Thunderstorm Wind, Campbell
- When
- July 5, 5:25 PM EST
- Where
- Campbell County, La Follette
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $6,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.383, -84.133
Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 5, 2004
Trees were reported down on interstate 75.
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
- $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.
Trees were reported down on interstate 75.
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 5, 3:06 PM EST, 2 hours 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 3:06 PM EST, 2 hours 19 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 405 PM EDT MON JUL 5 2004 .UPDATE DISCUSSION...HAVE ISSUED ZONES WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HEADLINES. NO UPDATE ON ZONES, JUST ON THIS DISCUSSION. MAIN THREAT IS DAMAGING WINDS, THOUGH SOME HAIL CANNOT BE RULED OUT. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN 71 93 70 88 / 50 30 20 40 KNOXVILLE MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT, TN 71 91 70 87 / 70 30 20 40 OAK RIDGE, TN 70 91 69 86 / 70 30 20 40 TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN 66 89 65 85 / 60 30 20 40 && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. && BB
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 5:05 AM EST, 12 hours 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 605 AM EDT MON JUL 5 2004 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-005- 006-008-061000- 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- 605 AM EDT (505 AM CDT) MON JUL 5 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST TENNESSEE...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE (TODAY AND TONIGHT)... THERE IS THE POTENTIAL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN (TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)... A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY BRINGING THE POSSIBILITY OF A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY AND WEDNESDAY. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MRX. DMG
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 5, 4:55 PM EST, 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
555 PM EDT MON JUL 05 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0530 PM TSTM WND DMG WARTBURG 36.10N 84.59W
07/05/2004 MORGAN TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE FROM 530 PM TO 600 PM EDT.
0540 PM TSTM WND DMG ROCKWOOD 35.87N 84.68W
07/05/2004 ROANE TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE DOWN COUNTYWIDE FROM 540 PM TO 545 PM.
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FEF/GMThe radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 70 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:26 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
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, July 5, 2004
- Flash Flood and Hail in Oklahoma, July 5 to 6, 2004
- Flash Flood and Hail in Nebraska, July 5, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 5, 2004
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, July 5, 2004
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 5, 2004
- Tornadoes in Missouri, July 5, 2004
- Hail in Kansas, July 5, 2004
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 5, 2004
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Tennessee, July 5 to 6, 2004
- Flash Flooding in Iowa, July 5, 2004
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 5, 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: 5410702.