Thunderstorm Wind, Monroe
- When
- June 15, 6:55 PM EST
- Where
- Monroe County, 4 mi S of Sweetwater
- Crop damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.550, -84.467
Several trees down.
Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 15, 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 Jun 15, 12:51 PM EST, 6 hours 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 12:51 PM EST, 6 hours 4 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 151 PM EDT FRI JUN 15 2001 LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH MOVING EAST BETWEEN JKL AND BNA WITH A BROKEN LINE OF CONVECTION ALONG AND JUST AHEAD OF THIS BOUNDARY. LATEST MESO-ETA AND RUC SHOWS THIS LINE MOVING INTO THE PLATEAU LATE THIS AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING. WILL CALL FOR HIGH CHANCE OR LIKELY POPS WITH THIS SURFACE TROUGH. AIRMASS AHEAD OF THE TROUGH IS MODERATELY UNSTABLE WITH CAPES RUNNING BETWEEN 1800- 2500 J/KG WITH LIFTED INDICES OF -4 TO -6. GIVEN DRY INTRUSION AT 500-600 MB...SOME LOCALLY STRONG DOWNBURSTS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. HAIL THREAT IS MINIMAL. ALSO...LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE. FRONT MOVES EAST OF THE AREA SATURDAY MORNING. WILL KEEP A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY TOMORROW FOR THE NORTHEAST... OTHERWISE...MODELS SHOW A GOOD DEAL OF DRY AIR MOVING INTO THE FORECAST AREA. SKIES WILL QUICKLY BECOME MOSTLY SUNNY DURING THE DAY. DRY WESTERLY FLOW (PWS BELOW 1 INCH) AND SOME MID-LEVEL WARMING WILL KEEP CONVECTION FROM DEVELOPING SUNDAY. FCSTID = 15 CHA 67 88 61 92 / 60 0 0 0 TYS 66 85 60 88 B/ 60 10 0 0 TRI 65 80 54 86 / 60 30 0 0 OQT 66 85 60 88 / 60 10 0 0 .MRX... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. DH
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 118 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:52 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
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, June 15, 2001
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, June 15, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Hail in North Carolina, June 15 to 17, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 15, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 15, 2001
- Tornado and Hail in Michigan, June 15, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 15, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Michigan, June 15, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 15, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, June 15, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 15, 2001
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, June 15, 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: 5251862.