Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- June 29, 1:15 PM EST
- Where
- Jefferson County, Strawberry Plains
- Crop damage
- $14,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 36.067, -83.683
Trees down.
Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 29, 2001
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $14,000
- 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 29, 8:56 AM EST, 4 hours 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 8:56 AM EST, 4 hours 19 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 956 AM EDT FRI JUN 29 2001 UPDATE ALREADY OUT...TO TAKE CARE OF AFTERNOON WORDING FOR THE CONVECTION WITH SHOWERS ALREADY DEVELOPING IN THE SOUTHERN VALLEY AND PLATEAU REGIONS. 06Z MESO-ETA SOUNDING INDICATED BETWEEN 2000 AND 2500 J/KG OF CAPE THIS AFTERNOON. CAN RULE OUT AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE IN THE CWA WITH THE CAPES. WEAK 50H SHORTWAVES CONTINUE TO ROTATE AROUND UPPER LOW OVER SOUTHERN MO. ONE SHORTWAVE OVER NORTHERN AL WILL MOVE INTO MIDDLE TN. WITH SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ALREADY DEVELOPING IN RESPONSE TO THIS SHORTWAVE...SHOULD SEE GREATER COVERAGE TODAY THAN YESTERDAY. SIMPLY PUT...FORECAST ON TARGET WITH NO CHANGES ON POPS OR TEMPS. .MRX... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. RBP
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 9:20 AM EST, 3 hours 55 minutes before
NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-005- 006-008-300400- AREA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 1020 AM EDT FRI JUN 29 2001 ...ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS EASTERN TENNESSEE..SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA..AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS EASTERN TENNESSEE...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. THE PRIMARY THREATS WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. DEEP MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE ACROSS EASTERN TENNESSEE... SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA TODAY. AND...AS THE ATMOSPHERE DESTABILIZES THIS AFTERNOON...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP...AND WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SLOWLY NORTH FROM 10 TO 20 MPH. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME AS THE COVERAGE OF SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO BE ISOLATED. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR FAVORITE RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. DM
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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 Nevada, June 29, 2001
- Wildfire in California, June 29, 2001
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, June 29, 2001
- Wildfire in Alaska, June 29 to 30, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Oklahoma, June 29 to 30, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Maryland, June 29, 2001
- Hail in Texas, June 29, 2001
- Hail in Wyoming, June 29, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 29, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 29, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 29, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 29, 2001
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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: 5251712.