A strong cold front triggered high non-thunderstorm wind across the mountains. Gusts were as high as 89mph at Cover Mountain near Gatlinburg.
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The episode as NWS MRX wrote it up.
A strong cold front triggered high non-thunderstorm wind across the mountains. Gusts were as high as 89mph at Cover Mountain near Gatlinburg. Also, a wind gust of 78mph was measured at the NOAA wind tower at the Camp Creek Elementary School at Camp Creek. Gusts up to 60mph were also reported at the UT Field Station in Greenbrier. In addition, park service personnel reported a 55 mph wind gust measured at Look Rock as well as a 50 mph gust at Cades Cove.
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 Oct 31, 9:27 AM EST, 19 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 634 AM EDT THU OCT 31 2013 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-011045- CHEROKEE-CLAY-SCOTT TN-CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-HANCOCK-HAWKINS- SULLIVAN-JOHNSON-MORGAN-ANDERSON-UNION-GRAINGER-HAMBLEN- NORTHWEST COCKE-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTHWEST GREENE- SOUTHEAST GREENE-WASHINGTON TN-UNICOI-NORTHWEST CARTER- SOUTHEAST CARTER-ROANE-LOUDON-KNOX-JEFFERSON-NW BLOUNT- BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTH SEVIER-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS- SEQUATCHIE-BLEDSOE-RHEA-MEIGS-MCMINN-NORTHWEST MONROE- SOUTHEAST MONROE-MARION-HAMILTON-BRADLEY-WEST POLK-EAST POLK-LEE- WISE-SCOTT-RUSSELL-WASHINGTON- 634 AM EDT THU OCT 31 2013 /534 AM CDT THU OCT 31 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... A COLD FRONT WITH A STRONG WINDS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEY LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT. MOST OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS COLD FRONT ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION AFTER SUNSET. SOME STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE...DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS EXPECTED ALONG THE COLD FRONT. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF EAST TN...SOUTHWEST VA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NC. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A gust of 60 mph was recorded at the observation site at the UT Field Station in Greenbrier 2 miles east of Gatlinburg.
A gust of 78 mph was recorded at the observation site at the Camp Creek Elementary School in Camp Creek.
A gust of 89 mph was recorded at the observation site at Cove Mountain 2 miles west of Gatlinburg.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Tennessee in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, October 2013
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 476809, 476937, 476812.