,000
- 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 happened
The episode as NWS MRX wrote it up.
Several trees down around Knoxville specifically around Sutherland Ave. and Papermill.
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 Jun 13, 2:30 PM EST, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 2:30 PM EST, 3 hours 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 330 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2001 INCREASING MOISTURE IN ADVANCE OF THE APPROACHING LONG-WAVE TROF WILL LEAD TO MUGGY CONDITIONS AND A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF THE WEEKEND. LOTS OF MOISTURE AND MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING STORMS THROUGH THU WILL GIVE WAY TO MORE NUMEROUS PRE-FRONTAL AND FRONTAL CONVECTION COME FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE SUBSEQUENT MODEL RUNS SLOW THE PROGRESSION OF THE UPPER SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED FRONT INTO SATURDAY. THIS AFTERNOONS ACTIVITY SHOULD DIE OUT AROUND SUNSET AND WILL WORD FOR JUST EVENING ACTIVITY. FOG SHOULD BE MORE PREVALENT IN AREAS THAT GET THE RAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND WILL ADD THAT IN. TEMP GUIDANCE SEEMED GOOD AND DIDNT STRAY FAR. FCSTID = 29 CHA 70 90 71 87 / 20 40 30 60 TYS 68 87 69 84 / 20 40 30 60 TRI 66 86 67 83 / 20 40 30 60 OQT 67 88 68 85 / 20 40 30 60 .MRX... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. SP
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 58 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:42 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
- Tornado in Nebraska, June 13, 2001
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Minnesota, June 13, 2001
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Minnesota, June 13, 2001
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 13, 2001
- Tornado in Minnesota, June 13, 2001
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 13 to 14, 2001
- Tornado in Iowa, June 13, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 13, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 13, 2001
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, June 13, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 13, 2001
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 13, 2001
More
Every storm in Tennessee in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, June 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: 5251975.