Tennessee, 2001

Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 26, 2001

June 26, 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
$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 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 26, 2:00 PM EST, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 2:00 PM EST, 1 hour 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
300 PM EDT TUE JUN 26 2001

UPPER LOW IN SOUTHWEST KY...WITH RADAR SHOWING WIDELY SCATTERED PULSE
STORMS ACROSS OUR AREA.  MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT ON MOVING COLD CORE
UPPER LOW SLOWLY TO THE WEST THROUGH THE PERIOD...WITH SEVERAL
IMPULSES ROTATING THROUGH OUR CWA.  IMPULSES WILL CONTINUE TO TRIGGER
SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THURSDAY.  POPS
WILL DECREASE EACH DAY AS LOW MOVES FURTHER FROM OUR AREA.  PROBABLY
ANOTHER ROUND OF ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS IN OUR WESTERN
COUNTIES TOMORROW...CLOSER TO THE COLD CORE.  BUT SHOULD HAVE A LOT
OF CLOUDS AROUND AGAIN SO DONT EXPECT ANYTHING WIDESPREAD.

GUIDANCE TEMPERATURES RELATIVELY CLOSE AND LOOKED REASONABLE...SO
DIDNT STRAY TOO FAR.  THE FOLLOWING IS FOR COORDINATION ONLY.

CHA   64  86  66  86 /  30  40  30  30
TYS   62  84  64  84 /  30  40  30  30
TRI   60  82  62  82 /  30  40  30  30
OQT   62  84  64  84 /  30  40  40  30

.MRX...
NC...NONE.
TN...NONE.
VA...NONE.

GH

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 26, 12:22 PM EST, 3 hours 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
122 PM EDT TUE JUN 26 2001

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

1220 PM    DEL RIO                   TN   WIND DAMAGE
06/26/01   COCKE                          NUMEROUS TREES DOWN, ROOFS
                                          BLOWN OFF A MANY BUILDINGS
                                          AND A CHURCH ON HIGHWAY 107
                                          BLOWN OFF OF IT'S
                                          FOUNDATION. REPORTED BY
                                          POWER COMPANY.

1220 PM    DEL RIO                   TN   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/26/01   COCKE                          GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
                                          REPORTED IN AND AROUND THE
                                          DEL RIO COMMUNITY. REPORTED
                                          BY POWER COMPANY.

0100 PM    MOSHEIM                   TN   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/26/01   GREENE                         QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND
                                          STRONG WINDS REPORTED IN
                                          MOSHEIM. REPORTED BY
                                          SPOTTER.

FERRELL
Local storm report, Jun 26, 1:25 PM EST, 2 hours 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
225 PM EDT TUE JUN 26 2001

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

1245 PM    7 SE WARRENSBURG          TN   WIND DAMAGE
06/26/01   GREENE                         SEVERAL TREES REPORTED
                                          DOWN IN THE POPULAR SPRINGS
                                          AREA. REPORTED BY POWER
                                          COMPANY.

0100 PM    3 E MOHAWK                TN   .75 INCH HAIL
06/26/01   GREENE                         QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED
                                          IN THE MIDWAY AREA.
                                          REPORTED BY POWER COMPANY.

0105 PM    MOHAWK                    TN   WIND DAMAGE
06/26/01   GREENE                         A LARGE POWER TRANSMISSION
                                          POLE DOWNED IN THE MOHAWK
                                          AREA. REPORTED BY POWER
                                          COMPANY.

0105 PM    MOHAWK                    TN   .75 INCH HAIL
06/26/01   GREENE                   P      QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED
                                          IN THE MOHAWK AREA.
                                          REPORTED BY POWER COMPANY.

FERRELL
Local storm report, Jun 26, 3:42 PM EST, 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
442 PM EDT TUE JUN 26 2001

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

0435 PM    RED BANK                  TN   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/26/01   HAMILTON                       ALSO LOTS OF .75 INCH
                                          HAIL. REPORTED BY SPOTTER.

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 70 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:52 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Hamilton

When
June 26, 3:45 PM EST
Where
Hamilton County, Signal Mtn
Crop damage
$19,000
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
35.133, -85.350

Trees and power lines 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.

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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: 5251790.