A strong front tracked across east Tennessee during the morning hours. Most the damage was across higher elevations where numerous tress were downed.
Every event with a place to put it; 14 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
The episode as NWS MRX wrote it up.
A strong front tracked across east Tennessee during the morning hours. Most the damage was across higher elevations where numerous tress were downed. Flooding was also seen.
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 13, 7:48 PM EST, 3 hours 12 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 1210 PM EDT MON OCT 13 2014 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-005- 006-008-141200- 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- 1210 PM EDT MON OCT 13 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST TENNESSEE...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... A STRONG STORM SYSTEM AND ITS ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY APPROACH THE REGION TONIGHT...BRINGING A STRONG SOUTHEASTERLY WIND FLOW OVER THE MOUNTAINS. STRONG WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND THEIR ADJACENT FOOTHILLS TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY...WHERE A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT. A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO APPROACH THE REGION LATE TONIGHT TOWARDS SUNRISE...WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS POSSIBLY BECOMING STRONG TO SEVERE NEAR THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT...ALTHOUGH AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... A COLD FRONT WITH A STRONG WIND FIELD WILL SLOWLY MOVE INTO THE AREA ON TUESDAY...BRINGING AN EXTENSIVE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE COLD FRONT... FLOODING WILL BE A THREAT ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. SOME STORMS ON TUESDAY MAY ALSO BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS... AND AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL ALSO CONTINUE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND THEIR ADJACENT FOOTHILLS ON TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT.
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 71 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:59 UTC.
14 high wind, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A gust of 45 mph was measured by a mesonet observation at Look Rock 8 miles south of Maryville.
The mesonet reported a 63 mph wind gust at the Cove Mountain Fire Tower 2 miles west Gatlinburg.
Law enforcement personnel reported several trees downed by thunderstorm wind 4 miles east of Jasper along Highway 27.
Highway department personnel reported 1 tree downed by thunderstorm wind near Etowah.
A gust of 50 mph occurred 4 miles northeast of Walland in the foothills of Chilhowee Mountain.
Several inches to a foot of water on some roads in the Chattanooga area. Ochs Highway closed due to mud and debris on the road. Cummings Highway was closed due to high water. Several secondary roads were closed due to water on the road.
The highway department reported two trees downed by high wind 5 miles south of Newport around the Edwin community in the foothills.
The mesonet reported a gust of 65 mph at the NOAA wind tower at Camp Creek Elementary School in Camp Creek.
Law enforcement personnel reported a couple of trees downed by thunderstorm wind in Pigeon Forge in the Pine Mountain area.
The highway department reported numerous trees downed by high wind in and around Tellico Plains through the day.
The public reported a measured 48 mph wind gust 5 miles north-northeast of Buladean near Roan Mountain.
The mesonet reported a 69 mph wind gust at the Cove Mountain Fire Tower 2 miles west Gatlinburg.
A wind gust of 48 mph was measured at a mesonet 1 mile south southwest west of Citico at the Tellico RAWS site.
Highway department reported numerous trees downed by high wind near the foothills including Camp Creek, Greystone and Cedar Creek.
The public reported several trees downed by high wind 2 miles east of Gatlinburg in the Greenbrier area with Balsam Mountain Road and Little River Roads closed.
A newspaper reported many trees were downed by high wind across the county.
A newspaper reported many trees were downed by high wind across the county.
A wind gust of 78 mph was measured at the NOAA wind tower at Camp Creek Elementary School in Camp Creek.
Park service personnel reported water topped and closed Aquarium Bridge at Greystone Heights Road in Gatlinburg.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Tennessee in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, October 2014
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: 543560, 545692, 543296, 543297, 543561, 544966, 543451, 543454, 543299, 543456, 543562, 543449, 543563, 543447, 543448, 543489, 543491, 545587, 545045.