Thunderstorm Wind, Polk
- When
- June 22, 10:20 AM EST
- Where
- Polk County, 6 mi W of Copperhill
- Crop damage
- $19,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.000, -84.467
Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 22, 2001
Numerous trees down near Big Frog Mountain.
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
- $19,000
- 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.
Numerous trees down near Big Frog Mountain.
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 22, 9:30 AM EST, 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 9:30 AM EST, 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 1030 AM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001 FORECAST ON TRACK. NO UPDATE PLANNED. EARLIER AND ONGOING CONVECTION COUPLED WITH THICKENING CLOUD COVER...HOLDING TEMPS AND INSTABILITY DOWN. COLD CORE AND VORT MAX TO OUR WEST APPEARS SLIGHTLY FARTHER SOUTH AND COOLER THAN PREVIOUS PROGS. MODELS SEEM TOO OPTIMISTIC IN WEAKENING SHORT WAVE LATER TODAY. BEST POTENTIAL VORTICITY HOLDS OFF UNTIL @THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. TONIGHTS POPS LIKELY TO BE MORE WIDESPREAD THAN PREVIOUS RUNS BUT WILL HOLD OFF ON SECOND PERIOD UPDATE FOR NOW. .MRX... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. SON
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 22, 9:23 AM EST, 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
1023 AM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0810 PM COUNTYWIDE TN WIND DAMAGE
06/21/01 MORGAN NUMEROUS TREES REPORTED
DOWN COUNTYWIDE. REPORTED
BY COUNTY HIGHWAY
DEPARTMENT AND POWER
COMPANY.
FERRELLLocal storm report, Jun 22, 9:35 AM EST, 45 minutes before
SUMMARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
1035 AM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001
...SUMMARY OF EVENT ON 06/21/01...
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0640 PM 1 W HUNTSVILLE TN WIND DAMAGE
06/21/01 SCOTT TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
SPOTTER.
0800 PM ROBBINS TN WIND DAMAGE
06/21/01 SCOTT TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
DISPATCH.
0810 PM COUNTYWIDE TN WIND DAMAGE
06/21/01 MORGAN NUMEROUS TREES REPORTED
DOWN COUNTYWIDE. REPORTED
BY COUNTY HIGHWAY
DEPARTMENT AND POWER
T COMPANY.
FERRELLThe radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 148 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:19 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
- Heat in California, June 22 to 30, 2001
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, June 22 to 23, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Virginia, June 22 to 23, 2001
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, June 22, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Maryland, June 22 to 23, 2001
- Flood and Hail in Georgia, June 22, 2001
- Flash Flood in Maryland, June 22, 2001
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, June 22 to 23, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 22, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 22, 2001
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, June 22, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in New York, June 22, 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: 5251856.