Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- July 12, 1:35 PM EST
- Where
- Jefferson County, Strawberry Plains
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $6,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.067, -83.683
Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 12, 2004
Two large trees were reported down in Strawberry Plains.
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
- $6,000
- 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.
Two large trees were reported down in Strawberry Plains.
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 Jul 12, 9:15 AM EST, 4 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 9:15 AM EST, 4 hours 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 1015 AM EDT MON JUL 12 2004 .DISCUSSION... CURRENT SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE DEEP SOUTH AND EXTENDING ACROSS MOST OF THE SOUTHEAST. RADARS REVEAL A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS CURRENTLY ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA...WITH A COMPLEX OF TSTORMS NEAR LOUISVILLE MOVING SOUTHEAST TOWARDS SOUTHWEST VA. THIS COMPLEX IS ASSOCIATED WITH A WEAK SHORT WAVE WHICH IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOUNDINGS INDICATE THAT A MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ALONG WITH HIGH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES (AROUND 1.8 INCHES)...SO WILL PLAN TO MENTION A FEW ISOLATED SEVERE TSTORMS POSSIBLE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK. CURRENT FORECAST APPEARS TO BE ON TRACK OVERALL...BUT WILL UPDATE THIS MORNING TO REMOVE MORNING WORDING AND TO MENTION AREAL COVERAGE TERMS. && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. && DMG
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 12, 9:20 AM EST, 4 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 1020 AM EDT MON JUL 12 2004 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-005- 006-008-131000- 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- 1020 AM EDT (920 AM CDT) MON JUL 12 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST TENNESSEE...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE (TODAY AND TONIGHT)... A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS CONTINUES ACROSS THE REGION TODAY... WITH A FEW ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AROUND TWO INCHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN (TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE AREA WEDNESDAY IN ADVANCE OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL THE MAIN THREATS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY AND WEDNESDAY. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MRX. DMG
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 28 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:34 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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, July 12, 2004
- Flash Flood and Flood in New Jersey, July 12 to 16, 2004
- Lightning Strike in Vermont, July 12, 2004
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Nebraska, July 12, 2004
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, July 12 to 13, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 12 to 14, 2004
- Flash Flood in New Jersey, July 12 to 13, 2004
- Flash Flood in Maryland, July 12 to 13, 2004
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Maryland, July 12, 2004
- Flash Flood in Vermont, July 12, 2004
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, July 12 to 13, 2004
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Pennsylvania, July 12, 2004
More
Every storm in Tennessee in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, July 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: 5410810.