Thunderstorm Wind, Johnson
- When
- May 22, 1:10 PM EST
- Where
- Johnson County, Mountain City
- Crop damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.483, -81.800
Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 22, 2001
Several very large trees blown down in Mountain City along North Church Street and Circle Lane. Several trees and limbs down on Highway 91 in Shady Valley.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $15,000
- 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.
Several very large trees blown down in Mountain City along North Church Street and Circle Lane. Several trees and limbs down on Highway 91 in Shady Valley.
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 May 22, 9:27 AM EST, 3 hours 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 22, 9:27 AM EST, 3 hours 43 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 1027 AM EDT TUE MAY 22 2001 COLD FRONT THROUGH CSV...OQT...AND...CHA...AND SHOULD BE THROUGH THE ENTIRE AREA BY LATE AFTERNOON. STILL SOME SHOWERS BEHIND THE FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER TROUGH. WILL NEED TO KEEP POPS OVER ENTIRE AREA INTO THE AFTERNOON...WILL UPDATE LATE THIS MORNING AND CHECK ON RADAR. STILL SOME INSTABILITY...BUT THINK CLOUDS WILL KEEP US FROM GETTING SEVERE STORMS BEFORE FROPA. TEMPERATURES SHOULD NOT RISE TOO MUCH TODAY WITH THE CLOUDS AND THE COLD AIR MOVING IN. .MRX... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. GH
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 148 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:09 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
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, May 22, 2001
- Tornadoes and Hail in Virginia, May 22, 2001
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Maryland, May 22, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Virginia, May 22, 2001
- Flash Flood in Virginia, May 22, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, May 22, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 22, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, May 22, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Maryland, May 22, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, May 22, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 22, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Georgia, May 22, 2001
More
Every storm in Tennessee in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, May 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: 5243826.