Severe thunderstorm with high winds hits Sevier county area, Alcoa TN
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Weather EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, a severe thunderstorm with wind gusts up to 77 miles per hour and hail hit the Sevier County area and nearby locations. The National Weather Service issued a warning for several counties. Areas including the McGhee Tyson Airport experienced high winds around 60 to 62 miles per hour. Some minor damages were reported such as snapped decorations and power circuit issues. Residents were advised to seek shelter indoors.
Audio|Heard on: WB4GBI 146.940 MHz Amateur Radio Repeater, Sevier County TN
Listen to dispatch call
06:39
Transcript:
00:00
And just heads up we got another report from McGhee Tyson of a 54 knot or 62.1 mile an hour gust.
00:09
This one was from the west and so yeah, high winds at the airport.
00:15
That would have been at about three minutes ago.
00:19
The previous one of 62.1 miles an hour was at 1120.
00:24
about four minutes ago.
00:27
And then the report of, there was a third, there was actually, there's actually a fourth one now.
00:33
There's like three reports of 62.1 mile an hour winds at 54 knots gusting.
00:40
Let me get the time stamps here.
00:46
1123, 1125, 1126,
00:51
and then previously there was a 59.8 mile an hour gust at 1121, so they experienced pretty hard winds over there at the airport.
01:00
Okay, for interest in.
01:06
A4WX, WV4GVI, repeater.
01:09
Go ahead.
01:11
Have a 77 mile per hour observed wind gust,
01:17
77 mile per hour observed wind gust.
01:20
Time stamp on that was 2320-2-320, off of my tempest.
01:27
Give it the speed again, please.
01:29
7-7-77.
01:36
As again on, Dan Craigsett.
01:38
Roger. Okay, A4WX.
01:50
Stand by for warning.
02:03
This is K4HSM.
02:05
National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning.
02:09
This is a severe thunderstorm warning for east central Knox, Jefferson,
02:15
central Cock County,
02:16
southwestern Green,
02:18
southwestern Granger.
02:19
North central severe and southwestern Hamblin counties until 12:15 a.m., that's about another 43 minutes.
02:28
At 11:31, one minute ago, severe thunderstorm was located near New Market for 9 miles southwest of Jefferson City, moving east at 55 miles an hour.
02:38
60 mile an hour wind gusts.
02:40
are the hazard, as indicated by radar.
02:44
Locations impacted include Morristown, Sevierville, Jefferson City, Newport, Dandridge, White Pine, New Market, Maynbury, Parenthville, and Strawberry Plains.
02:55
Also, I-40 between mount marker 400 and 438, as well as I-81, between mount markers 1 and 13, at the split going north.
03:06
Protection move to an indoor interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
03:12
There is 3 quarter inch hail possible with this particular cell and again maximum wind gusts up to 60 mph.
03:22
Okay for HSM.
03:42
KGY-4-HSM,
03:49
KG4 QWR.
04:02
A4W.
04:04
This is K4HM, go ahead.
04:07
Just a heads up, Greg, I just did an inspection around the property, no damage here.
04:12
Copy.
04:16
Same here, Christmas decorations all over the yard.
04:19
Well,
04:22
we were still alive and it took me down, so it is what it is.
04:33
Roger.
04:35
Let's see.
04:36
Another 62 mile-an-hour wind report from McGhee Tyson,
04:41
54 knots,
04:44
62 miles an hour,
04:45
at 1126. And Chattanooga reporting a 53-mile-an-hour wind gust just about,
04:56
oh,
04:58
that was back at 1047, so that was about an hour ago.
05:00
Okay, pretty soon.
05:17
HSM KG4 QWI.
05:19
There he is, how you doing, bow?
05:23
So the meter managed to pick up 35 sustained and drop down to 25 and it is locked on 25 and it's not receiving any data fence.
05:33
So I'm guessing that the cup is down.
05:36
Yeah, I got a 32 here, and I stepped out to look, and I could hear the roaring between your house and mine to the north of me.
05:48
Definitely 50 mile and hours plus.
05:50
It is roaring out there.
05:52
That was about 10 minutes ago.
05:56
Now, when it came through, I could hear debris hit a house.
05:59
It snapped the Christmas decorations and it's killed that circuit.
06:03
I can't get that circuit to come back on.
06:05
So we'll figure out all the trouble here in a bit, but I wanted to give you a heads up.
06:11
Maximum sustained that I read 35 and then lost contact with the ISS felt in the yard.
06:16
So I guess we'll see what the damage is here shortly.
06:25
35,
06:26
or 35 gust max, or shoot,
06:29
35 guns,
06:30
25 constant, right?
06:34
Greg, it's still reading 25 right now, but there is no wind, it's just stuck on 25.
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Location mentioned:
McGhee Tyson Airport (TYS), 2055 Alcoa Hwy, Alcoa, TN 37701
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