Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 29, 2001

Name: Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 29, 2001
Start: 2001-06-29T18:47
End: 2001-06-29T18:47
Location: Tennessee

June 29, 2001 · NWS MRX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Tree down on three cars.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $18,000
Crop damage: None recorded
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.

Tree down on three cars.

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, 2:23 PM EST, 4 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 2:23 PM EST, 4 hours 24 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
323 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2001

NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHWARD UP THE VALLEY THIS
AFTERNOON. EXPECT THIS AREA OF STORMS TO CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHWARD
AND AFFECT NE TN AND SW VA INTO THE EVENING. COULD ALSO SEE MORE
STORMS DEVELOP IN SE TN AND SW NC WHERE THEY WILL HAVE THE MOST
TIME TO DESTABILIZE AGAIN.

MODELS CONTINUE TO BE IN DECENT AGREEMENT WITH THE FILLING IN OF THE
UPPER LOW...AS IT MOVES SLOWLY SOUTHWEST. ALL OF THE MODELS INDICATE
THAT THE WEAK SHORTWAVE OVER AL WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CWA AS IT
WEAKENS TONIGHT. OTHERWISE MORE OF THE SAME...DECENT MOISTURE...
INSTABILITY...AND WEAK FORCING LEADING TO AFTERNOON AND EVENING
STORMS. MAV/FWC TEMPS ARE CLOSE AND WILL FOLLOW THEM.

MOST OF THE STORMS TONIGHT WILL DISSIPATE WITH THE LOSS OF THE
HEATING. HOWEVER WILL KEEP THE CHANCE POPS GOING THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT IN NE TN AND SW VA...GIVEN THAT THE 50H SHORTWAVE WILL
STILL BE MOVE THROUGH THE REGION.

WITH THE 50H LOW WEAKENING AND MOVING FATHER AWAY...EVEN THE 50H
SHORTWAVES STOP PIVOTING AROUND FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. FLOW IS
WEAK SO UPSLOPE COMPONENT WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO BE WEAK.
HOWEVER...CAPES ARE STILL EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN 1500 AND 2500 J/KG
ON BOTH DAYS. THERE IS ENOUGH MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY TO KEEP SCT
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST FOR BOTH DAYS.

AS FOR THE EXTENDED...IT LOOKS AS IF THE LONG RANGE MODELS ARE NOW
SUGGESTING THAT U/L RIDGING IN THE WEST WILL LEAD TO U/L TROUGHING
IN THE EAST. AT THE SURFACE...THE WEATHER FEATURES ARE EVEN MORE
SUPPORTIVE FOR PRECIPITATION (MAINLY DIURNAL)...AS FRONTAL BOUNDARIES
WILL APPROACH OR MOVE INTO THE FORECAST AREA. THE ONLY PERIOD
CONFIDENT ENOUGH TO GO WITH DRY CONDITIONS WILL BE ON FRIDAY.

FCSTID = 25
CHA   67  86  68  87 /  30  30  20  30
TYS   67  85  68  86 /  30  30  20  30
TRI   64  83  64  84 /  40  30  20  30
OQT   66  85  67  86 /  30  30  20  30

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

RBP

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 29, 1:51 PM EST, 4 hours 56 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
251 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2001

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

0215 PM    STRAWBERRY PLAINS         TN   WIND DAMAGE
06/29/01   JEFFERSON                      TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          SPOTTER.

DAE

Local storm report, Jun 29, 6:04 PM EST, 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
704 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2001

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

0430 PM    JOHNSON CITY              TN   WIND DAMAGE
06/29/01   WASHINGTON                     SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN
                                          JOHNSON CITY REPORTED BY
                                          WASHINGTON COUNTY EOC.

0450 PM    NEAR JEAROLDSTOWN         TN   .75 INCH HAIL
06/29/01   GREENE                         DIME SIZED HAIL WAS
                                          REPORTED ALONG I-81 IN
                                          EXTREME NORTHEAST GREENE
                                          COUNTY. REPORTED BY LOCAL
                                          CITIZENS.

0510 PM    FALL BRANCH               TN   WIND DAMAGE
06/29/01   WASHINGTON                     TREE BLOWN DOWN ON A HOUSE
                                          IN FALL BRANCH. REPORTED BY
                                          WASHINGTON COUNTY EOC.

0520 PM    BLOOMINGDALE              TN   .88 INCH HAIL
06/29/01   SULLIVAN                       NICKLE SIZED HAIL REPORTED
                                          IN BLOOMINGDALE. ALSO
                                          FLOODED ROADS IN THE SAME
                                          TOWN. REPORTED BY SPOTTERS.

0535 PM    NEAR KINGSPORT            TN   .75 INCH HAIL
06/29/01   SULLIVAN                       DIME SIZED HAIL IN THE
                                          GRAVELLY COMMUNITY ON THE
                                          NORTH SIDE OF KINGSPORT.
                                          REPORTED BY HAM/SPOTTERS

0550 PM    DUNGANNON                 VA   WIND DAMAGE
06/29/01   SCOTT                          SEVERAL TREES DOWN NEAR
                                          DUNGANNON. REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

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The radar

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Anderson

When: June 29, 6:47 PM EST
Where: Anderson County, Oak Ridge
Property damage: $18,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 36.017, -84.267

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.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Tennessee in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 5251778.