Thunderstorm Wind, Cocke
- When
- May 17, 2:10 PM EST
- Where
- Cocke County, 4 mi N of Newport
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.000, -83.183
Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 17, 2004
A tree was reported down on highway 160 four miles north of Newport.
Where it happened
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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 happened
The episode as NWS MRX wrote it up.
A tree was reported down on highway 160 four miles north of Newport.
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 17, 8:35 AM EST, 5 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 17, 8:35 AM EST, 5 hours 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 935 AM EDT MON MAY 17 2004 .DISCUSSION...WARM AND HUMID AIRMASS CONTINUES ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THIS MORNING. ONLY WEAK SHORTWAVES ARE EXPECTED TO PASS THROUGH THE AREA TODAY. MOST OF THE ACTIVITY SHOULD DEVELOP DUE TO HEATING FIRST IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN SPREAD INTO THE VALLEYS BY LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. ISOLATED STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. ONLY CHANGE THIS MORNING WILL BE TO TAKE OUT FOG. && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. && TD
Hazardous weather outlook, May 17, 3:55 AM EST, 10 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 455 AM EDT MON MAY 17 2004 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-005- 006-008-181000- 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- 455 AM EDT (355 AM CDT) MON MAY 17 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST TENNESSEE...SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE (TODAY AND TONIGHT)... A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL ONCE AGAIN DEVELOP TODAY WITH THE BEST COVERAGE ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE PRODUCING LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS...TORRENTIAL RAINS...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN (TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)... DAYTIME HEATING COMBINED WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING EACH DAY. THE BEST CHANCE OF STORMS WILL BE ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINS...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MRX. DH
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 17, 9:17 AM EST, 4 hours 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1017 AM EDT MON MAY 17 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0830 PM TSTM WND DMG SNEEDVILLE 36.54N 83.21W
05/16/2004 HANCOCK TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERAL TREES DOWN ON ROADS COUNTY WIDE. NUMEROUS MUD
SLIDES AND A TREE DOWN ON A HOUSE IN SNEEDVILLE. REPORTED
BY SHERIFFS OFFICE DISPATCHER.
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MEPThe radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 27 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:08 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
- Hail and Lightning Strikes in Georgia, May 17, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 17, 2004
- Lightning Strike in Florida, May 17, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 17, 2004
- Lightning Strikes in Maryland, May 17, 2004
- Flash Flood and Hail in Iowa, May 17, 2004
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Nebraska, May 17 to 18, 2004
- Lightning Strike in Kansas, May 17, 2004
- Strong Wind in Kansas, May 17, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 17, 2004
- Hail in Michigan, May 17, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 17, 2004
More
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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: 5395165.