Thunderstorm Wind, Blount
- When
- August 28, 8:55 PM EST to 9:10 PM EST
- Where
- Blount County, Maryville
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.750, -83.967
Few trees and power lines down.
Damaging Wind in Tennessee, August 28, 2004
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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $2,000
- 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 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 Aug 28, 8:00 PM EST, 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 28, 8:00 PM EST, 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 900 PM EDT SAT AUG 28 2004 .DISCUSSION...ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED CONVECTION CONTINUES TO REDEVELOP OVER THE FORECAST AREA. WITH LATEST MODEL GUIDANCE GENERALLY KEEPING POPS IN THE CHANCE CATEGORY...ANTICIPATING THAT CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE NIGHT. REMAINDER OF FORECAST APPEARS TO BE ON TRACK. THUS WILL NOT MAKE ANY CHANGES AT THIS TIME. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN 70 86 69 86 / 30 60 50 20 KNOXVILLE MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT, TN 69 85 67 84 / 30 60 50 20 OAK RIDGE, TN 69 84 66 84 / 30 60 50 20 TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN 66 84 65 82 / 40 60 60 30 && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. && LCM
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 28, 4:15 AM EST, 16 hours 40 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 515 AM EDT SAT AUG 28 2004 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-005- 006-008-291000- ANDERSON-BLEDSOE-BLOUNT SMOKY MTN-BRADLEY-CAMPBELL-CHEROKEE- CLAIBORNE-CLAY-COCKE SMOKY MTN-EAST POLK-GRAINGER-HAMBLEN-HAMILTON- HANCOCK-HAWKINS-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-KNOX-LEE-LOUDON-MARION-MCMINN- MEIGS-MORGAN-NORTH SEVIER-NORTHWEST CARTER-NORTHWEST COCKE- NORTHWEST GREENE-NORTHWEST MONROE-NW BLOUNT-RHEA-ROANE-RUSSELL- SCOTT TN-SCOTT VA-SEQUATCHIE-SEVIER SMOKY MTN-SOUTHEAST CARTER- SOUTHEAST GREENE-SOUTHEAST MONROE-SULLIVAN-UNICOI-UNION- WASHINGTON TN-WASHINGTON VA-WEST POLK-WISE- 515 AM EDT (415 AM CDT) SAT AUG 28 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST TENNESSEE...SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE (TODAY AND TONIGHT)... SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. HOWEVER...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN (SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...ALTHOUGH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIST EACH DAY THROUGH MONDAY... ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE AREA LATE SUNDAY AND MONDAY BRINGING WITH IT THE BEST CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MRX. DH
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 69 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:56 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 Flood in Vermont, August 28, 2004
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, August 28, 2004
- Flash Flooding in Illinois, August 28, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 28, 2004
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Tennessee, August 28, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, August 28, 2004
- Flash Flood and Hail in Mississippi, August 28, 2004
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Texas, August 28, 2004
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, August 28, 2004
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, August 28, 2004
- Lightning Strike in New York, August 28, 2004
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake Erie, August 28, 2004
More
Every storm in Tennessee in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, August 2004
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: 5419546.